2008 Woodie Awards
Men's Lacrosse Falls In Overtime
Raiders Struggling to Make Patriot League Tournament
Andy McPartland
Issue date: 4/15/05 Section: Sports
The Colgate men's lacrosse team was 1-2 in the Patriot League and 6-3 overall entering Saturday's game against Lehigh, battling for the fourth and final spot in the league tournament. However, after a demoralizing overtime loss to the Mountain Hawks, it seems that the Raiders' balloon is slowly deflating.
The Raiders went into the Saturday afternoon match-up against Lehigh with their helmets held high. The team had managed to string together three consecutive wins, including a 16-7 stomping of Holy Cross that gave the team its first Patriot League victory of the season. The Raiders seemed determined to make a run that would place them among the top four in the Patriot League and give them a spot in the year-end league tournament.
Both teams started the game out slowly. It took almost three minutes before the first tally was put on the board as Lehigh struck 2:44 into the first session. First-year attack Matt Lalli got Colgate in the books for the first time by taking a pass from junior Mark Nemith and beating Lehigh netminder Eric Spirko with 9:24 left to play. Spirko was solid for the remainder of the quarter, as he kept the Raiders out of the net while his team managed to take a 2-1 lead into the second.
Lehigh and Colgate made up for the lack of scoring in the first quarter by exploding for a combined eight goals in the second. After Lehigh had taken a two-goal lead, junior Brian Robinson fed senior Rob Hearne to cut the lead to one. Robinson and sophomore Rob Ryan also found the back of the net before halftime, but by that time the Mountain Hawks had beaten junior goaltender Andrew Jarolimek five times, taking a 7-4 lead into halftime.
The Raiders came out determined after the break, dominating the third quarter, but only outscoring Lehigh by one goal. Colgate out-shot the Mountain Hawks, 11-4, and managed to pick up four more groundballs, but still headed into the final quarter trailing, 9-7.
Robinson tallied his second and third goals of the game to start the fourth quarter and knot the game at nine. The tie did not last for long, however, as Lehigh scored 15 seconds later to take the lead once again. Lehigh kept the one-goal advantage for almost seven minutes before sophomore Brendan Hurley added his third goal of the game to tie up the contest with 3:41 left in regulation.
The Raiders went into the Saturday afternoon match-up against Lehigh with their helmets held high. The team had managed to string together three consecutive wins, including a 16-7 stomping of Holy Cross that gave the team its first Patriot League victory of the season. The Raiders seemed determined to make a run that would place them among the top four in the Patriot League and give them a spot in the year-end league tournament.
Both teams started the game out slowly. It took almost three minutes before the first tally was put on the board as Lehigh struck 2:44 into the first session. First-year attack Matt Lalli got Colgate in the books for the first time by taking a pass from junior Mark Nemith and beating Lehigh netminder Eric Spirko with 9:24 left to play. Spirko was solid for the remainder of the quarter, as he kept the Raiders out of the net while his team managed to take a 2-1 lead into the second.
Lehigh and Colgate made up for the lack of scoring in the first quarter by exploding for a combined eight goals in the second. After Lehigh had taken a two-goal lead, junior Brian Robinson fed senior Rob Hearne to cut the lead to one. Robinson and sophomore Rob Ryan also found the back of the net before halftime, but by that time the Mountain Hawks had beaten junior goaltender Andrew Jarolimek five times, taking a 7-4 lead into halftime.
The Raiders came out determined after the break, dominating the third quarter, but only outscoring Lehigh by one goal. Colgate out-shot the Mountain Hawks, 11-4, and managed to pick up four more groundballs, but still headed into the final quarter trailing, 9-7.
Robinson tallied his second and third goals of the game to start the fourth quarter and knot the game at nine. The tie did not last for long, however, as Lehigh scored 15 seconds later to take the lead once again. Lehigh kept the one-goal advantage for almost seven minutes before sophomore Brendan Hurley added his third goal of the game to tie up the contest with 3:41 left in regulation.