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COLGATE LACROSSE GAME NOTESCLASH OF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSNo. 12/13 Colgate (10-4) and No. 1 Syracuse (11-2) face off Saturday in a meeting of newly-crowned conference champions. The Raiders were the first to clinch a spot in the NCAA tournament when they defeated Army 11-8 in Annapolis. Less than a minute later, Syracuse polished off its 15-14 triumph over Duke in Chester, Pa. CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan and Evan Washburn) is carrying the live telecast of the 3:30 p.m. start.
Syracuse owns a 43-10-1 lead in this series, including a 19-6 Orange victory last year. But it’s the first meeting in Hamilton since 2008, and Colgate won that encounter by a 12-11 margin. The Raiders are 4-19 against the Orange in Hamilton.
Colgate’s most recent encounter with the No. 1 team in the nation was one year ago in a pair of games against Loyola. The Raiders lost 10-8 in Hamilton and then 12-6 in Baltimore in the Patriot League tournament semifinals.
RAIDERS CLIMB IN NATIONAL POLLSThe Raiders are 12th in the latest USILA Coaches Poll and 13th according to the Cascade/Maverik Media Poll. Colgate was 18th in both listings before sweeping past Bucknell and Army to the Patriot League championship. The six- and five-point bumps were the largest moves forward by any team over the seven-day period. Colgate’s ranking is its best of the season and the high-water mark in the polls since the Raiders were Nos. 9 and 11 on the strength of a 3-0 start in 2013.
Colgate is 10-4 and riding a six-game winning streak, longest since the 2009 Raiders won eight straight in the middle of a 9-6 season.
COLGATE RAIDERSSYRACUSE | MAY 2, 2015 | 3:30 P.M. GAME 15 | CROWN FIELD AT ANDY KERR STADIUM
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Colgate UniversityLocation ..........................................Hamilton, N.Y.Founded ....................................................... 1819Enrollment ................................................... 2,927Nickname..................................................RaidersColors ............................ Maroon, Gray and WhiteConference ....................................Patriot LeaguePresident ........................................Jeffrey HerbstDirector of Athletics.....................Victoria M. Chun
2015 RecordOverall ........................................... 10-4Patriot League ................................. 6-2Home ............................................... 2-2Away ................................................ 6-2Neutral ............................................. 2-0
2015 Team InfoHead Coach......................................Mike Murphy Alma Mater ............................New Hampshire ‘96Home Court .... Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumCapacity....................................10,221 (FieldTurf)
Assistant CoachesMike Abbott .............................SUNY Cortland '09Stephen Toomy ............Western New England '09Matt Abbott (volunteer) .....................Syracuse '09Jack O’Callahan (student) .................. Colgate ‘15
StaffDirector of Lacrosse Operations ......... Bobby DickAthletic Trainer.................................Cody HerbertStrength & Conditioning..................LiAaron WhiteAdministrative Assistants ..............Michelle Reese ............................................... Lori Godshalk Office Phone .............................(315) 228-7570 Lacrosse Fax ............................(315) 228-7925
Athletic CommunicationsDirector (WBB Contact) .................... John Painter E-Mail ............................. [email protected] Painter Cell Phone ................... (865) 414-1143Associate Director ........................ Jarrett AbelsonAssistant Director .............................. Kat Castner Administrative Assistant........................ Lisa DiehlMultimedia Assistant ....................... Ben JohnstonAthletic Communications Phone...(315) 228-7602Andy Kerr Press Box ....................(315) 228-6863Website ............................GoColgateRaiders.com
DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT ATT.Feb. 7 at #14/19 Bryant Smithfield W 9-5 712Feb. 14 at Vermont Burlington W 10-8 95Feb. 21 LAFAYETTE * HAMILTON W 12-10 345Feb. 28 at Bucknell * Lewisburg W 10-8 310March 3 at Hobart Geneva Cancelled-WeatherMarch 7 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * HAMILTON L 11-18 445March 14 at Fairfield Fairfield L 9-13 812March 17 at #7 Cornell Ithaca L 9-10 (ot) 750March 21 NAVY * HAMILTON L 6-7 421March 28 at #15/16 Loyola * Baltimore W 11-4 1,276April 4 LEHIGH * HAMILTON W 12-8 289April 11 at Holy Cross * Worcester W 14-13 1,489April 17 at #17/18 Army * West Point W 8-5 1,749 Patriot League TournamentApril 24 #20 Bucknell (Semifinals) Annapolis W 18-5 2,011April 26 Army (Championship) Annapolis W 11-8 608May 2 #1 SYRACUSE HAMILTON 3:30 p.m. NCAA Tournament TBA
*Patriot League Games. All times Eastern.
COLGATE RAIDERS 10-4 (6-2 PATRIOT*)
Saturday’s opponent, Syracuse, returned to the No. 1 position in both polls after a two-game sweep to the Atlantic Coast Conference title. The Orange, now 11-2, also were the No. 1 team for four weeks in March.
SENIOR DAY FOR NINE RAIDERSFor Senior Day, Colgate honors nine student-athletes in their final regular season home games: Connor Braddish, Matt Clarkson, Alex Kinnealey, Jack O’Callaghan, Matt Reyes-Guerra-Dunn, Geoffrey Sullivan, Ryan Walsh, Parker Weinstock, and Matt Yeager.
As a group, the Class of 2015 already owns 41 wins to tie for second all-time in program history for wins in a four-year period:
CLASS W-L Pct.2006-09 42-21 .6672011-14 41-20 .6722012-15 41-22 .6512005-08 40-22 .6451961-64 38-15 .717
RAIDERS SWEEP TO PATRIOT LEAGUE TITLEColgate streaked its way to the conference title Sunday, defeating Army 11-8 for the second tournament championship in program history. Sunday’s win over Army was Colgate’s second against the Black Knights in nine days, handing the Raiders their first Patriot League championship since 2008. The Raiders are returning to the NCAA tournament for the first time since they were an at-large entry in 2012. Cameron Williams scored a natural hat trick to spark Sunday’s win, scoring three times in a five-minute span of the second quarter to give the Raiders the lead for keeps. Williams added another goal in the third to keep Army at bay, while Ryan Walsh scored two goals and Brandon Burke made eight saves.
RAIDERS RACE PAST BUCKNELL, 18-5Colgate blitzed into the Patriot League Tournament title game with a record-breaking victory in Friday’s first semifinal. Matt Clarkson and Ryan Walsh went for seven points apiece as the Raiders set tournament marks for goals in a game and largest winning margin.Clarkson tied his career-high with five goals and set a personal best with seven points. Walsh scored four goals for the second straight game – he has 11 over the last three – and matched his career-high with seven points. RYAN IN THE RECORDSColgate attackman Ryan Walsh is playing his best lacrosse of the season.
The senior captain has been on an awards roll of late. In the span of seven days, Walsh picked up:-- First career Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week,-- All-Patriot League First Team after three turns on the Second Team, and-- Most Valuable Player of the Patriot League Touranament.
Walsh scored six goals and contributing five assists in the two games in Annapolis. He has 13 goals over his last four games and leads the team with 28 goals and 45 points.
Walsh has climbed well into the Patriot League and Colgate
Patriot League Standings League Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct.Navy ................. 6-2 .750 8-5 .615COLGATE ........ 6-2 .750 10-4 .714Bucknell ............ 5-3 .625 9-6 .600Loyola ............... 5-3 .625 7-8 .467Army ................. 4-4 .500 10-6 .625Lehigh ............... 3-5 .375 7-9 .438Holy Cross ........ 3-5 .286 6-7 .462Boston U. .......... 3-5 .375 6-7 .462Lafayette ........... 1-7 .125 4-10 .286
Patriot League TournamentSunday’s ChampionshipCOLGATE 11, Army 8
Saturday’s GamesBoston University at Duke, 12Notre Dame at Army, 1Navy at Air Force, 2Syracuse at COLGATE, 3:30
Mike Murphy vs. ConferencesConference W LPatriot League ..............................22 13America East ..................................7 0Northeast ........................................5 0ECAC..............................................4 1Colonial...........................................1 1Atlantic Coast .................................1 3Ivy ...................................................1 4Total ....................................... 41 22
News & Notes
DID YOU KNOW????
The Raiders were Inside Lacrosse Magazine’s preseason No. 25 team. Colgate faces seven teams this year ranked in the IL preseason top 25: No. 4 Syracuse, No. 7 Loyola, No. 8 Cornell, No. 14 Bryant, No. 15 Lehigh, No. 18 Army and No. 24 Fairfield.
records books in a number of career categories. For his career, he’s up to 134 goals and 198 points.Walsh stands fourth on the Patriot League goals list and he’s ninth in points. He is third on the Colgate points list, and Walsh is now second in all-time goals after passing the great Bob Woodruff (1980-83). Only Peter Baum (2010-13) had more goals at Colgate with 164.
Walsh just eclipsed Baum on the Colgate assist chart, moving into seventh place with 64 career helpers.
SHOTS ON TARGET; SPECIAL TEAMS RULEColgate was held to a season-low 22 shots by Army in Sunday’s Patriot League championship game, but that’s no problem for one of the nation’s top marksmen teams.
The Raiders converted on 11 of those 22 shots in knocking off the Black Knights, and they were a sizzling 29-of-47 on shots (61.7 percent) in the two-game weekend sweep. In Friday’s semifinal win over Bucknell, the Raiders scored a season-high 18 goals on just 25 shots. For the season, Colgate ranks third nationally in shot percentage at 36.1.
Another key statistic lost in Sunday’s box score was Colgate tied a season-low with just nine turnovers. That, coupled with the Raider sharpshooting, helped offset Army’s 18-5 advantage
in faceoff wins. Colgate continues to excel on special teams. The Raiders stand fourth nationally in man-up offense at 55.8 percent (24-of-43), and they’re eighth in man-down defense at 72.5 percent (11-of-40).
RECENT MILESTONES OF NOTEMatt Clarkson tied his career-high with five goals and set a personal best with seven points in the semifinal victory over Bucknell ... Clarkson is second on the team with 43 points and is fourth with 18 goals -- both numbers are personal season highs ... He also has scored a goal in six straight games, second only to Walsh’s current streak of seven ... Ryan Walsh’s hat trick against Bucknell was his fourth of the year and 23rd of his career ... Walsh has scored 25 of
his 28 goals and 40 of his 45 points this year against Patriot League competition ... Senior defenseman Matt Yeager tied a career-high last Friday with three caused turnovers ... The Raiders scored 18 goals on Bucknell in the tournament semifinals, but junior midfielder Cameron Williams saw his streak of scoring at least one goal in every game this season snapped ... He started a new streak in the championship game by scoring four goals for the second time in his career ... Midfielder Connor Murphy leads the team with 33 ground balls ... Sophomore Robby Dunigan scored his first career goal against Bucknell.
SIX RAIDERS EARN PATRIOT LAX HONORSColgate’s run to a Patriot League regular season championship resulted in postseason
honors for a half-dozen Raiders. Matt Clarkson repeated as an All-Patriot League First Team member in the midfield, and he was joined by attackman Ryan Walsh. Second-team placards went to defender Matt Yeager, midfielder Cameron Williams and goalkeeper Brandon Burke. Anthony Abbadessa became a major award recipient when he was named Patriot League Rookie of the Year – the third Colgate Raider to claim the rookie award in the last four seasons. Three of those four to win the first-year award are among this season’s six Colgate honorees. In addition to Abbadessa,
LATEST POLLS -- April 27
USILA Coaches Poll Team W-L Votes 1st1. Syracuse 11-2 380 192. Notre Dame 9-2 3543. North Carolina 12-3 3364t. Denver 11-2 3174t. Duke 11-5 3176. Maryland 12-2 2847. Albany 13-2 2618. Virginia 10-4 2539. Brown 12-3 22310. Cornell 10-4 21511. Yale 9-4 17312. Colgate 10-4 14213. Georgetown 9-5 13214. Ohio State 10-5 12815. Princeton 8-5 10816. Johns Hopkins 7-6 10717. Stony Brook 12-4 6318. Army 10-6 4619t. Marquette 10-5 4219t. Fairfield 9-5 42
Receiving Votes: Navy, Towson, Rich-mond, Bucknell, Marist, Loyola, Harvard, High Point, Drexel.
Cascade/Maverik Media Poll Team W-L Votes 1st1. Syracuse 11-2 479 232. Notre Dame 9-2 434 13. Denver 11-2 4244. North Carolina 12-3 4175. Duke 11-5 4006. Maryland 12-2 3567. Albany 13-2 3378. Virginia 10-4 3149. Brown 12-3 28410. Cornell 10-4 26611. Yale 9-4 23012. Georgetown 9-5 21313. Colgate 10-4 19014. Ohio State 10-5 13115. Princeton 8-5 12316. Stony Brook 12-4 10817. Johns Hopkins 7-6 9018. Army 10-6 5819. Marquette 10-5 5320. Richmond 10-4 28
Receiving Votes: Navy, Towson, Fairfield, Marist, Harvard, Bucknell, Drexel, Loyola, St. Joseph’s.
Burke was last year’s rookie winner and Walsh claimed the trophy in 2012. Abbadessa becomes the sixth Raider to take home Patriot League rookie honors.
RAIDER PAIR NAMEDACADEMIC ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUEColgate’s Matt Yeager and John Baker were named to the 12-man Academic All-Patriot League Team for 2015. Yeager is a history major with a 3.27 GPA who is having a big week of postseason awards (see above). The Westport, Connecticut, native has started all 14 games, contributing 22 ground balls and a team-leading 15 caused turnovers for personal season-highs in both categories. Baker is an economics major with a 3.37 GPA. The Darien, Connecticut, product has started 10 games and posted 27 ground balls for second on the team. He returned from a two-game injury absence last Friday at Army and contributed five ground balls and two caused turnovers – matching career-highs in both categories.
FIRST WEEKLY AWARD FOR WALSH; BURKE EARNS 3RD NODRyan Walsh and Brandon Burke picked up Corvias Patriot League Player of the Week Honors with the win at Army. Walsh was named Offensive Player of the Week after he matched season highs with four goals and six points in Colgate’s 8-5 win at Army. The attackman scored two goals in each half, and three of his goals were unassisted. Walsh scored his four goals on just five shot attempts. Believe it or not, this is Walsh’s first career offensive weekly award -- and first for the Raiders since Peter Baum in 2013. Walsh three times earned rookie of the week in his debut season of 2012.
Burke picked up his third Goalkeeper of the Week selection this season after a nine-save outing Friday at Army. The sophomore made five of his saves during a first-half performance that saw the Raiders head to the locker room leading 4-0.
RAIDERS CLAIM SHARE OF PATRIOT TITLEColgate didn’t quite get the trifecta it needed, but the Raiders did their part and picked up a pretty nice consolation prize: A Patriot League regular season championship.
Colgate climbed into a first-place tie with Navy thanks to a stifling 8-5 victory over 17th-ranked Army at Michie Stadium. It’s the third regular season crown in Raider Men’s Lacrosse history and second in the last four years.
Ryan Walsh scored four goals and assisted on two of the three goals scored by Cameron Williams. Matt Clarkson added the eighth tally as Colgate won its fourth straight game. The Raiders led 4-0 at intermission before Army battled back in the second half. WALSH TAKEN 11TH IN MLL DRAFTThe New York Lizards made Colgate’s Ryan Walsh the 11th overall pick in last month 2015 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. The Long Island-based franchise tabbed Walsh with the third pick of the second round. The Colgate senior is a native of Wantagh, a Long Island community located just a few miles from where he will play his home games with the Lizards at Hofstra’s James M. Shuart Stadium.
2015 Season Awards
ANTHONY ABBADESSA, A
Feb. 14 at VermontPatriot League Rookie of the Week
April 4 vs. LehighPatriot League Rookie of the Week
April 11 vs. Holy CrossPatriot League Rookie of the WeekECAC Div. I Metro/Upstate Rookie of the Week
April 20Patriot League Rookie of the Year
April 28Colgate Athletics Male Rookie of the Year
JOHN BAKER, D
April 22Academic All-Patriot League
BRANDON BURKE, GK
Feb. 7 at BryantPatriot League Goalkeeper of the WeekUSILA National Defensive Player of the WeekBaltimore Sun National Def. Player of Week
March 28 at LoyolaPatriot League Goalkeeper of the WeekECAC Div. I Metro/Upstate Def. Player of Week
April 17 vs. ArmyPatriot League Goalkeeper of the Week
April 20All-Patriot League Second Team
April 24-26Patriot League All-Tournament Team
MATT CLARKSON, M
April 20All-Patriot League First Team
April 24-26Patriot League All-Tournament Team
RYAN WALSH, A
April 17 vs. ArmyPatriot League Offensive Player of the Week
April 20All-Patriot League First Team
April 24-26Patriot League All-Tournament Team (MVP)
CAMERON WILLIAMS, M
April 20All-Patriot League Second Team
April 24-26Patriot League All-Tournament Team
MATT YEAGER, D
April 20All-Patriot League Second Team
April 22Academic All-Patriot League
2015 COLGATE RAIDERS ROSTER
• AlphabeticalNo Name Pos. 6 Anthony Abbadessa A 7 Kevin Adams A16 Andrew Aicher D47 Liam Anderson A 3 Strecker Backe D23 John Baker D14 P.J. Bell M 8 Conor Braddish M 5 Brandon Burke G32 Noah Cartwright G10 Matt Clarkson (C) M50 Lucas Cooper M28 Chase Cowan D29 Jake Danehy G12 Will D’Avino A34 Joe Delaney A31 Nicco DeLorenzo D15 Peter Donato M24 Robby Dunigan A42 Niall Durkan D11 Eric Foote M43 Austin Gardner M18 Matt Heldberg M17 Alex Kinnealey M25 Danny LaCrosse A35 Jackson Lanning M30 Peter Marchetto M45 Will Mette M44 Chandler Millstone M48 Connor Murphy D49 Collin Orr M19 Jackson Patterson D37 Clark Perkins G26 M.Reyes-Guerra-Dunn M 2 Tyler Rigo A 4 Tyler Schmarak M21 Jack Stebbins M13 Leo Stouros D40 Geoffrey Sullivan M41 Tim Truesdell M22 Ryan Walsh (C) A33 Parker Weinstock M27 Chris Wetzel M36 Colin Whelan A 1 Cameron Williams M 9 Chase Wittich A46 Damis Yancopoulos M20 Matt Yeager D
• Numerical RosterNo. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Cameron Williams Jr. M 6-3 185 Upper Arlington, Ohio (Loomis Chaffee School) 2 Tyler Rigo Jr. A 5-11 210 East Islip, N.Y. (East Islip) 3 Strecker Backe So. D 6-3 195 Fairfield, Conn. (Fairfield Prep) 4 Tyler Schmarak So. M 6-0 195 Glencoe, Ill. (New Trier) 5 Brandon Burke So. G 5-8 180 Potomac, Md. (Bullis) 6 Anthony Abbadessa Fr. A 5-9 165 Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista) 7 Kevin Adams Jr. A 6-0 185 Cheshire, Conn. (Cheshire) 8 Conor Braddish Sr. M 6-0 175 West Islip, N.Y. (West Islip) 9 Chase Wittich Fr. A 6-1 185 Stevenson, Md. (Gilman School) 10 Matt Clarkson (C) Sr. M 5-11 185 Garden City, N.Y. (Chaminade) 11 Eric Foote Jr. M 6-0 170 Greenwich, Conn. (The Hill School) 12 Will D’Avino So. A 6-0 185 Moorestown, N.J. (St. Joseph’s Prep) 13 Leo Stouros Jr. D 6-1 185 Kitchener, Ontario (The Hill Academy) 14 P.J. Bell Fr. M 6-0 185 Wilbraham, Mass. (Noble & Greenough) 15 Peter Donato So. M 6-0 195 Wayne, Pa. (Radnor) 16 Andrew Aicher Jr. D 6-2 210 South Setauket, N.Y. (Ward Melville) 17 Alex Kinnealey Sr. M 5-8 205 Cohasset, Mass. (Cohasset) 18 Matt Heldberg Fr. M 6-2 210 Kings Park, N.Y. (Smithtown West) 19 Jackson Patterson So. D 6-2 210 Millstone, N.J. (Peddie School) 20 Matt Yeager Sr. D 5-10 185 Westport, Conn. (Staples) 21 Jack Stebbins So. M 6-5 205 Littleton, Colo. (Columbine) 22 Ryan Walsh (C) Sr. A 6-4 235 Wantagh, N.Y. (Wantagh) 23 John Baker Jr. D 6-2 215 Darien, Conn. (Brunswick School) 24 Robby Dunigan So. A 5-10 165 Kensington, Md. (Landon) 25 Danny LaCrosse So. A 5-10 155 Canandaigua, N.Y. (Canandaigua Acad.) 26 Matt Reyes-Guerra-Dunn Sr. M 6-3 235 Wilton, Conn. (Wilton) 27 Chris Wetzel Fr. M 6-4 215 St. Louis, Mo. (John Burroughs School) 28 Chase Cowan So. D 6-5 235 Wilmington, Del. (Salesianum School) 29 Jake Danehy Jr. G 6-1 195 Larchmont, N.Y. (Mamaroneck) 30 Peter Marchetto So. M 5-10 180 Chatham, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep School) 31 Nicco DeLorenzo Fr. D 5-10 185 Kennebunk, Maine (Kennebunk) 32 Noah Cartwright Fr. G 6-0 180 Franklin, Tenn. (Father Ryan) 33 Parker Weinstock Sr. M 5-10 195 Excelsior, Minn. (Minnetonka) 34 Joe Delaney Fr. A 6-1 175 Winchester, Mass. (Belmont Hill School) 35 Jackson Lanning Fr. M 5-10 175 Seattle, Wash. (Deerfield Academy) 36 Colin Whelan Fr. A 6-0 180 Cohasset, Mass. (Cohasset) 37 Clark Perkins Fr. G 5-11 180 Fairfield, Conn. (Phillips Academy) 40 Geoffrey Sullivan Sr. M 5-9 165 Dover, Mass. (Belmont Hill School) 41 Tim Truesdell Fr. M 5-10 170 New York, N.Y. (Trinity School) 42 Niall Durkan So. D 6-4 210 Malvern, Pa. (Great Valley) 43 Austin Gardner Fr. M 5-11 180 Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay) 44 Chandler Millstone Jr. M 6-4 220 St. Louis, Mo. (Ladue Horton Watkins) 45 Will Mette So. M 6-1 180 Wilmington, Del. (Tower Hill) 46 Damis Yancopoulos Fr. M 5-10 175 Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (Hackley School) 47 Liam Anderson Fr. A 6-2 205 Towson, Md. (St. Paul’s School) 48 Connor Murphy Jr. D 6-1 185 Bridgewater, N.J. (Bridgewater-Raritan) 49 Collin Orr Fr. M 5-8 225 Northborough, Mass. (The Rivers School) 50 Lucas Cooper Fr. M 5-8 165 Houston, Texas (The Kinkaid School)
Head Coach: Mike Murphy (4th season)Assistant Coaches: Michael Abbott (4th season), Stephen Toomy (2nd season)Volunteer Coach: Matt Abbott (4th season); Student-Assistant Coach: Jack O’CallaghanDirector of Lacrosse Operations: Bobby Dick (2nd season)Assistant Athletic Trainer: Cody Herbert (3rd season)
PRONUNCIATION GUIDEAnthony Abbadessa -- abb-a-DESS-aAndrew Aicher -- IKE-erStrecker Backe -- BACK-eeBrandon Burke -- BURKJake Danehy -- DAN-a-heeWill D’Avino -- da-VEEN-oNicco DeLorenzo -- NEEK-oPeter Donato -- da-NOT-o
Niall Durkan -- NealEric Foote -- FootAlex Kinnealey -- ki-NEEL-eePeter Marchetto -- mar-CHET-oWill Mette -- METT-aMatt Reyes-Guerra-Dunn -- gua-WHERE-aTyler Rigo -- REE-goTyler Schmarak -- SCHMAIR-ick
Leo Stouros -- STORE-ohsChris Wittich -- WITT-ickDamis Yancopoulos -- DAME-us yan-COPE-a-lus
Mike Murphy continues to make an impact on Colgate men’s lacrosse. The fourth-year Raiders head coach entered the season with an impressive 31-18 record that includes one NCAA tournament berth and appearances each year in the Patriot League Tournament semifinals. Named to his first head coaching position on July 20, 2011, Murphy led the 2012 Raid-ers to a Patriot League regular-season title en route to the best campaign in program history. Colgate finished 14-4, including a 6-0 road mark, a 6-2 record against nationally-ranked oponents, and a win over undefeated No. 1 Massachusetts in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. The NCAA bid was Colgate’s second post-season appearance and its first as an NCAA at-large recipient. The Raiders also secured their first tournament win and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in school history. The 2012 team set a total of 29 individu-al and team records, including 13 program marks, 15 Patriot League records and one NCAA season mark with junior Robert Grab-her attempting a total of 433 faceoffs in the season. Murphy also coached the first Colgate and Patriot League player to win the Tewaara-ton Award with junior Peter Baum, who also received the Enners Award and set eight indi-vidual program and league records. Murphy had five members named to the All-Patriot League teams, including 2012 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and the league’s Rookie of the Year. He had two play-ers named All-Americans, with Baum earning first-team honors and Jeff Ledwick landing a spot as honorable mention. Team records set during the season were the Colgate records for most points (365), goals (236) and assists (129) in a season, as well as most wins for a team and a first-year head coach (14), and the highest national ranking in program history with the No. 8 spot in the final Nike/Inside La-crosse Media Poll. The team also broke Patriot League Tour-nament records for most team assists in a
game (11), most two-game team points (45), total shots (84), man-up goals (6), and fast-est back-to-back goals with five seconds in the championship game. Murphy was selected as an assistant coach for the North Team in the USILA/Lax World Division I-II North-South Se-nior All-Star Game. Murphy joined the Raiders after serving as an assistant coach at Army. In his seven seasons with the Black Knights, Army was consistently ranked among the best defensive teams both in the Patriot League and national-ly under his mentorship, during which he also guided some of the most prolific goalkeepers in Academy history. Murphy joined Army after spending two seasons at Division III Denison in Granville, Ohio, where he was in charge of the Big Red’s defensive unit, goalies and faceoff personnel. He also served as an assistant on Denison’s football coaching staff and held a position in the Department of Athletics, Physical Educa-tion and Recreation as an instructor. Prior to his work at Denison, the Univer-sity of New Hampshire graduate served as
head assistant coach/defensive coordinator at Wingate from 1999-2001. The Beverly, Mass., native helped the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Division II National Semifinal appearance in school history as the squad posted a 27-17 record in Murphy’s three seasons on its side-line, while 14 players garnered All-Deep South honors. His 2001 defensive unit finished the season among the national leaders in scoring defense (12th), winning percentage (7th) and goals-against average (10th). Murphy also enjoyed one-year stints at Pfei-ffer and Merrimack after his graduation from the University of New Hampshire in the spring of 1996, where he was a three-year letterman for the Wildcats. Murphy is a member of the USILA Division I All-American Committee as well as the USILA Division I Poll Committee. He serves as chair of the Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Coach-es Committee, and also serves on the IMLCA Division I Coaches Advisory Board. Murphy and his wife, Jennifer, are the proud parents of two children: son, Colin; and daughter, Dylan Emma.
Mike MurphyHead Coach, Fourth Season
Mike Abbott Stephen Toomy Matt Abbott
ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF
Mike Murphy is in his fourth season as head coach of Colgate Men’s Lacrosse. The Raiders earned a bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament as an at-large recipient and have advanced to at least the Patriot LeagueTourna-ment semifinals all three seasons.
COLGATE SUPERLATIVES/STARTLING LINEUPS
Colgate Team Highs and LowsPoints 28 Bucknell (PL Tourney)Low 9 NavyGoals 18 Bucknell (PL Tourney)Low 6 NavyAssists 10 Bucknell (PL Tourney)Low 3 Bryant, Navy, ArmyShots 37 LafayetteLow 22 Army (PL Tourney)Shots on Goal 30 LafayetteLow 13 CornellSaves 16 CornellLow 5 Holy CrossGround Balls 44 LafayetteLow 13 CornellTurnovers 22 LafayetteLow 9 Cornell, Army (PL Tourney)Caused Turnovers 10 FairfieldLow 2 Bucknell
Opponent Team Highs and LowsPoints 26 Boston UniversityLow 6 LoyolaGoals 18 Boston UniversityLow 4 LoyolaAssists 8 Boston UniversityLow 2 Bucknell, LoyolaShots 44 Holy CrossLow 27 Bryant, FairfieldShots on Goal 26 Boston University, CornellLow 14 Navy, ArmySaves 18 LafayetteLow 2 Bucknell (PL Tourney)Ground Balls 38 CornellLow 20 BucknellTurnovers 22 Boston UniversityLow 8 Bucknell, Cornell, Holy CrossCaused Turnovers 9 Bryant, NavyLow 2 Army (PL Tourney)
Colgate Individual HighsPoints 7 R.Walsh & M.Clarkson vs. Bucknell (PLT)Goals 5 Matt Clarkson vs. Bucknell (PLT)Assists 5 Matt Clarkson at VermontShots 9 Matt Clarkson at Bry.; Ryan Walsh vs. Laf.Shots on Goal 6 Anthony Abbadessa at Vt; Ryan Walsh vs. LafSaves 16 Brandon Burke at CornellGround Balls 5 By nine playersCaused Turnovers 3 By four players
Colgate Starting LineupsOffense Attack Attack Attack Midfield Midfield Midfield Defense Defense Defense Goalkeeperat Bryant Abbadessa Adams Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker Burkeat Vermont Abbadessa Adams Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker BurkeLAFAYETTE * Abbadessa Adams Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker Burkeat Bucknell * Abbadessa Adams Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker BurkeBOSTON UNIVERSITY * Abbadessa Adams Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker Danehyat Fairfield Abbadessa Adams Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker Burkeat Cornell Abbadessa Adams Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker BurkeNAVY * Abbadessa Wittich Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker Burkeat Loyola * Abbadessa Wittich Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker BurkeLEHIGH * Abbadessa Wittich Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Patterson Burkeat Holy Cross * Abbadessa Wittich Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Patterson Burkeat Army * Abbadessa Wittich Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker BurkeBucknell (PL Semis) Abbadessa Wittich Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker BurkeArmy (PL Champ) Abbadessa Wittich Walsh Williams Clarkson Donato Stouros Yeager Baker BurkeSYRACUSENCAA Tournament
COLGATE STATS IN THE PATRIOT LEAGUE/NCAA
Hat TricksRyan Walsh ....................................................4Cameron Williams ..........................................3Matt Clarkson .................................................2Anthony Abbadessa .......................................2Peter Donato ..................................................1
Multi-Goal GamesRyan Walsh ....................................................8Cameron Williams ..........................................7Anthony Abbadessa .......................................6Chase Wittich .................................................6Peter Donato ..................................................5Matt Clarkson .................................................3Tyler Rigo .......................................................2Kevin Adams ..................................................1Matt Reyes-Guerra-Dunn ...............................1Jack Stebbins .................................................1
Games with Three or More AssistsMatt Clarkson .................................................3Anthony Abbadess .........................................2Ryan Walsh ....................................................2Chase Wittich .................................................1
Multi-Assist GamesMatt Clarkson .................................................8Ryan Walsh ....................................................6Anthony Abbadessa .......................................5Peter Donato ..................................................1Chase Wittich .................................................1
Games led in points *Ryan Walsh ....................................................6Matt Clarkson .................................................5Anthony Abbadessa .......................................2Cameron Williams ..........................................2Chase Wittich .................................................1
Games with Three or More Ground BallsStrecker Backe ...............................................5John Baker .....................................................5Brandon Burke................................................5Peter Marchetto ..............................................5Leo Stouros ....................................................5Ryan Walsh ....................................................5Connor Murphy ...............................................4Matt Yeager ....................................................4Matt Clarkson .................................................2Jake Danehy...................................................2Chandler Millstone ..........................................2Collin Orr ........................................................2Anthony Abbadessa .......................................1Kevin Adams ..................................................1Parker Weinstock ...........................................1
* Includes ties.
NCAA Statistics
Colgate - 2014-15 Men's Lacrosse Ranking Summary thru games 04/26/2015
StatisticNational
Rank
Conference
RankValueNational Leader Value
Conference
LeaderValue
Assists Per Game (68 ranked) 26 4 6.00 Albany (NY) 10.80 Loyola Maryland 6.93
Caused Turnovers Per Game (68 ranked) 47 8 6.21 Brown 10.13 Navy 7.85
Clearing Percentage (68 ranked) 46 4 0.838 Richmond 0.921 Army West Point 0.882
Face-Off Winning Percentage (68 ranked) 66 8 0.393 Denver 0.705 Boston U. 0.641
Ground Balls Per Game (68 ranked) 56 8 25.93 Albany (NY) 39.87 Navy 32.00
Man-Down Defense (68 ranked) 8 1 0.725 Saint Joseph's 0.830 Colgate 0.725
Man-Up Offense (68 ranked) 4 1 0.558 Denver 0.605 Colgate 0.558
Points Per Game (68 ranked) 26 4 16.71 Albany (NY) 28.07 Loyola Maryland 18.13
Saves Per Game (68 ranked) 60 8 9.14 Detroit 15.46 Boston U. 11.46
Scoring Defense (68 ranked) 16 3 8.71 Maryland 6.43 Army West Point 7.44
Scoring Margin (68 ranked) 17 2 2.00 Albany (NY) 7.20 Army West Point 4.00
Scoring Offense (68 ranked) 25 4 10.71 Albany (NY) 17.27 Army West Point 11.44
Shot Percentage (68 ranked) 3 1 0.361 Stony Brook 0.410 Colgate 0.361
Turnovers Per Game (68 ranked) 16 4 12.57 Towson 10.57 Loyola Maryland 11.60
Winning Percentage (68 ranked) 10 1 0.714 Albany (NY) 0.867 Colgate 0.714
Statistic PlayerNational
Rank
Conference
RankValueNational Leader Value
Conference
LeaderValue
Assists Per Game (150 ranked) Matt Clarkson
Ryan Walsh
Anthony Abbadessa
28
66
82
5
12
14
1.79
1.21
1.07
Lyle Thompson, Albany (NY) 3.60 David Dickson, Bucknell 2.50
Caused Turnovers Per Game (75 ranked) Matt Yeager 70 14 1.07 Tyler Prasnicki, VMI 2.87 Erik Cannon, Lafayette 2.21
Face-Off Winning Pct (71 ranked) Peter Marchetto 69 10 0.399 Trevor Baptiste, Denver 0.721 Sam Talkow, Boston U. 0.662
Goals Per Game (150 ranked) Ryan Walsh
Cameron Williams
Anthony Abbadessa
60
92
127
6
13
19
2.00
1.79
1.57
Ryan Brown, Johns Hopkins 3.92 Zach Herreweyers, Loyola Maryland 3.13
Goals-Against Average (59 ranked) Brandon Burke 12 2 8.11 Kyle Bernlohr, Maryland 6.30 Sam Somers, Army West Point 7.68
Ground Balls Per Game (74 ranked) Ben Williams, Syracuse 9.38 Sam Talkow, Boston U. 7.31
Individual Man-up Goals (60 ranked) Anthony Abbadessa
Cameron Williams
Matt Clarkson
17
17
26
3
3
5
6
6
5
Dylan Donahue, Syracuse 12 Reid Weber, Lehigh 9
Points Per Game (145 ranked) Ryan Walsh
Matt Clarkson
Anthony Abbadessa
59
71
101
5
13
19
3.21
3.07
2.64
Lyle Thompson, Albany (NY) 6.13 Dan Taylor, Lehigh 4.81
Save Percentage (59 ranked) Brandon Burke 28 3 0.533 Garrett Conaway, Monmouth 0.626 Christian Carson-Banister, Boston U. 0.562
Saves Per Game (65 ranked) Brandon Burke 44 4 8.62 Jason Weber, Detroit 14.69 Christian Carson-Banister, Boston U. 10.73
Shot Percentage (75 ranked) Anthony Abbadessa
Cameron Williams
18
23
5
6
0.431
0.424
Brody Eastwood, Stony Brook 0.648 Adam Schaal, Boston U. 0.575
Team Categories
Individual Categories
Miscellaneous Individual Categories
6 Anthony Abbadessa ASeason Career4 at HC 4-11-15 Goals 4 at HC 4-11-153 vs. 2 teams Assists 3 vs. 2 teams4 vs. 2 teams Points 4 vs. 2 teams3 at FAIR 3-14-15 Ground Balls 3 at FAIR 3-14-152 vs, NAVY 3-21-15 Caused T’overs 2 vs, NAVY 3-21-15
7 Kevin Adams ASeason Career2 at BUCK 2-28-15 Goals 3 vs. 2 teams-- Assists 1 at LOY 4-25-142 at BUCK 2-28-15 Points 3 vs. 2 teams3 at VT 2-14-15 Ground Balls 3 at VT 2-14-151 at VT 2-14-15 Caused T’overs 1 vs. 3 teams
16 Andrew Aicher DSeason Career-- Ground Balls ---- Caused T’overs --
47 Liam Anderson ASeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
3 Strecker Backe DSeason Career1 vs. 2 teams Assists 1 vs. 2 teams1 vs. 2 teams Points 1 vs. 2 teams4 at LOY 3-28-15 Ground Balls 4 at LOY 3-28-152 vs. 2 teams Caused T’overs 2 vs. 2 teams3 vs. 2 teams Faceoffs Won 3 vs. 2 teams
23 John Baker DSeason Career5 vs, 2 teams Ground Balls 5 vs. 2 teams2 vs. 2 teams Caused T’overs 2 vs. 4 teams
14 P.J. Bell MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
8 Conor Braddish MSeason Career-- Goals 1 vs. 6 teams-- Assists 1 at RM 3-3-12-- Points 2 at RM 3-3-122 vs. BU 3-7-15 Ground Balls 2 vs. BU 3-7-151 vs. 3 teams Caused T’overs 1 vs. 3 teams4 vs. BU 3-7-15 Faceoffs Won 4 vs. BU 3-7-15
5 Brandon Burke GSeason Career16 at COR 3-17-15 Saves 16 at COR 3-17-155 at ARMY 4-17-15 Ground Balls 5 vs. 4 teams3 at BRY 2-7-15 Caused T’overs 3 vs. 2 teams
32 Noah Cartwright GSeason Career-- Saves ---- Ground Balls ---- Caused T’overs --
10 Matt Clarkson MSeason Career5 vs. BUCK 4-24-15 Goals 5 vs. 2 teams5 vs. 2 teams Assists 5 vs. 2 teams7 vs. BUCK 4-24-15 Points 7 vs. BUCK 4-24-155 vs. NAVY 3-21-15 Ground Balls 5 vs. NAVY 3-21-151 vs. 4 teams Caused T’overs 2 at LAF 2-22-14
50 Lucas Cooper MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
28 Chase Cowan DSeason Career1 vs. 3 teams Ground Balls 1 vs. 3 teams1 at HC 4-11-15 Caused T’overs 1 at HC 4-11-15
29 Jake Danehy GSeason Career8 vs. BU 3-7-15 Saves 8 vs. BU 3-7-153 vs. 2 teams Ground Balls 3 vs. 3 teams1 vs. BU 3-7-15 Caused T’overs 1 vs. BU 3-7-15
12 Will D’Avino ASeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
34 Joe Delaney ASeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
31 Nicco DeLorenzo DSeason Career2 at BUCK 2-28-15 Ground Balls 2 at BUCK 2-28-15-- Caused T’overs --
15 Peter Donato MSeason Career3 vs. BU 3-7-15 Goals 3 vs. BU 3-7-152 at LOY 3-28-15 Assists 2 at LOY 3-28-153 vs. 3 teams Points 3 vs. 3 teams2 vs. LEH 4-4-15 Ground Balls 2 vs. LEH 4-4-151 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Caused T’overs 1 vs. 2 teams
24 Robby Dunigan ASeason Career1 vs. BUCK 4-24-15 Goals 1 vs. BUCK 4-24-15-- Assists --1 vs. BUCK 4-24-15 Points 1 vs. BUCK 4-24-152 vs. BUCK 4-24-15 Ground Balls 2 vs. BUCK 4-24-15
42 Niall Durkan DSeason Career-- Ground Balls ---- Caused T’overs --
11 Eric Foote MSeason Career-- Goals 3 vs. 2 teams-- Assists 2 vs. BUCK 4-20-13-- Points 4 at NAVY 3-22-14-- Ground Balls 2 vs. 3 teams-- Caused T’overs 1 vs. 3 teams
43 Austin Gardner MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
18 Matt Heldberg MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists --1 vs. BUCK 4-24-15 Ground Balls 1 vs. BUCK 4-24-15
17 Alex Kinnealey MSeason Career-- Goals 1 vs. 2 teams-- Assists 1 at BU 3-8-14-- Points 1 vs. 3 teams2 vs. ARMY 4-26-15 Grnd Balls 17 vs. BUCK 4-22-142 vs. ARMY 4-26-15 Faceoffs Won 19 vs. BUCK 4-22-14
25 Danny LaCrosse ASeason Career-- Goals 1 vs. BUCK 3-1-14-- Assists ---- Points 1 vs. BUCK 3-1-14-- Ground Balls 1 vs. 2 teams-- Caused T’overs --
35 Jackson Lanning MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
30 Peter Marchetto MSeason Career1 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Goals 1 vs. LAF 2-21-15-- Assists --1 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Points 1 vs. LAF 2-21-155 vs. 2 teams Ground Balls 5 vs. 2 teams1 at VT 2-14-15 Caused T’overs 1 at VT 2-14-1515 vs. 2 teams Faceoffs Won 15 vs. 2 teams
45 Will Mette MSeason Career-- Goals 1 vs. 3 teams-- Assists 1 vs. HOB 3-4-14-- Points 1 vs. 4 teams-- Ground Balls 2 vs BUCK 3-1-14-- Caused T’overs --
44 Chandler Millstone MSeason Career3 vs. 2 teams Ground Balls 3 vs. 5 teams1 vs. 5 teams Caused T’overs 1 vs. 10 teams
48 Connor Murphy DSeason Career-- Goals --1 vs. 2 teams Assists 1 vs. 2 teams-- Points --5 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Ground Balls 5 vs. LAF 2-21-153 vs. BU 3-7-15 Caused T’overs 3 vs. BU 3-7-15
49 Collin Orr MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --3 at VT 2-14-15 Ground Balls 3 at VT 2-14-154 vs. 2 teams Faceoffs Won 4 vs. 2 teams
19 Jackson Patterson DSeason Career1 vs. 3 teams Ground Balls 1 vs. 3 teams1 vs. NAVY 3-21-15 Caused T’overs 1 vs. NAVY 3-21-15
37 Clark Perkins GSeason Career-- Saves ---- Ground Balls ---- Causd T’overs --
26 Matt Reyes-Guerra-Dunn MSeason Career2 vs. LEH 4-4-15 Goals 2 vs. LEH 4-4-151 vs. 2 teams Assists 1 vs. 2 teams2 vs. 2 teams Points 2 vs. 2 teams1 vs. 3 teams Ground Balls 1 vs. 4 teams-- Caused T’overs 1 vs. HOB 3-6-12
2 Tyler Rigo ASeason Career2 vs. 2 teams Goals 2 vs. 3 teams1 at BUCK 2-28-15 Assists 1 vs. 2 teams2 vs. 2 teams Points 2 vs. 3 teams2 at HC 4-11-15 Ground Balls 2 at HC 4-11-15-- Caused T’overs --
4 Tyler Schmarak MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
21 Jack Stebbins MSeason Career2 at BRY 2-7-15 Goals 2 at BRY 2-7-151 vs. 4 teams Assists 1 vs. 4 teams2 at BRY 2-7-15 Points 2 at BRY 2-7-152 at LOY 3-28-15 Ground Balls 2 at LOY 3-28-151 at BRY 2-7-15 Caused T’overs 1 at BRY 2-7-15
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS/2015 SEASON REVIEW
13 Leo Stouros DSeason Career4 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Ground Balls 4 vs. LAF 2-21-153 vs. NAVY 3-21-15 Caused T’overs 3 vs. NAVY 3-21-15
40 Geoffrey Sullivan MSeason Career-- Goals 1 vs. 4 teams-- Assists ---- Points 1 vs. 4 teams-- Ground Balls 1 vs. 5 teams-- Caused T’overs 1 at RM 3-3-12
41 Tim Truesdell MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
22 Ryan Walsh ASeason Career4 vs. 3 teams Goals 5 vs. 2 teams3 vs. 2 teams Assists 3 vs. 6 teams7 vs. BUCK 4-24-15 Points 7 vs. 4 teams5 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Ground Balls 7 at LEH 4-26-131 vs. 3 teams Caused T’overs 4 at LEH 4-5-14
33 Parker Weinstock MSeason Career1 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Goals 1 vs. LAF 2-21-15-- Assists --1 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Points 1 vs. LAF 2-21-153 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Ground Balls 3 vs. LAF 2-21-152 at BRY 2-7-15 Caused T’overs 2 at BRY 2-7-15
27 Chris Wetzel MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
36 Colin Whelan ASeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
1 Cameron Williams A/MSeason Career4 vs. 2 teams Goals 4 vs. 2 teams1 vs. 3 teams Assists 2 at NAVY 3-22-145 at LOY 3-28-15 Points 5 at LOY 3-28-152 vs. 2 teams Ground Balls 3 vs. BUCK 4-22-14-- Caused T’overs 1 vs. VT 2-15-14
9 Chase Wittich ASeason Career2 vs. 6 teams Goals 2 vs. 6 teams3 at COR 3-17-15 Assists 3 at COR 3-17-155 at COR 3-17-15 Points 5 at COR 3-17-152 vs. 2 teams Ground Balls 2 vs. 2 teams1 at HC 4-11-15 Caused T’overs 1 at HC 4-11-15
46 Damis Yancopoulos MSeason Career-- Goals ---- Assists ---- Points --
20 Matt Yeager DSeason Career5 vs. LAF 2-21-15 Ground Balls 5 vs. LAF 2-21-153 vs. 2 teams Caused T’overs 3 vs. 2 teams
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE COLGATE 9Bryant 5Feb. 7 -- Bryant Turf Comp, Smithfield, R.I.
Colgate 2 0 3 4 -- 9Bryant 1 1 2 1 -- 5
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Balanced scoring and a whole-field defensive effort lifted Colgate to an impressive 9-5 win at No. 14 Bryant. It was Colgate’s first road win over a ranked opponent since the 2012 Raiders toppled No. 1 Massachusetts in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Raiders bolted from a 2-2 halftime deadlock by scor-ing three times in the third quarter and four in the fourth. Jack Stebbins and Peter Donato scored twice and five other Raiders found the netting as Colgate toppled Bryant for the fourth straight year in a season-opener. Bryant entered the game as the nation’s No. 14 team ac-cording to the lacrosse media, and No. 19 by USILA. Colgate was a No. 25 preseason selection by Inside Lacossse Maga-zine. The Raiders won by limited the Bulldogs to just eight clears in 14 attempts, and forcing 21 turnovers. Colgate held a 33-27 shot advantage. The Raiders never trailed in this one, but it was tight throughout. The game was tied 2-2 at intermission, and Col-gate led just 5-4 going to the fourth quarter. That’s when the Raiders exploded for four consecutive goals to put the contest away. Sophomore Donato scored the first two goals of his col-legiate career, and Stebbins had his first two-goal game. First-year Raiders Wittich and Abbadessa also scored their first career goals. Donato (midfield) and Abbadessa (attack) drew the first starting assignments of their Colgate careers, with Ab-badessa obviously making the start in his collegiate debut.
Scoring Summary C-B1st 5:11 C - Stebbins 1-0 3:16 C - Donato (Clarkson) 2-0 0:16 B - Morrell (James) extra-man 2-12nd 6:19 B - Ziegler (Morrell) extra-man 2-23rd 11:23 C - Clarkson 3-2 6:58 B - Morrell (Sharpe) 3-3 4:54 C - Williams 4-3 2:30 C - Walsh 5-3 1:10 B - James 5-44th 9:29 C - Stebbins 6-4 5:24 C - Wittich (Clarkson) extra-man 7-4 4:12 C - Abbadessa 8-4 1:44 C - Donato (Abbadessa) 9-4 1:03 B - Morrell (Kennedy) 9-5
Colgate BryantShots 33 27Ground Balls 22 34Faceoffs 5-18 13-18Clears 15-22 8-14Extra-Man Opportunities 1-1 2-2Saves 11 10Turnovers 15 21
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Donato 2-0, Stebbins 2-0, Clark-son 1-2, Abbadessa 1-1, Walsh 1-0, Williams 1-0, Wittich 1-0. Bryant - Morrell 3-1, James 1-1, Ziegler 1-0, Sharpe 0-1, Kennedy 0-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Stouros 3, Millstone 3, Adams 2, Williams 2, Burke 2, Marchetto 2, Weinstock 2, Murphy 2, Clarkson, Wittich, Stebbins. Bryant - Massa 10, Dent 5, Morrell 3, James 2, Gantz 2, Mummau 2, Kaden 2, Schlan-sker 2, Baker, South, Waldt, Hallmark, Gould, Ziegler.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 5 GA, 11 saves. Bryant - Waldt 9 GA, 10 saves.
COLGATE 10Vermont 8Feb. 14 -- Virtue Field, Burlington, Vt.
Colgate 1 4 4 1 -- 10Vermont 4 0 3 1 -- 8
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A six-goal flurry between the second and third quarters helped Colgate post a 10-8 win over Ver-mont. The Raiders trailed 4-1 after the first period before Ryan Walsh found the net for his second goal of the season. That seemed to spark the visitors, who scored four unanswered goals in the quarter for a 5-4 halftime advantage. Colgate continued its momentum to open the third quarter as Chase Wittich scored his second of the day and Anthony Abbadessa made it a hat trick for a 7-4 margin. Ver-mont drew within one goal but then Colgate’s Matt Clark-son and Tyler Rigo tallied and the Raiders led 9-7 entering the fourth. Cameron Williams scored near the midway point of the final period and Colgate held on for its second straight win to open the season. Abbadessa added two assists to his first collegiate hat trick for a five-point game. Clarkson did him one better with a goal and five assists for a career-high six points, while Wil-liams and Wittich scored two goals apiece. Colgate forced 10 Vermont turnovers in the middle two periods when the Raiders were turning a 4-1 deficit into a 9-7 lead. Shots favored Vermont, 37-33, as did ground balls by a 29-27 count. Colgate scored five extra-man goals to Vermont’s one. The Raiders were credited with a 14-of-16 scorecard on clears, while Vermont finished 13-of-17
Scoring Summary C-V1st 11:15 V - Weller 0-1 9:39 C - Abbadessa (Clarkson) extra-man 1-1 8:02 V - Barlow (Milligan) 1-2 3:15 V - Barlow 1-3 2:33 V - MacKay 1-42nd 11:55 C - Walsh 2-4 10:38 C - Abbadessa (Clarkson) extra-man 3-4 2:27 C - Williams (Clarkson) 4-4 1:21 C - Wittich (Abbadessa) 5-43rd 13:27 C - Wittich (Clarkson) extra-man 6-4 12:10 C - Abbadessa 7-4 11:36 V - White (MacKay) 7-5 10:09 V - Barlow 7-6 7:13 C - Clarkson (Abbadessa) extra-man 8-6 1:24 C - Rigo (Walsh) 9-6 0:45 V - Barlow (Weller) 9-74th 7:45 C - Williams (Clarkson) extra-man 10-7 2:35 V - Bartlett (Milligan) extra-man 10-8
Colgate VermontShots 33 37Ground Balls 27 29Faceoffs 6-21 15-21Clears 14-16 13-17Extra-Man Opportunities 5-8 1-5Saves 7 13Turnovers 11 14
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Abbadessa 3-2, Williams 2-0, Wittich 2-0, Clarkson 1-5, Walsh 1-1, Rigo 1-0. Vermont - Barlow 4-0, Weller 1-1, MacKay 1-1, White 1-0, Bartlett 1-0.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Burke 4, Adams 3, Yeager 3, Walsh 3, Orr 3, Williams 2, Abbadessa 2, Clarkson, Stouros, Backe, Marchetto, DeLorenzo. Vermont - LeBlanc 9, Cox 6, Gudas 3, Rosenberg 3, Bocklet 2, White, Barlow, Capone, Milligan, Leary, Linde-Elmhirst.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 8 GA, 7 saves. Vermont - Rosenberg 10 GA, 13 saves.
2015 SEASON REVIEW
COLGATE 12Lafayette 10Feb. 21 -- Tyler’s Field, Hamilton
Lafayette 1 1 5 3 -- 10Colgate 7 1 3 1 -- 12
HAMILTON -- Quick-start Colgate jumped on Lafayette for seven goals in the first quarter en route to a 12-10 Patriot League home win. Ryan Walsh completed a hat trick in the opening 15 min-utes as Colgate led 7-1. The 20th-ranked Raiders made it 8-1 on Tyler Rigo’s goal midway in the second quarter, and still led 8-2 at intermission. But a steady snowfall seemed to cool the Raider jets, and Lafayette rallied with a strong second half. Walsh finished with four goals and two assists, while An-thony Abbadessa added two goals and Matt Clarkson three assists. Six other Raiders contributed single goals. Colgate turned the tables on its recent faceoff troubles by winning 17 of 25 draws. Peter Marchetto was a sparkling 15-of-19 -- including a key grab when the Raiders were a man down in the third quarter that he turned into his first career goal to make it 9-4.
Scoring Summary C-L1st 14:14 C - Williams (Clarkson) 1-0 13:10 C - Walsh 2-0 12:21 C - Walsh (Donato) 3-0 8:09 L - Round 3-1 7:06 C - Weinstock (Walsh) 4-1 3:14 C - Adams (Clarkson) extra-man 5-1 1:43 C - Abbadessa (Walsh) 6-1 0:14 C - Walsh 7-12nd 6:46 C - Rigo (Stebbins) 8-1 3:13 L - Joseph (Sands) 8-23rd 8:22 L - Lewis (Joseph) 8-3 7:43 L - Bock (Sands) 8-4 7:36 C - Marchetto, man-down 9-4 6:30 L - Orazietto (Joseph) 9-5 4:55 C - Donato 10-5 4:04 C - Abbadessa (Clarkson) extra-man 11-5 0:36 L - Joseph (Sands) 11-6 0:00 L - Orazietti 11-74th 14:48 C - Walsh (Murphy) 12-7 11:39 L - Orazietti 12-8 6:34 L - Joseph (Sands) 12-9 0:10 L - Joseph (Sands) extra-man 12-10
Colgate LafayetteShots 37 31Ground Balls 44 34Faceoffs 17-25 8-25Clears 17-23 18-24Extra-Man Opportunities 2-4 1-3Saves 10 18Turnovers 22 19
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Walsh 4-2, Abbadessa 2-0, Do-nato 1-1, Adams 1-0, Williams 1-0, Rigo 1-0, Marchetto 1-0, Weinstock 1-0, Clarkson 0-3, Stebbins 0-1, Murphy 0-1. Lafayette - Joseph 4-2, Orazietti 3-0, Bock 1-0, Lewis 1-0, Round 1-0, Sands 0-5.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Walsh 5, Yeager 5, Marchetto 5, Murphy 5, Stouros 4, Baker 3, Weinstock 3, Burke 2, Backe 2, Millstone 2, Abbadessa, Williams, Clarkson, Braddish, Stebbins, Reyes-Guerra-Dunn, DeLorenzo, Orr. Lafayette - Cannon 7, Joseph 4, McGuire 4, McCooe 4, Broeckaert 4, Dunlap 3, Cortese 2, Roberts 2, Orazietti, Gallagher, Close, Round.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 10 GA, 10 saves. Lafayette - Cortese 12 GA, 18 saves.
COLGATE 10Bucknell 8Feb. 28 -- Mathewson Stad., Lewisburg, Pa.
Colgate 4 2 2 2 -- 10Bucknell 3 2 2 1 -- 8
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Jake Danehy did his job in relief and boosted the 20th-ranked Raiders to a 10-8 Patriot League win over Bucknell here Saturday. Danehy picked up his first career goalkeeping victory after taking over for starter Brandon Burke, who injured himself late in the first quarter. Danehy finished with seven saves, including six in the pivotal second half. Colgate is 4-0 for the first time since the 1993 Raiders opened with five straight wins. The Raiders also are the only 2-0 team in the Patriot League. Ryan Walsh led a balanced Colgate attack with two goals and three assists. Anthony Abbadessa, Kevin Adams and Cameron Williams also scored two goals apiece in a close game throughout. Just like last week against Lafayette, the Raiders broke from the gate quickly. Colgate led 4-0 by the 8:18 mark of the first quarter as Walsh, Matt Clarkson, Abbadessa and Ad-ams found the net. But Bucknell (2-2, 1-1 Patriot) rallied with five straight goals and a 5-4 lead midway in the second quarter. The last two of those goals came against Danehy, who was seeing his first playing time of the season. But Danehy was getting his bearings and Colgate posted two huge goals before the half – Williams and Jack Stebbins doing the honors – to lead 6-5 at the break.
Scoring Summary C-B1st 11:55 C - Walsh 1-0 10:43 C - Clarkson 2-0 10:26 C - Abbadessa (Walsh) 3-0 8:18 C - Adams (Walsh) 4-0 7:03 B - Sands (Joseph) 4-1 4:43 B - Sands 4-2 2:16 B - Shanahan 4-32nd 12:58 B - Dickson 4-4 7:36 B - Sands (Dickson) 4-5 4:07 C - Williams 5-5 2:57 C - Stebbins (Walsh) 6-53rd 11:39 B - Sands 6-6 9:49 C - Walsh (Backe) 7-6 8:51 C - Abbadessa (Rigo) 8-6 1:48 B - Doyle 8-74th 13:03 C - Adams (Clarkson) 9-7 10:50 B - Dickson 9-8 9:33 C - Williams (Donato) 10-8
Colgate BucknellShots 33 38Ground Balls 28 20Faceoffs 15-22 7-22Clears 13-13 12-17Extra-Man Opportunities 0-0 0-2Saves 8 10Turnovers 11 8
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Walsh 2-3, Abbadessa 2-0, Ad-ams 2-0, Williams 2-0, Clarkson 1-1, Stebbins 1-0, Donato 0-1, Rigo 0-1, Backe 0-1. Bucknell - Sands 4-0, Dickson 2-1, Doyle 1-0, Shanahan 1-0, Joseph 0-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Marchetto 5, Murphy 4, Baker 3, Danehy 3, Walsh 2, Stouros 2, Yeager 2, Backe 2, DeLo-renzo 2, Clarkson, Donato, Weinstock. Bucknell - Spring 4, Sullivan 4, Schiappa 3, Henkhaus 3, Munoz 2, Grinberg, O’Hara, Joseph, Ondrusek.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 3 GA, 1 save; Danehy 5 GA, 7 saves. Bucknell - Grinberg 10 GA, 10 saves.
Boston University 18COLGATE 11March 7 -- Tyler’s Field, Hamilton
Boston U. 4 4 4 6 -- 18Colgate 3 4 2 2 -- 11
HAMILTON -- Boston University won 26-of-33 faceoffs and scored an 18-11 Patriot League victory over the 18th-ranked Raiders. Boston University used its faceoff advantage to rack up a 43-31 margin in shots and a 26-18 edge in shots on goal. Colgate forced 22 BU turnovers, but the Raiders committed seven in the final quarter when in desperation mode. Matt Clarkson and Peter Donato registered hat tricks to lead the Raider scoring. Clarkson’s trio was his first since last season against Loyola, while Donato scored three goals in a game for the first time in his career. John Baker and Connor Murphy added career-highs with four ground balls and three caused turnovers, respectively.
Scoring Summary C-B1st 13:29 C - Donato (Clarkson) 1-0 11:29 C - Reyes-Guerra-Dunn 2-0 8:39 B - Schaal (Zebrowski) 2-1 6:10 B - Schaal 2-2 4:24 B - Schaal 2-3 3:07 C - Clarkson 3-3 1:49 B - Schaal (Wilson) 3-42nd 12:27 B - Schaal (Dearth) man-down 3-5 9:31 C - Donato 4-5 6:03 C - Rigo (Stebbins) 5-5 4:24 C - Walsh (Reyes-Guerra-Dunn) 6-5 4:15 B - Wozniak 6-6 4:09 B - Wilson (Talkow) 6-7 1:41 C - Williams (Wittich) extra-man 7-7 0:25 B - Dearth 7-83rd 12:46 C - Donato 8-8 11:33 B - Hilburn 8-9 10:23 C - Clarkson (Abbadessa) 9-9 6:02 B - Wilson (Ruiz) 9-10 4:25 B - Wilson (Myers) 9-11 4:18 B - Hilburn (Wilson) 9-124th 12:46 C - Abbadessa 10-12 11:31 B - Ruiz, extra-man 10-13 11:25 B - Talkow 10-14 10:36 C - Clarkson 11-14 6:44 B - Hilburn 11-15 3:33 B - Dearth 11-16 1:46 B - Hilburn (Beall) 11-17 0:43 B - Beall 11-18
Colgate Boston UShots 31 43Ground Balls 28 34Faceoffs 7-33 26-33Clears 17-22 10-12Extra-Man Opportunities 1-4 1-2Saves 8 7Turnovers 14 22
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Clarkson 3-1, Donato 3-0, Ab-badessa 1-1, Reyes-Guerra-Dunn 1-1, Walsh 1-0, Williams 1-0, Rigo 1-0, Wittich 0-1, Stebbins 0-1. Boston University - Schaal 5-0, Hilburn 4-0, Wilson 3-2, Dearth 2-1, Talkow 1-1, Beall 1-1, Ruiz 1-1, Wozniak 1-0, Myers 0-1, Zebrowski 0-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Walsh 4, Baker 4, Danehy 3, Mur-phy 3, Stouros 2, Braddish 2, Weinstock 2, Millstone 3, Ab-badessa, Clarkson, Donato, Backe, Reyes-Guerra-Dunn, Marchetto. Boston University - Talkow 18, Beall 4, Wilson 2, Calisto 2, Lee 2, Wozniak, Lipton, Dansey, Carson, Myers, Zebrowski.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Danehy 18 GA, 8 saves. Boston University - Carson 11 GA, 7 saves.
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Fairfield 13COLGATE 9March 14 -- Rafferty Stad., Fairfield, Conn.
Colgate 2 1 1 5 -- 9Fairfield 6 4 1 2 -- 13
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Colgate’s furious fourth-quarter rally made it interesting, but Fairfield held on for a 13-9 win over the Raiders. Colgate scored five unanswered goals over a seven-plus-minute stretch of the final period to draw the Raiders within 12-9. Matt Clarkson and Chase Wittich tallied two goals each during the comeback, and Cameron Williams added the other. But the clock was winding and Fairfield settled it with a goal one minute from time. Fairfield led 10-3 at halftime after scoring six in the first quarter and four in the second. It was still 11-4 heading to the fourth in favor of the Stags, who entered Saturday with all four of its losses by one goal. Matt Clarkson’s four-point game led the Raiders offen-sively. Chase Wittich posted the second two-goal game of his young career. Matt Yeager caused a career-high three turnovers. That number matches the Connor Murphy total of last week (also a career-high) for best on the team this season.
Scoring Summary C-F1st 12:07 F - Sperry 0-1 8:44 C - Abbadessa 1-1 7:11 F - McLinden 1-2 6:17 F - Corboy (Sperry) 1-3 5:25 F - Fleming 1-4 4:49 F - Corboy 1-5 1:56 F - Knostman (Sperry) 1-6 1:31 C - Adams (Walsh) 2-62nd 14:02 C - Walsh (Clarkson) 3-6 9:19 F - Corboy (McLinden) 3-7 7:32 F - Corboy (McLinden) 3-8 4:34 F - Schnider (Federico) 3-9 0:40 F - Neubauer (Schnider) 3-103rd 5:03 F - Knostman (Sperry) 3-11 2:18 C - Donato (Clarkson) 4-114th 13:29 F - McLinden 4-12 8:53 C - Wittich (Reyes-Guerra-Dunn) 5-12 7:38 C - Clarkson 6-12 7:14 C - Williams 7-12 2:20 C - Clarkson (Abbadessa) extra-man 8-12 1:32 C - Wittich (Abbadessa) 9-12 1:00 F - Schnider 9-13
Colgate FairfieldShots 36 27Ground Balls 31 27Faceoffs 13-25 12-25Clears 15-16 19-22Extra-Man Opportunities 1-1 0-1Saves 6 11Turnovers 14 19
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Clarkson 2-2, Wittich 2-0, Ab-badessa 1-2, Walsh 1-1, Williams 1-0, Adams 1-0, Donato 1-0, Reyes-Guerra-Dunn 0-1. Fairfield - Corboy 4-0, McLin-den 2-2, Schnider 2-1, Knostman 2-0, Sperry 1-3, Neubau-er 1-0, Fleming 1-0, Federico 0-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Marchetto 4, Abbadessa 3, Stouros 3, Backe 3, Murphy 3, Walsh 2, Baker 2, Burke 2, Weinstock 2, Williams, Adams, Donato, Yeager, Braddish, Stebbins, Millstone. Fairfield - Neubauer 6, Buchanan 6, Fox 5, Borda 2, Barry 2, Sperry, Lukacovic, Nordstrom, Barr, Fleming, Dalton.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 12 GA, 6 saves; Danehy 1 GA. Fairfield - Nordstrom 9 GA, 11 saves.
Cornell 10COLGATE (ot) 9March 17 -- Schoellkopf Field, Ithaca, N.Y.
Colgate 1 3 2 3 0 -- 9Cornell 4 2 2 1 1 -- 10
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Colgate came from four goals back in the second half and took a late lead against seventh-ranked Cornell, only to see the Big Red score at the end of regula-tion and in overtime for a 10-9 victory. A Fox Sports 1 nationally televised audience watched the Raiders score five straight goals over a nearly 15-minute stretch between the third and fourth quarters. Colgate had gone from 8-4 down to 9-8 in front with 3½ minutes to play. Cameron Williams, Tyler Rigo and Chase Wittich did the damage during Colgate’s rally. Williams and Rigo scored two apiece, and Wittich tallied the other while assisting on the first three. Wittich tied the game solo style with 4:36 left be-fore Williams scored unassisted with 3:34 remaining. But Cornell’s Dan Lintner scored his fourth of the game with 1:03 showing in regulation, and Matt Donovan scored his fourth with 1:04 left in overtime to cap the late Big Red reversal. Colgate lost its third straight game and falls to 4-3. The Raiders just missed knocking off their first top-10 opponent since defeating No. 1 Massachusetts in the 2012 NCAAs. Brandon Burke was the star of the game in goal. The Col-gate sophomore posted a career-high 16 saves, including nine in the second half as the Raiders were making their comeback. Wittich finished with two goals and three assists to lead the Raider offense. The five points and three assists were season-highs for the first-year Raider attackman.
Scoring Summary C-Cor1st 14:49 Cor - Donovan 0-1 13:59 C - Donato (Clarkson) 1-1 11:53 Cor - Buczek 1-2 3:33 Cor - Lintner (Donovan) 1-3 2:09 Cor - Donovan 1-42nd 13:41 Cor - Lintner (Donovan) 1-5 12:11 C - Wittich (Williams) extra-man 2-5 5:16 C - Abbadessa (Clarkson) extra-man 3-5 4:21 C - Abbadessa 4-5 0:46 Cor - Donovan (Hogan) 4-63rd 11:55 Cor - Hogan (Buczek) 4-7 10:01 Cor - Lintner (Donovan) 4-8 2:51 C - Williams (Wittich) 5-8 0:45 C - Rigo (Wittich) 6-84th 6:15 C - Rigo (Wittich) 7-8 4:36 C - Wittich 8-8 3:34 C - Williams 9-8 1:03 Cor - Lintner (Donovan) 9-9OT 1:04 Cor - Donovan 9-10
Colgate CornellShots 23 41Ground Balls 13 38Faceoffs 7-23 16-23Clears 12-14 10-11Extra-Man Opportunities 2-3 0-2Saves 16 4Turnovers 9 8
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Wittich 2-3, Williams 2-1, Ab-badessa 2-0, Rigo 2-0, Donato 1-0, Clarkson 0-2. Cornell - Donovan 4-4, Lintner 4-0, Hogan 1-1, Buczek 1-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Burke 3, Backe 3, Baker 2, Murphy 2, Williams, Donato, Marchetto. Cornell - Massimilian 11, Stephens 5, Donovan 4, Edmonds 3, Peters 3, Cook 3, Lint-ner 2, Lord 2, Knight 2, Buczek, Britton, Sullivan.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 10 GA, 16 saves. Cornell - Knight 9 GA, 4 saves.
Navy 7COLGATE 6March 21 -- Andy Kerr Stadium, Hamilton
Navy 1 3 1 2 -- 7Colgate 1 1 1 3 -- 6
HAMILTON -- Colgate’s second fourth-quarter rally of the week ended just like the first one, with a tough one-goal defeat. Navy held on for a 7-6 Patriot League decision. The Raiders scored three times in the last 4½ minutes, including twice with a man-up around the 1-minute mark, but couldn’t find the equalizer. Colgate had possession for the entire time thanks to some timely faceoff wins, but the Raiders failed to complete the rally. Navy scored four straight goals over the second and third quarters to take a 5-2 lead. After Colgate got one back, the Midshipmen seemingly put the game out of reach with a pair of goals to start the fourth that made it 7-3. But Colgate’s rally began when Anthony Abbadessa scored unassisted with 4:30 remaining to close the lead to 7-4. Then after a Navy body-check penalty for 1 minute that was not releasable, Colgate scored twice. Cameron Williams tallied with a 1:04 showing, and then Ryan Walsh followed nine seconds later. Strecker Backe stepped into the faceoff-X and won a pair of huge possessions, but the Raiders couldn’t find the mark against Navy goalkeeper John Connors. Walsh scored two goals and added an assist for Colgate, while Tyler Rigo and Peter Donato also scored goals. First-place Navy was led by Jack Ray’s hat trick. Williams and Abbadessa continued their streaks of scor-ing at least one goal in all eight games this season. Matt Clarkson contributed his team-leading 17th assist. He also led the Raiders with a career-high five ground balls. Backe, Leo Stouros and Chandler Millstone picked up three ground balls apiece, and Stouros caused a career-high three turnovers.
Scoring Summary C-N1st 11:36 C - Rigo (Walsh) 1-0 10:03 N - Rees (Voumard) 1-12nd 10:16 C - Walsh 2-1 9:11 N - Voumard (Keena) 2-2 7:51 N - Hanzsche (Keena) 2-3 7:02 N - Ray 2-43rd 11:40 N - Ray 2-5 11:12 C - Donato 3-54th 10:41 N - Rees (Ray) 3-6 7:16 N - Ray 3-7 4:30 C - Abbadessa 4-7 1:04 C - Williams (Wittich) 5-7 0:55 C - Walsh (Clarkson) 6-7
Colgate NavyShots 31 32Ground Balls 23 26Faceoffs 6-17 11-17Clears 14-16 13-17Extra-Man Opportunities 2-3 0-3Saves 7 9Turnovers 15 17
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Walsh 2-1, Abbadessa 1-0, Wil-liams 1-0, Donato 1-0, Rigo 1-0, Wittich 0-1, Clarkson 0-1. Navy - Ray 3-1, C.Rees 2-0, Voumard 1-1, Hanzsche 1-0, Keena 0-2.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Clarkson 5, Stouros 3, Backe 3, Millstone 3, Baker 2, Murphy 2, Abbadessa, Wittich, Wil-liams, Burke, Rigo, Braddish, Patterson, Stebbins. Navy - Dove 7, M.Rees 6, Godino 2, Trainor 2, Hanzsche, Everson, Fennell, Connors, Voumard, Gaine.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 7 GA, 7 saves; Danehy 0 GA, 0 saves. Navy - Connors 6 GA, 9 saves.
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COLGATE 11Loyola 4March 28 -- Ridley Ath. Complex, Baltimore
Colgate 4 2 5 0 -- 11Loyola 1 1 2 0 -- 4
BALTIMORE -- Colgate picked the perfect place at the perfect time to break out of its midseason lull. The Raiders scored the game’s first four goals and never looked back, rolling to an 11-4 win over No. 15/16 Loyola. The victory was showcased in front of a crowd of 1,276 in the lacrosse capital city and a CBS Sports nationally tele-vised audience. Colgate also said a satisfying goodbye to its four-game losing streak. Cameron Williams posted the first hat trick of his career and went one better, scoring four times and assisting on an-other. He sparked a 12-point game for the starting Raider midfield of Williams, Peter Donato and Matt Clarkson. Donato and Clarkson both contributed a goal and two assists. Chase Wittich scored two goals in a homecoming for the native of nearby Stevenson, Maryland, while Anthony Abbadessa, Ryan Walsh and Tyler Rigo added single goals. Williams and Abbadessa continued their streaks of scor-ing at least one goal in every game this season. The Colgate defense held Loyola to its lowest goal-out-put of the year by half. The Greyhounds had scored no fewer than eight goals in two games – an 8-6 win over Penn State and a 14-8 loss at Duke – and were averaging more than 13 goals per game. It was the lowest goal-total allowed by the Raiders since a 7-4 win over Bryant to start the 2014 season. Brandon Burke backed up the defensive effort with 12 saves, the second-best total of his career. He had 16 earlier this season in an overtime loss at top-10 Cornell.
Scoring Summary C-L1st 11:58 C - Wittich (Walsh) 1-0 8:01 C - Walsh (Williams) 2-0 6:24 C - Clarkson (Donato) 3-0 4:13 C - Williams (Clarkson) extra-man 4-0 0:31 L - Herreweyers (Pontrello) 4-12nd 9:05 C - Williams (Donato) 5-1 6:22 C - Donato (Clarkson) 6-1 0:07 L - Kutzer (Fournier) 6-23rd 9:57 C - Williams 7-2 9:07 C - Rigo (Stebbins) 8-2 7:10 C - Williams 9-2 5:10 C - Abbadessa (Walsh) 10-2 3:29 C - Wittich 11-2 1:32 L - Albrecht 11-3 0:01 L - Drapeau 11-4
Colgate LoyolaShots 33 40Ground Balls 28 31Faceoffs 6-19 13-19Clears 20-23 13-15Extra-Man Opportunities 1-2 0-2Saves 12 8Turnovers 13 15
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Williams 4-1, Wittich 2-0, Walsh 1-2, Clarkson 1-2, Donato 1-2, Abbadessa 1-0, Rigo 1-0, Stebbins 0-1. Loyola - Herreweyers 1-0, Albrecht 1-0, Kutzer 1-0, Drapeau 1-0, Pontrello 0-1, Fournier 0-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Baker 5, Backe 4, Stouros 3, Yeager 3, Burke 3, Clarkson 2, Stebbins 2, Murphy 2, Ab-badessa, Williams, Marchetto, Millstone. Loyola - Savio 6, Fournier 5, Carrigan 4, Frazier 4, Herreweyers 3, Limone 3, Giuffreda 2, Davilakos 2, Sherlock, Albrecht.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 4 GA, 12 saves. Loyola - Lim-one 8 GA, 7 saves; McEnerney 3 GA, 1 save.
COLGATE 12Lehigh 8April 4 -- Andy Kerr Stadium, Hamilton
Lehigh 2 1 2 3 -- 8Colgate 4 5 0 3 -- 12
HAMILTON -- Colgate capped a near-flawless first half with a two-goal burst right before intermission, and then held off Lehigh to post a 12-8 Patriot League victory. The Raiders rallied from an early 2-0 hole to score nine of the next 10 goals and lead 9-3 at the break. The final two of that flurry came in the last 10 seconds of the half off the sticks of first-year attackmen Anthony Abbadessa and Chase Wittich. Abbadessa scored unassisted with 9.9 seconds left in the second quarter. Then Colgate’s Strecker Backe won the faceoff and Abbadessa scooped up the ground ball. He quickly found Wittich in front of the goal, and the Maryland native turned and scored just as the horn was sounding. The Raiders bounced their way to the locker room with a six-goal advantage, matching their largest halftime cushion of the season. Lehigh made things interesting and then some in the second half, rallying with five straight goals to pull within 9-8 early in the fourth. But Abbadessa scored unassisted once again with 8:30 to play, and Cameron Williams fol-lowed 3½ minutes later for some real breathing room. Matt Clarkson’s goal with a minute remaining capped the scoring.
Scoring Summary C-L1st 12:56 L - Corbett (Taylor) extra-man 0-1 9:57 L - Taylor 0-2 8:56 C - Reyes-Guerra-Dunn (Abbadessa) 1-2 6:00 C - Walsh 2-2 3:54 C - Donato 3-2 3:12 C - Reyes-Guerra-Dunn 4-22nd 11:25 L - Oppenheimer (Kaunas) extra-man 4-3 5:59 C - Walsh (Wittich) 5-3 3:00 C - Rigo 6-3 1:36 C - Donato 7-3 0:10 C - Abbadessa 8-3 0:00 C - Wittich 9-33rd 3:00 L - Henderson (Kaunas) 9-4 1:39 L - Kaunas 9-54th 13:27 L - Taylor (Oppenheimer) 9-6 12:06 L - Taylor 9-7 10:04 L - Corbett (Taylor) extra-man 9-8 8:30 C - Abbadessa 10-8 5:02 C - Williams (Abbadessa) 11-8 1:00 C - Clarkson, extra-man 12-8
Colgate LehighShots 27 33Ground Balls 27 27Faceoffs 10-23 13-23Clears 13-17 10-12Extra-Man Opportunities 1-4 3-6Saves 10 4Turnovers 12 9
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Abbadessa 2-3, Walsh 2-0, Do-nato 2-0, Reyes-Guerra-Dunn 2-0, Wittich 1-1, Williams 1-0, Clarkson 1-0, Rigo 1-0. Lehigh - Taylor 3-2, Corbett 2-0, Kaunas 1-2, Oppenheimer 1-1, Henderson 1-0.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Clarkson 3, Backe 3, Abbadessa 2, Walsh 2, Donato 2, Yeager 2, Burke 2, Millstone 2, Murphy 2, Wittich, Williams, Patterson, Reyes-Guerra-Dunn, Cow-an, Marchetto, Orr. Lehigh - Ernst 6, Taylor 4, Eidenshink 4, Lori 3, Corbett 2, Eaton 2, Kaunas, Henderson, Mikelinich, Telesco, McAdam, Apers.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 8 GA, 10 saves. Lehigh - Sa-wicki 10 GA, 3 saves; Poillon 2 GA, 1 save.
COLGATE 14Holy Cross 13April 11 -- Holy Cross Fld, Worcester, Mass.
Colgate 1 6 1 6 -- 14Holy Cross 5 3 2 3 -- 13
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Ryan Walsh scored with 43 seconds remaining to complete a hat trick and a furious Colgate rally in the 14-13 triumph over Holy Cross. First-year attackman Anthony Abbadessa added season-highs of four goals and six points, and Colgate needed every one to overcome a Holy Cross squad determined to advance to the Patriot League tournament for the first time. Colgate with its third straight win punched a ticket to the postseason, improving to 7-4 overall and 5-2 in conference. Colgate twice trailed by four goals in the first half and never led until midway in the fourth quarter. Abbadessa scored his fourth of the game on a man-up chance to tie it at 13-13 with 2:10 to play. And then Walsh side-armed one past the Crusaders keeper for the game-winner just 43 seconds from the finish. Colgate finished 3-of-3 on man-up chances and blanked Holy Cross on its only two extra-man opportunities.
Scoring Summary C-H1st 13:44 H - Wilkinson 0-1 12:31 H - McKenna 0-2 7:40 C - Abbadessa (Clarkson) extra-man 1-2 6:27 H - Haarmann 1-3 4:48 H - Gaul (McKenna) 1-4 0:59 H - Haarmann 1-52nd 10:42 C - Wittich (Abbadessa) 2-5 10:12 C - Walsh (Abbadessa) 3-5 9:14 H - Haarmann (McKenna) 3-6 7:12 H - Wilkinson (Gaul) 3-7 6:22 C - Williams (Wittich) extra-man 4-7 4:59 C - Williams (Clarkson) 5-7 3:15 C - Wittich 6-7 3:03 C - Walsh (Backe) 7-7 0:02 H - McKenna (Wilkinson) 7-83rd 13:12 H - Haarmann 7-9 10:56 C - Abbadess 8-9 2:12 H - Lux 8-104th 14:26 C - Donato (Clarkson) 9-10 13:52 C - Clarkson 10-10 12:47 H - Buermann (Lux) 10-11 12:22 C - Abbadessa 11-11 8:52 C - Donato 12-11 3:06 H - Buermann 12-12 2:31 H - Vogel (Wilkinson) 12-13 2:10 C - Abbadessa (Clarkson) 13-13 0:43 C - Walsh (Williams) 14-13
Colgate Holy CrShots 27 44Ground Balls 24 28Faceoffs 13-30 17-30Clears 6-8 7-9Extra-Man Opportunities 3-3 0-2Saves 5 6Turnovers 10 8
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Abbadessa 4-2, Walsh 3-0, Wil-liams 2-1, Wittich 2-1, Donato 2-0, Clarkson 1-4, Backe 0-1. Holy Cross - Haarmann 4-0, Wilkinson 2-2, McKenna 2-2, Buermann 2-0, Lux 1-1, Gaul 1-1, Vogel 1-0.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Walsh 4, Murphy 3, Orr 3, Wittich 2, Yeager 2, Rigo 2, Backe 2, Williams, Burke, Abbadessa, Stouros, Cowan, Weinstock. Holy Cross - Purdue 16, Gaud-reau 2, Sheehan 2, Ortlieb, Wilkinson, Haarmann, McGov-ern, Vogel, Mulligan, Urquhart, Smith.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 13 GA, 5 saves. Holy Cross - Ortlieb 14 GA, 6 saves.
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COLGATE 8Army 5April 17 -- Michie Stadium, West Point, N.Y.
Colgate 1 3 1 3 -- 8Army 0 0 2 3 -- 5
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Colgate didn’t quite get the Friday night trifecta it needed, but the Raiders did their part and picked up a pretty nice consolation prize. A Patriot League regular season championship. Colgate climbed into a first-place tie with Navy thanks to a stifling 8-5 victory over 17th-ranked Army at historic Michie Stadium. It’s the third regular season crown in Raider Men’s Lacrosse history and second in the last four years. Ryan Walsh scored four goals and assisted on two of the three goals scored by Cameron Williams. Matt Clarkson add-ed the eighth tally as Colgate won its fourth straight game. The Raiders jumped to 8-4 overall and completed their Pa-triot League season at 6-2. The Raiders led 4-0 at intermission before Army battled back in the second half, closing to within two goals twice. The Black Knights were held to a season-low five goals – three by Connor Cook and two by Shea Mullins. Walsh scored his four goals on just five total shots, while Williams scored his three on just four shots. Both Walsh as-sists set up goals by Williams. Williams has scored at least one goal in every game this season, the only Raider with that distinction. Anthony Ab-badessa’s goal- and point-scoring streak came to an end when he just missed scoring in the closing minutes. The Walsh hat trick was his third of the year and 22nd of his career. He matched season highs of four goals and six points set in the February win over Lafayette. Matt Clarkson scored Colgate’s eighth goal from an im-possible angle. He fought off his defender, stayed out of the crease and still managed to get it past Army’s Sam Somers. The goal was Clarkson’s 12th of the year and team-lead-ing 35th point.
Scoring Summary C-A1st 7:16 C - Walsh (Stebbins) 1-02nd 14:14 C - Williams (Walsh) extra-man 2-0 5:20 C - Walsh 3-0 0:09 C - Williams 4-03rd 10:45 A - Mullins (Glesener) 4-1 10:10 A - Cook (Miller) 4-2 2:25 C - Walsh 5-24th 12:22 A - Mullins (Johnson) 5-3 10:14 C - Williams (Walsh) 6-3 9:28 C - Walsh, extra-man 7-3 8:29 A - Cook (Glesener) extra-man 7-4 5:15 C - Clarkson 8-4 4:15 A - Cook 8-5
Colgate ArmyShots 25 31Ground Balls 22 23Faceoffs 6-17 11-17Clears 18-20 15-15Extra-Man Opportunities 2-3 1-3Saves 9 8Turnovers 10 18
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Walsh 4-2, Williams 3-0, Clarkson 1-0, Stebbins 0-1. Army - Cook 3-0, Mullins 2-0, Glesener 0-2, Johnson 0-1, Miller 0-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Baker 5, Burke 5, Marchetto 3, Backe 2, Murphy 2, Clarkson, Stebbins, Weinstock, Mill-stone, Orr. Army - Grabher 6, Klipstein 4, Stackpole 3, D’Aprile 3, Canara 2, Glesener, Jollota, Moore, Somers, Newsome.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 5 GA, 9 saves. Army - Somers 8 GA, 8 saves.
COLGATE 18Bucknell 5April 24 -- Navy-MC Stad., Annapolis, Md.
Bucknell 2 2 1 0 -- 5Colgate 7 3 5 3 -- 18
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- No. 18 Colgate blitzed into the Patriot League Tournament championship game with a record-breaking victory here in Friday’s first semifinal. Matt Clark-son and Ryan Walsh went for seven points apiece as the Raiders set tournament marks for goals in a game and larg-est margin of victory. Friday’s victory was Colgate’s fifth straight, longest for the program since the 2012 Raiders won five in a row twice on their way to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals. Colgate improved to 3-0 all-time against Bucknell in the semifinal round, and 5-1 against the Bison in the tourna-ment altogether. The Raiders are 1-1 all-time against Army in the Patriot League Tournament, but Sunday is their first championship meeting. Clarkson tied his career-high with five goals and set a personal best with seven points. Walsh scored four goals for the second straight game – he has 11 over the last three – and matched his career-high with seven points.
Scoring Summary C-B1st 12:47 C - Wittich (Clarkson) 1-0 10:42 C - Clarkson (Walsh) 2-0 9:07 B - O’Brien (Dickson) extra-man 2-1 8:30 C - Donato (Abbadessa) 3-1 5:21 C - Walsh (Clarkson) extra-man 4-1 4:40 C - Abbadessa 5-1 4:30 C - Wittich (Murphy) 6-1 2:09 C - Stebbins 7-1 0:48 B - Dickson (Sands) 7-22nd 12:52 C - Donato (Abbadessa) 8-2 12:08 C - Walsh 9-2 11:10 B - Joseph 9-3 5:47 C - Clarkson 10-3 3:30 B - Doyle (Dickson) extra-man 10-43rd 14:25 C - Clarkson (Walsh) extra-man 11-4 13:53 C - Clarkson (Walsh) extra-man 12-4 11:11 C - Clarkson 13-4 9:20 B - Shanahan 13-5 6:01 C - Walsh 14-5 3:38 C - Rigo 15-54th 10:55 C - Walsh (Donato) 16-5 5:11 C - Adams (Abbadessa) 17-5 3:55 C - Dunigan 18-5
Colgate BucknellShots 25 31Ground Balls 25 28Faceoffs 10-25 15-25Clears 10-13 8-11Extra-Man Opportunities 3-7 2-5Saves 11 2Turnovers 11 14
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Clarkson 5-2, Walsh 4-3, Donato 2-1, Wittich 2-0, Abbadessa 1-3, Rigo 1-0, Adams 1-0, Steb-bins 1-0, Dunigan 1-0, Murphy 0-1. Bucknell - Dickson 1-2, Doyle 1-0, Joseph 1-0, O’Brien 1-0, Shanahan 1-0, Sands 0-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Marchetto 4, Yeager 3, Backe 3, Dunigan 2, Millstone 2, Orr 2, Walsh, Stouros, Burke, Ad-ams, Heldberg, Patterson, Cowan, Weinstock, Murphy. Bucknell - Spring 5, Hahn 4, Gilray 4, Ryan 2, Sullivan 2, Doyle, Joseph, Schiappa, Dotson, O’Brien, Shanahan, Henkhaus, Pearce, Monfort.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 5 GA, 10 saves; Danehy 1 save. Bucknell - Grinberg 8 GA; McKee 9 GA, 2 saves; Mo-relli 1 GA.
COLGATE 11Army 8April 26 -- Navy-MC Stad., Annapolis, Md.
Army 2 1 3 2 -- 8Colgate 2 3 4 2 -- 11
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- From 4-4 to a Patriot League title! No. 18 Colgate streaked its way to the conference title, defeating Army 11-8 for the second tournament champion-ship in program history. The Raiders won their sixth straight game and now have a May date with the NCAAs. Sunday’s win over Army was Colgate’s second against the Black Knights in nine days, handing the Raiders their first Patriot League championship since 2008. The Raiders are returning to the NCAA tournament for the first time since they were an at-large entry in 2012. Cameron Williams scored a natural hat trick to spark Sunday’s win, scoring three times in a five-minute span of the second quarter to give the Raiders the lead for keeps. Williams added another goal in the third to keep Army at bay, while Ryan Walsh scored two goals and Brandon Burke made eight saves. Colgate began the season with four straight wins and then four straight losses. But four more in the win-column – over Loyola, Lehigh, Holy Cross and Army – led to a share of the Patriot League regular season title. And then two con-vincing wins handed Colgate double crowns. Colgate placed four on the 11-man all-tournament team. Walsh was named the Most Outstanding Player after scoring six goals and contributing five assists in the two games. Other Raiders named were Clarkson (6 goals, 2 as-sists), Williams (4 goals) and Burke (18 saves, 2 wins).
Scoring Summary C-A1st 12:15 C - Walsh 1-0 5:04 C - Walsh 2-0 4:17 A - Miller (Johnson) 2-1 2:06 A - Glesener (Bowman) 2-22nd 11:43 A - Johnson 2-3 6:49 C - Williams (Donato) 3-3 5:14 C - Williams (Walsh) 4-3 2:01 C - Williams (Walsh) 5-33rd 8:41 A - Glesener (Miller) 5-4 8:00 C - Stebbins 6-4 7:52 C - Clarkson 7-4 6:58 A - Glesener (Cook) 7-5 1:41 C - Rigo 8-5 1:23 C - Williams 9-5 1:05 A - Larrabee 9-64th 13:42 A - Cook (Johnson) 9-7 8:14 C - Abbadessa 10-7 6:50 A - Newsome (Glesener) 10-8 1:17 C - Rigo (Abbadessa) 11-8
Colgate ArmyShots 22 29Ground Balls 18 23Faceoffs 5-23 18-23Clears 17-17 12-15Extra-Man Opportunities 0-0 0-2Saves 8 6Turnovers 9 13
Goals-Assists: Colgate - Williams 4-0, Walsh 2-2, Rigo 2-0, Abbadessa 1-1, Clarkson 1-0, Stebbins 1-0, Donato 0-1. Army - Glesener 3-1, Johnson 1-2, Cook 1-1, Miller 1-1, Newsome 1-0, Larrabee 1-0, Bowman 0-1.
Ground Balls: Colgate - Walsh 3, Wittich 2, Stouros 2, Bak-er 2, Burke 2, Kinnealey 2, Clarkson, Yeager, Backe, Mar-chetto, Millstone. Army - Grabher 11, Somers 4, DeStefano 2, Glesener, Moore, Klipstein, Jollota, Canara, D’Aprile.
Goalkeepers: Colgate - Burke 8 GA, 8 saves. Army - Somers 11 GA, 6 saves.
2015 PATRIOT LEAGUE STATISTICSColgate Combined Team Statistics
Conference games (as of Apr 18, 2015)
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 6-2 2-2 4-0 0-0CONFERENCE 6-2 2-2 4-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Date Opponent Score Att.* Feb 21 LAFAYETTE W 12-10 345* Feb 28 at Bucknell W 10-8 310* Mar 07 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L 11-18 445* Mar 21 NAVY L 6-7 421* Mar 28 at #15 Loyola W 11-4 1276* Apr 04 LEHIGH W 12-8 289* Apr 11 at Holy Cross W 14-13 1489* Apr 17 at #17 Army W 8-5 1749
TEAM STATISTICS COLGATE OPPSHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 84-244 73-292 Goals scored per game 10.50 9.12 Shot pct. . 3 4 4 . 2 5 0 Shots on goal-Attempts 154-244 142-292 SOG pct. . 6 3 1 . 4 8 6 S h o t s / G a m e 30.5 36.5 A s s i s t s 47 38MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES G o a l s - O p p o r t u n i t i e s 12-23 6-23 Conversion Percent . 5 2 2 . 2 6 1GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals 84 73 M a n - u p 12 6 M a n - d o w n 1 1 U n a s s i s t e d 37 35 O v e r t i m e 0 0 Goals scored average 10.50 9.12GROUND BALLS 227 220TURNOVERS 107 116CAUSED TURNOVERS 50 51FACEOFFS (W-L) 80-186 106-186 Faceoff W-L Pct. . 4 3 0 . 5 7 0CLEARS 118-142 98-121 Clear Pct. . 8 3 1 . 8 1 0PENALTIES N u m b e r 24 27 M i n u t e s 18:00 22:30ATTENDANCE T o t a l 1500 4824 Dates/Avg Per Date 4/375 4/1206 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0
## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Up Dn GB Faceoff22 Walsh, Ryan 8 19 10 29 52 2 0 17 0-01 Williams, Cameron 8 15 2 17 32 5 0 6 0-06 Abbadessa, Anthony 8 13 6 19 36 3 0 7 0-015 Donato, Peter 8 10 4 14 23 0 0 3 0-010 Clarkson, Matt 8 8 12 20 30 1 0 14 0-09 Wittich, Chase 7 5 4 9 14 0 0 4 0-02 Rigo, Tyler 8 5 1 6 15 0 0 3 0-026 Reyes-Guerra-Dunn, M 8 3 1 4 12 0 0 3 0-07 Adams, Kevin 8 3 0 3 7 1 0 0 0-021 Stebbins, Jack 8 1 4 5 11 0 0 5 0-033 Weinstock, Parker 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 0-030 Marchetto, Peter 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 16 48-10449 Orr, Collin 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 20-5729 Danehy, Jake 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0-048 Murphy, Connor 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 23 0-044 Millstone, Chandle 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0-031 DeLorenzo, Nicco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-028 Cowan, Chase 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-023 Baker, John 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0-020 Yeager, Matt 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0-019 Patterson, Jackson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-013 Stouros, Leo 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0-08 Braddish, Conor 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4-95 Burke, Brandon 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0-03 Backe, Strecker 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 19 8-1618 Heldberg, Matt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Total 8 84 47 131 244 12 1 227 80-186Opponents 8 73 38 111 292 6 1 220 106-186
## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T5 Burke, Brandon 7 372:01 50 8.06 54 . 5 1 9 5-1-029 Danehy, Jake 3 107:59 23 12.78 15 . 3 9 5 1-1-0
Total 8 480:00 73 9.12 69 . 4 8 6 6-2-0Opponents 8 480:00 84 10.50 70 . 4 5 5 2-6-0
Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalColgate 25 24 15 20 84Opponents 17 15 20 21 73
Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalColgate 12 18 24 15 69Opponents 22 18 11 19 70
Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalColgate 70 67 46 61 244Opponents 54 76 92 70 292
Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalColgate 47 42 26 39 154Opponents 29 33 44 36 142
2015 OVERALL STATISTICSColgate Combined Team Statistics
All games (as of Apr 26, 2015)
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 10-4 2-2 6-2 2-0CONFERENCE 6-2 2-2 4-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 4-2 0-0 2-2 2-0
Date Opponent Score Att.Feb 07 at #14 Bryant W 9-5 712Feb 14 at Vermont W 10-8 95
* Feb 21 LAFAYETTE W 12-10 345* Feb 28 at Bucknell W 10-8 310* Mar 07 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L 11-18 445
Mar 14 at Fairfield L 9-13 812Mar 17 at #7 Cornell L o t 9-10 750
* Mar 21 NAVY L 6-7 421* Mar 28 at #15 Loyola W 11-4 1276* Apr 04 LEHIGH W 12-8 289* Apr 11 at Holy Cross W 14-13 1489* Apr 17 at #17 Army W 8-5 1749
Apr 24 vs #20 Bucknell W 18-5 2011Apr 26 vs Army W 11-8 608
TEAM STATISTICS COLGATE OPPSHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 150-416 122-484 Goals scored per game 10.71 8.71 Shot pct. . 3 6 1 . 2 5 2 Shots on goal-Attempts 266-416 250-484 SOG pct. . 6 3 9 . 5 1 7 S h o t s / G a m e 29.7 34.6 A s s i s t s 84 68MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES G o a l s - O p p o r t u n i t i e s 24-43 11-40 Conversion Percent . 5 5 8 . 2 7 5GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals 150 122 M a n - u p 24 11 M a n - d o w n 1 1 U n a s s i s t e d 66 54 O v e r t i m e 0 1 Goals scored average 10.68 8.68GROUND BALLS 363 399TURNOVERS 176 205CAUSED TURNOVERS 87 77FACEOFFS (W-L) 126-321 195-321 Faceoff W-L Pct. . 3 9 3 . 6 0 7CLEARS 201-240 168-211 Clear Pct. . 8 3 7 . 7 9 6PENALTIES N u m b e r 41 48 M i n u t e s 31:00 41:30ATTENDANCE T o t a l 1500 7193 Dates/Avg Per Date 4/375 8/899 Neutral Site #/Avg 2/1310
## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Up Dn GB Faceoff22 Walsh, Ryan 14 28 17 45 86 3 0 26 0-01 Williams, Cameron 14 25 3 28 59 6 0 12 0-06 Abbadessa, Anthony 14 22 15 37 51 6 0 12 0-010 Clarkson, Matt 14 18 25 43 65 5 0 17 0-015 Donato, Peter 14 16 6 22 40 0 0 5 0-09 Wittich, Chase 13 14 7 21 26 3 0 7 0-02 Rigo, Tyler 14 11 1 12 24 0 0 3 0-07 Adams, Kevin 13 5 0 5 14 1 0 7 0-021 Stebbins, Jack 14 5 4 9 21 0 0 7 0-026 Reyes-Guerra-Dunn, M 14 3 2 5 16 0 0 3 0-024 Dunigan, Robby 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0-030 Marchetto, Peter 13 1 0 1 1 0 1 29 81-20333 Weinstock, Parker 14 1 0 1 1 0 0 13 0-013 Stouros, Leo 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 0-08 Braddish, Conor 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 4-113 Backe, Strecker 14 0 2 2 2 0 0 30 8-175 Burke, Brandon 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0-029 Danehy, Jake 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0-018 Heldberg, Matt 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0-020 Yeager, Matt 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0-023 Baker, John 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0-028 Cowan, Chase 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-031 DeLorenzo, Nicco 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0-044 Millstone, Chandle 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0-048 Murphy, Connor 14 0 2 2 0 0 0 33 0-049 Orr, Collin 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 31-8240 Sullivan, Geoffrey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-035 Lanning, Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-017 Kinnealey, Alex 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-819 Patterson, Jackson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-04 Schmarak, Tyler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Total 14 150 84 234 416 24 1 363 126-321Opponents 14 122 68 190 484 11 1 399 195-321
## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T5 Burke, Brandon 13 725:14 98 8.11 112 . 5 3 3 9-3-029 Danehy, Jake 5 117:42 24 12.23 16 . 4 0 0 1-1-0
Total 14 842:56 122 8.68 128 . 5 1 2 10-4-0Opponents 14 842:56 150 10.68 116 . 4 3 6 4-10-0
Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalColgate 40 38 34 38 0 150Opponents 36 25 32 28 1 122
Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalColgate 26 32 35 35 0 128Opponents 33 29 24 30 0 116
Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalColgate 112 106 88 110 0 416Opponents 103 121 139 119 2 484
Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalColgate 73 67 58 68 0 266Opponents 62 57 67 63 1 250