Women’s Lacrosse Opens Season With a 17-4 Beating of Le Moyne

'xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags' />Hamilton, N.Y. ‘ The Colgate women’s lacrosse team opened up its season with an impressive 17-4 victory over the Dolphins of Le Moyne.  Katie McVeigh led the Raiders with four goals and an assist, while teammate Amanda Bradshaw contributed two goals and two helpers.'xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' />

A quick goal for Le Moyne gave them an early 1-0 advantage, but the Raiders answered with four consecutive tallies.  Sophomore Eden Haladay scored a free position goal at 25:46 to tie the score at one apiece.

Freshman Tara Casey registered her first collegiate goal just over a minute later on a free position shot.  Amanda Bradshaw scored her first collegiate goal at 20:06 from Kelly Winning to put the Raiders up 3-1.  Reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Year Katie McVeigh scored her first goal of the season at 18:48 of the first half off a pass from Bradshaw.

Tara Walburger scored at 12:10 to slice the Colgate lead to 4-2, but the Raiders scored three straight free position goals in the last minute and a half to play in the first.  Brianne Tierney tallied her first collegiate goal at 1:27 followed by Becky Ortolano and Casey to set the halftime score at 7-2.

Colgate came out firing in the second half, picking up two quick goals from McVeigh and Bradshaw.  Ortolano and Bradshaw recorded assists on the goals.  Walburger cut the lead to 9-3 with her second goal of the game.

The Raiders finished out the game, outscoring the Dolphins 8-1 over the final 20 minutes.  Casey finished with a hat-trick, while fellow freshmen Tierney and Megan Janson scored twice.

The Raiders defeat Le Moyne to open the season for the second consecutive year.  Colgate is next in action on Saturday, March 6, against La Salle here in Hamilton, N.Y.

BOX SCORE:
                       1      2       F
Le Moyne         2     2       4
Colgate            7     10     17

GOALS: 
Le Moyne- Malecki, Walburger (2), Maguire.
Colgate-   Casey (3), Bradshaw (2), McVeigh (4), Tierney (2), Ortolano, Haladay, Janson (2), Winning, Callen.

ASSISTS:
Le Moyne-  None.
Colgate-  Bradshaw (2), Winning, Callen, Coomber, McVeigh, Ortolano.

GOALKEEPING:
Le Moyne-  Erica Henderson (60 minutes, 10 saves, 17 goals allowed).
Colgate-  Sue Bielamowicz (60 minutes, 13 saves, 4 goals allowed).

SHOTS: Le Moyne 19, Colgate 35; FREE POSITION SHOTS: Le Moyne 1-5, Colgate 8-17; GROUNDBALLS: Le Moyne 16, Colgate 30; TURNOVERS: Le Moyne 18, Colgate 11; CAUSED TURNOVERS: Le Moyne 3, Colgate 11; DRAW CONTROLS: Le Moyne 12, Colgate 11.