Colgate Rolls Past Lehigh 12-4
from press release
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Senior Ian Murphy
(Constantia, N.Y.) recorded a season-high five points as Colgate
downed Lehigh 12-4 in men’s lacrosse action, Saturday night
at Andy Kerr Stadium.
Murphy scored three goals and added two assists to lead the Raiders
while freshman Peter Baum (Portland, Ore.) recorded his fifth hat
trick of the season. Juniors Ben McCabe (Brunswick, Maine) and
Andrew Mould (Wyomissing, Pa.) each scored twice.
Sophomore John Donnally (Madison, N.J.) scored just 15 seconds into
the game, after junior Jim Carroll (Nesconset, N.Y.) won the
opening face-off. Carroll won 12 of 19 face-offs to lead the
Raiders, who went 13-7 for the game. Baum would score his first of
the game two-minutes later to put Colgate up 2-0. Lehigh would
respond with a man-up goal at the 5:53 mark to make it 2-1, but
Murphy would fire back 46 seconds later with his first goal of the
game to put the Raiders up 3-1. Lehigh closed the opening period
with a pair of goals to tie the score 3-3.
Murphy scored the only goal of the second period to give Colgate a
4-3 lead at the half. Colgate controlled the pace of the game in
the first half out-shooting the Mountain Hawks 23-9 and collecting
10 more groundballs 18-8.
The Raiders added three more goals in the third period including a
man-up goal from McCabe to build a 7-3 lead. Colgate out-shot
Lehigh 11-2 in the period and won the groundball battle 13-6.
Lehigh began the fourth quarter with a goal at the 11:33 mark to
trim the Raiders lead to 7-4, but that would be as close as the
Mountain Hawks would come as Colgate ended the game with
five-straight goals including a man-down goal from senior Michael
Crown (Winnetka, Ill.).
Sophomore goaltender Jared Madison (Lawrenceville, N.J.) tallied 11
stops in the win for Colgate, while Connor Murphy saved 13 for
Lehigh.
Colgate out-shot the Mountain Hawks 42-21 and won the groundball
battle 40-20. Crown led the Raiders defense with six groundballs
and caused two turnovers.
