Army Sets Program Mark in Road Win Over Colgate

Wednesday, April 17

Hamilton, NY

5 PM

Army West Point

11-4, 4-3Patriot

Colgate

6-8, 4-3Patriot

Army West Point

Colgate University

The Black Knights celebrate after scoring a goal

Army Sets Program Mark in Road Win Over Colgate

April 17, 2019 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

HAMILTON, N.Y. – Behind a gritty road performance, the Army West Point women's lacrosse team captured a 12-9 victory over Colgate at Beyer-Small '76 Field on Wednesday night.

The win marked the 11th of the season for the Black Knights (11-4, 4-3 Patriot League), setting a new single-season program record. It was also the Cadets fourth league win, tying a single-season program mark.

It was an all-around effort on the field against the Raiders (6-8, 4-3 Patriot League), with Jackie Brattan and Caroline Raymond leading the offensive charge with a combined 10 goals. Brattan tied her career-best scoring total with six, while Raymond put four of her shots into the back of the net.

The Black Knights' had a ton of success in the draw circle, coming away with 15 wins, compared to the Raiders' eight. Brattan and Samantha Stewart had five draw controls apiece, while Juliana Dworschak tallied four.

Maddie Burns shined in a strong defensive outing for Army by coming away with 10 saves. The junior netminder posted five stops in each of the halves.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Brattan notched the 50th goal and 50th point of her sophomore campaign.
She is the first cadet in program history to score 50 goals in a single season.
The Garden City, N.Y., native became just the second cadet all-time to reach 50 points in a single season.
The sophomore tallied her 10th hat trick of the year.
It was the fourth time this season she scored five or more goals in a single game.
Raymond recorded her fourth collegiate hat trick and added an assist.
She tied Megan Raftery for seventh in all-time goals with 31.
Burns posted her ninth win of the season in between the pipes.
She posted double-digit saves in a game for the fourth time this year.
The Cadets won nine of the 14 second-half draw controls.
Army outshot Colgate, 30-28.
Twenty-one of the 30 Army shots were placed on goal.
The Black Knights were 19-of-21 on clears.
Army improved to 3-1 all-time versus Colgate.
It was the third consecutive year that the Black Knights bested the Raiders.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Despite two early goals from Raymond, the Black Knights found themselves trailing, 3-2. The deficit could have been larger but Burns made a bevy of saves, including one on a straightaway free position shot by the Raiders.
With 7:28 remaining in the opening half, Brattan was fouled and capitalized on a free position strike after she ripped a shot into the back of the net to even the score at 3-3.
Colgate turned the ball over on its ensuing possession and the Cadets trekked down the field. The ball was in Raymond's stick and she used a series of moves near the edge of the crease before putting a shot past the Raiders' netminder to complete the hat trick.
Army tacked on an additional score in the closing minute of the first stanza after Brattan tallied her second free position score of the game with 45 seconds on the clock to give her team a two-goal lead entering the break.
The Raiders came out for the second half and needed just over four minutes to score two goals and even up the score at five apiece.
The two teams did not stay deadlocked for long as 25 seconds later, Stewart set up Brattan for a goal. That Army score sparked a 4-0 run that put the Cadets ahead, 9-5.
Colgate trimmed the deficit to three, 9-6, following a goal with 15:28 left to play. However, both offenses got quiet and for over 10 minutes, the two sides went without a goal. At the 4:27 mark, the Raiders broke the drought to make it a two-goal game.
Army outscored Colgate, 3-2, in the closing 2:50 of play to hang on and secure the Patriot League road victory.

UP NEXT
The Black Knights will close out a three-game road trip on Saturday when they head to Massachusetts to take on Boston U. at noon.