(Hamilton, NY – April 25, 2012) The No. 10/11 Colgate men’s lacrosse team had a Patriot League- high five players named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team today with senior Kevin Gordon and juniors Peter Baum, Robert Grabher and James Queeney all making the cut.

The Raiders led the way, securing four of the 14 spots on the academic team, while Army had three, Bucknell, Lafayette and Lehigh had two each, and Navy had one selection.

Gordon, a co-captain on the team, is an economics major that has played in all 13 games this season. The senior, who is a five-time member of the Raider Academic Roll and was a member of the 2011 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, has a total of four points from three goals and one assist, while also adding had 45 groundballs and 18 caused turnovers.

Queeney, who is a mathematics major, continues to be a leader on and off the field as the only junior co-captain on the team. He has played and started in every game on defense for the Raiders this season, has one point from one goal this season while also collecting 19 groundballs and six caused turnovers. Queeney is a three-time member of the of the Raider Academic Honor Roll and was also selected to the 2011 Academic All-Patriot League Team.

Baum, who was recently named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and was selected to the All-PL First Team earlier this week, was selected to the academic team for the second-straight season. The geography major was also a three-time member of the Raider Academic Honor Roll and was also selected to the 2011 PL Academic Honor Roll. Baum, who was the PL Preseason Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and is a 2012 Tewaaraton Award Watch List candidate, currently leads the nation in scoring with 68 points from 51 goals and 17 assists, and goals per game with 3.92.

A 2012 Patriot League First Team selection, Grabher is a political science major that was named to the Raider Academic Honor Roll for the third-straight semester last fall. Grabher, who was named to the 2011 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, has successfully won 178-of-298 faceoffs this season for a league-best 59.7 percent success rate while also collecting a league-high 105 groundballs this season.

Academic All-Patriot League
Andrew Boyd, Army, Jr.
Brendan Buckley, Army, Jr.
James MacGibbon, Army, Sr.
Mike Huffner, Bucknell, Jr.
Jason Neithamer, Bucknell, Sr.
Peter Baum, Colgate, Jr.
Kevin Gordon, Colgate, Sr.
Robert Grabher, Colgate, Jr.
James Queeney, Colgate, Jr.
Roman Lao-Gosney, Lehigh, Sr.
Ty Souders, Lehigh, So.
Jake Hyatt, Lafayette, So.
Doug Prusoff, Lafayette, Sr.
Logan West, Navy, Sr.

Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Brendan Buckley, Army, Jr.

Peter Baum scored five goals and four assists to lead Colgate to a 14-9 win over Bucknell in the Patriot League Tournament semifinal game. (Photo by Bob Cornell)

(Hamilton, NY – April 27, 2012) Junior Peter Baum recorded a game-high nine points as the No. 10/11 Colgate men’s lacrosse team advanced to the Patriot League championship game with a 14-9 win over No. 18 Bucknell on Friday Andy Kerr Stadium. The Raiders advance to the title game for the second-straight year and fourth time in program history.

Baum, a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee, finished with five goals and four assists to extend his scoring streak to 41-straight games, which is the fifth longest in the nation. Baum also passed Gregg Perry ’91 for the most goals scored in a single season with 56. Senior Jeff Ledwick scored two goals with one assist for three points, while sophomore Brendon McCann scored two. Matt Baker, Ryan Collins, Robert Grabher, Bobby Lawrence and Ryan Walsh each scored for the Raiders, while Matt Clarkson dished out an assist. Lawrence’s goal was a rocket from 60-yards out that broke a 5-5 tie to start the second quarter, the Raiders then finished the game with an 8-4 run to advance to the title game.

Bucknell (9-7, 3-3) scored the first goal of the game, in a very productive first quarter, before Ledwick scored to tie the game and Baum recorded his first to give the Raiders a 2-1 lead. The Bison then tied the game 2-2 with a goal from Billy Eisenreich with 7:24 left, but Baum answered back with his second goal to put the Raiders up 3-2 at the 5:25 mark. Bucknell then scored two-straight goals to take 4-3 lead with 3:42 left, but Grabher responded eight seconds later, after winning the face-off clean, to tie the score 4-4. Ledwick would score his second to put the Raiders up 5-4 with 58 seconds left, but Eisenreich ended the quarter with a goal as the buzzer sounded to tie the game 5-5.

Colgate (12-2, 5-1) opened the second quarter with three-straight goals, including Lawrence’s bomb from 60-yards out, to take an 8-5 lead into the locker room. Lawrence’s goal came at the 12:41 mark and was followed by Baum’s third of the game 19 seconds later to extend the lead to 7-5. The Raiders defense didn’t allow a shot from the Bison the whole quarter as Walsh scored with 5:01 left extend the lead to three goals. Colgate out shot Bucknell 24-8 in the first half, including 14-0 in the second quarter.

Bucknell scored the first goal of the third quarter to trim the Raiders lead to 8-6, but McCann answered back with a goal 45 second later to put Colgate back up by three, 9-6. The Bison would score the next two goals to trim the lead to 9-8 with 1:32 left, before Baum scored with one second remaining to give the Raiders a 10-8 lead heading into the final quarter.

Baker opened the fourth quarter with a goal at the 12:15 mark to put Colgate back up by three, 11-8, before Bucknell answered back with a goal to make the score 11-9, but that was as close as the score would get as the Raiders closed the game with three-straight from McCann, Collins and Baum to advance to the title game for the fourth time.

No.1 Colgate will play the winner of the second semifinal game between No. 2 Lehigh and No. 3 Army on Sunday, April 29 at 3:00 p.m. at Andy Kerr Stadium.

(Annapolis, Md. – April 27, 2012) In a back-and-forth battle, the Colgate women’s lacrosse team came up just shy against Holy Cross in the Patriot League Tournament semifinals as the Raiders dropped a 13-12 heartbreaker on Friday night.

Colgate (6-11) was led by senior Courtney Miller, who tallied five goals and an assist for six points, while senior Katie Sullivan chipped in with five points on two goals and three assists. Amanda O’Sullivan netted three goals and rookie Megan Ark had a pair of scores. Jennie Berglin took the loss in net with four saves, while senior Christina Roa saw action in the final minutes in front of the cage.

Holy Cross (10-7) saw Caitie Shea tie Miller for the game-high in points with six as she had four goals and two assists. Laura Ryan recorded three goals and an assist, while Seton Hartnett netted a hat trick as well. Sarah Weber got the start for the Crusaders and made eight saves, including a pair when Colgate was looking for the lead late in the game.

Holy Cross was able to jump out to a 4-1 lead in the first nine minutes of the game. Shea had two of the four goals and Sarah Hennessey and Ryan had the others. Sullivan got the Raiders on the board and at the time it tied the game at 1-1 and then the Crusaders scored three-straight. Colgate answered with five of the next six goals to erase the three-goal lead and Miller gave the Raiders its first lead at 7-6 with 4:38 remaining. Miller had three of the five goals, while Sullivan and Ark had the other two.

Shea got the lead back for the Crusaders with a pair of goals to make it 7-6 with 2:59 remaining in the half. Ark answered back less than two minutes later to tie the game at 7-7. The teams traded goals in the final minute as Ryan scored for the Crusaders with 55 seconds left and then Miller netted her fourth of the half to tie the game at 8-8 going into halftime.

The Crusaders started the second half like they started the game. They scored two goals in the first 27 seconds to regain a two-goal lead as Ryan and Taylor Zebrowski netted the goals. O’Sullivan stopped the run with her first of the game to make it 10-9, three minutes into the final 30 minutes. Holy Cross then scored to retake its two-goal lead at 11-9, but the Raiders answered with two-straight goals from Miller and O’Sullivan to tie the game for the sixth time at 11-11 with 19:14 remaining in the game.

The Crusaders were able to take a very lengthy offensive possession after that and capitalized with a goal from Hartnett to take the lead again at 12-11. Hennessey then added another goal with 8:30 left to make it a two-goal deficit at 13-11. Holy Cross then got the draw control and stalled for around seven minutes. Colgate was able to get a couple of turnovers, but Sara Weber stopped the offensive tries by the Raiders to keep the two-goal lead. O’Sullivan finally got the Raiders on the board with 1:41 left in the game to cut the lead to one, but time ran out on Colgate and Holy Cross came away with a 13-12 win to advance to play Navy on Sunday for the Patriot League Championship.

In very competitive game, the Crusaders outshot the Raiders by a slim 25-23 margin. The Raiders led in draw controls at 14-13 and Colgate forced nine turnovers. Colgate did commit a lot of fouls in the game with 32 to 19 by the Crusaders, including four yellow cards.

The Raiders finish the season with a 6-11 record and with the loss today, it snapped their three-game winning streak.

NOTES: Miller’s 59 goals this season is the fifth most in Colgate history for a single season … she finished with 76 points, which is a career-high and is fifth most all-time for a single year … she ends her career with 168 goals for third on the all-time list … third all-time in career points with 241 … Colgate is 10-8 in the Patriot League Tournament and 10-5 since 2004 … Miller finishes her career with 19 goals and 17 assists in Patriot League Tournaments … Sullivan had 12 goals and five assist for 17 points in her PL Tournaments after two goals and three assists today.

(Hamilton, NY – April 28, 2012) Junior Emmie Dolfi hit her sixth home run of the season and drove in five runs as the Colgate softball team split the first two games of the weekend series on Saturday against Holy Cross. The Raiders dropped the first game to the Crusaders 5-2, before winning the nightcap 10-2 in five innings at Eaton Street Field.

Dolfi finished the day hitting 3-for-7 with one home run, one run scored and five RBI, while seniors Stephanie Hartquist and Jennifer Ortega along with junior Natalie Siedhof each recorded a pair of hits while driving in two runs. Siedhof hit her fifth home run of the season, while sophomore Haley Fleming hit 3-for-6 on the day with three runs scored.

Holy Cross (9-32, 4-14) scored the first two runs of the nightcap in the top first inning, but the Raiders responded with two runs in the bottom half of the inning, before exploding for five runs in the second, including a three run homer from Dolfi, to build a 7-2 lead. After a shaking first inning sophomore pitcher Rachel LeCoq settled down only allowing three base runners the rest of the game to record her seventh win of the season. LeCoq finished the game throwing five solid innings only giving up three hits, while allowing two earned runs and striking out seven. The Raiders ended the game in the bottom of the fourth inning after Fleming stole home to make the score 8-2, followed by a two run homer from Seidhof to expand the lead to 10-2. Seven different Raiders recorded a hit in the nightcap as Colgate recorded 11 hits altogether.

In the first game, Colgate (17-24, 10-8) struck first on a two-run single from Dolfi in the bottom of the first to build an early 2-0 lead. The Raiders would hold that lead until Camille Trainor hit a three-run homer in the top of the fifth inning to give the Crusaders a 3-2 lead. Holy Cross would add two more runs in the top of the sixth inning, while Julia Barrett was able to keep Colgate scoreless the rest of the way to grab the win. Barrett finished the game pitching seven strong innings only allowing one earned run while striking out eight for Holy Cross. Courtney O’Connell pitched seven innings for the Raiders giving up just two earned runs while striking out two in the loss.

Pictured is Jennifer Ortega.

(Bethlehem, Pa. – April 25, 2012) Senior Jennifer Ortega hit her third homer of the season in the first game, but it wasn’t enough as the Colgate softball team fell to Lehigh 10-2 on Wednesday at Kaufman Field. The Mountain Hawks took the second game 8-0 in five innings.

In the first game, Colgate (16-23, 9-7) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning after a two out triple from Alana Dyson, followed by a two run blast to left center from Ortega, but those would be the only two hits for the Raiders as Emily Bausher put the next seven hitters down in order. The Mountain Hawks scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning to take a 3-2 lead, before exploding for five more in the fourth inning, including a two run homer from Tenley Halaquist, to make the score 8-2. Lehigh would then end the game in the bottom of the fifth inning with two more runs.

In the second game, Lehigh (34-16, 15-1) scored three runs in the first inning before adding one in the third and two in both the fourth and fifth innings to complete the sweep 8-0. Rebecca Bliss started the game for the Mountain Hawks and pitched five innings allowing only two hits, while striking out one. Ortega and Eileen Ornousky were the only Raiders to record a hit, as Ortega singled in the first inning and Ornousky singled in the third.

Colgate will be back in action this weekend April 28-29 for a four game series against Holy Cross. The first game is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday at Eaton Street Field.

(Washington DC – April 26, 2012) Colgate men’s lacrosse junior Peter Baum was recently announced as one of the 25 nominees for the 2012 Tewaaraton Award.

Baum, who was also a top-25 selection last season, is one of three Patriot League players to make the cut. The men’s award nominees include players from 20 schools and representatives from 18 of the current top 20 teams in the April 23 USILA Men’s Division I Poll.

First presented in 2001, the Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the pre-eminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States.

“We congratulate these 50 elite student-athletes on their remarkable accomplishments thus far this season,” said Jeff Harvey, chairman of the Tewaaraton Foundation. “With the help of our selection committees, we look forward to announcing this year’s finalists next month.”

The selection committees are comprised of 12 men’s and ten women’s current and former coaches.

From the list of 25 men and 25 women nominees, five men’s and five women’s finalists will be announced on May 10 and invited to the 2012 Tewaaraton Award Ceremony. The original men’s and women’s watch lists, were announced Feb. 15 with additions made March 20 and April 3 and were ultimately comprised of 82 men’s players and 57 women’s players. The 12th annual Tewaaraton Award Ceremony will take on May 31 at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

2012 Tewaaraton Men’s Award Nominees

Pierce Bassett, Goalie – Johns Hopkins University
Peter Baum, Midfield – Colgate University
Jesse Bernhardt, LSM – University of Maryland
Anthony Biscardi, Midfield – University of Massachusetts
Sam Bradman, Midfield – Salisbury University
Colin Briggs, Midfield – University of Virginia
CJ Costabile, Long Stick Midfield – Duke University
Kevin Cunningham, Attack – Villanova University
Tucker Durkin, Defense – Johns Hopkins University
Billy Eisenreich, Attack – Bucknell University
Tyler Fiorito, Goalie – Princeton University
Marcus Holman, Attack/Midfield – University of North Carolina
Austin Kaut, Goalie – Penn State University
John Kemp, Goalie – University of Notre Dame
Roy Lang, Midfield – Cornell University
Will Manny, Attack – University of Massachusetts
Kiel Matisz, Midfield – Robert Morris University
Mark Matthews, Attack – University of Denver
Brian Megill, Defense – Syracuse University
Mason Poli, Defense – Bryant University
Scott Ratliff, LSM – Loyola University
Michael Sawyer, Attack – Loyola University
Tom Schreiber, Midfield – Princeton University
Steele Stanwick, Attack – University of Virginia