Army Makes Program History with Win Over Colgate

Wednesday, April 18

West Point, NY

3 PM

Army West Point

9-6 (3-4PL)

Colgate

9-5 (4-3PL)

Colgate

Army West Point

Army Makes Program History with Win Over Colgate

April 18, 2018 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Fueled by a nine-goal second half, the Army West Point women's lacrosse team secured its first winning season in program history with a 15-8 victory over Colgate on Wednesday afternoon at Michie Stadium.

With the win, the Black Knights improved to 9-6 with two games remaining in the 2018 season to lock up their first-ever season with a winning record.

After conceding the first goal, Army caged six straight in less than 10 minutes to get out to a five goal advantage. Manuela Cortes got things started for the Black Knights with her team-leading 23rd goal of the year before rookie Cameron Manor put the home side ahead with a man-up tally.

Samantha Stewart, Megan Raftery and Rachel Hornick capped the 6-0 run with Hornick scoring the final two goals 1:14 apart.

The Raiders answered with a free position goal from Danielle Van Calcar with 8:21 remaining in the first half before she found Natalie Washuta 14 seconds later. The visitors added one more before the end of the half to trim Army's lead to two at the break.

The second stanza was a very back-and-forth affair with the two sides trading 3-0 runs through the first 16 minutes of the period. Army took control of the game from there, however, scoring six of the last seven goals to put things out of reach for Colgate. That late success was set up by Army winning five of the final seven draw controls.

Seven Black Knights scored in the contest, led by Hornick's game-high four goals. Stewart followed with three, while Rilee Scott, Cortes and Raftery all notched multi-goal games. Manor and Mikayla Bergin capped Army's list of scorers. Amy Johnston added game highs in assists (three) and draw controls (eight).

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army secured its first winning season in program history.
The Black Knights earned their fifth home win of the season.
Sophomore goalie Maddie Burns set a program record with 15 saves.
Burns increases her streak of games with double-digit saves to three.
Hornick and Stewart became the fourth and fifth Army players to reach 20 goals this year.
Hornick posted her fourth hat trick of the year and 14th of her career.
The Calvert, Md., native tied her season high in goals after being held without a point in the last three games.
Stewart notched her fourth three-goal game of the season and fifth in her career.
Raftery boosted her scoring streak to six games.
Johnston extends her points streak to six games and four-straight contests with an assist.
Cortes contributed her eighth multi-goal game of the season.
Scott enlarged her scoring streak to five contests.
Manor moved her scoring streak to three games and has a goal in five of the last six.
Miller dished out her team-leading 20th assist of the season.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will host Boston University in their final regular season home game of the 2018 campaign on Saturday.
Army will honor seniors Amy Johnston, Kiersten Spencer, Kristen McCarty and Rachel Hornick in a senior day ceremony prior to the game that is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.