Score: UAlbany 10, Colgate, 11

Location: Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (0-1, 0-0 America East) | Colgate (3-1, 0-0 Patriot)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men's lacrosse team fought all the way back in the teams first game of the year against Colgate, but ultimately fell 11-10 in the final minutes.

Key Stat Lines

• Silas Richmond led all players with four goals scored on 11 shots.
• Ryan Doherty, in his first collegiate game, scored twice.
• Regan Endres led the team with nine ground balls, going 15-24 on faceoffs.
• Freshman keeper Landon Whitney recorded 13 saves in his collegiate debut.
• Amos Whitcomb, Jackson Palumb, Alex Pheiffer, and Chris Crapanzano all scored one goal each.

 
Head Coach Scott Marr: "Great first game against a very good opponent, who played very hard and very physical. Super proud of my team though. It was their [Colgate's] fourth game, it was our first… Really proud of the fact we fought hard and battled that whole game… I give our kids a lot of credit for the effort they put in."

How it Happened:

• Colgate struck first five minutes into the opening frame. After a ground ball pickup from The Raiders' Patty Eldredge, the midfielder took it coast to coast to make it 1-0.
• The Raiders took a 2-0 advantage less than a minute later on a goal from Hunter Drouin following the faceoff. The score became 3-0 before hitting the eight-minute mark on a goal from Ryan Favaro, assisted by Griffin Walker.
• The Great Danes answered when Ryan Doherty scored his first collegiate goal with 5:50 remaining. 46 second later, Chris Crapanzano collected his first of the year before Silas Richmond tied the game, 3-3, another 40 seconds later. UAlbany and Colgate would end the first quarter tied at three a piece.
• Colgate opened the scoring in the second quarter on a goal from Jack Turner just seconds after the opening faceoff. Rory Connor put the Raiders up two once again with a goal two minutes later, 5-3.
• Richmond collected his second of the afternoon on a laser from the left side of the goal to bring UAlbany back within one, but Colgate re-gained a two-goal lead minutes later on a strike from Ben Trumble, 6-4, with 8:15 remaining in the half.
• The Raiders made it 7-4 on a goal from Hunter Drouin before timeout was called with 5:30 on the clock.
• With just four seconds on the clock, Jake Piseno dropped a perfect pass to Richmond, who buried his third of the afternoon to cut the deficit to 7-5 before the half.
• Both teams went to the locker room tied 19-19 in shots. UAlbany held the advantage in the faceoffs, 10-3.
• Alex Pfeiffer opened the scoring in the second half, claiming his first goal of the year a few minutes into the third. Crapanzano assisted on the score.
• Colgate pushed the lead to 8-6 on a goal from Michael Minicus with 9:07 remaining, but UAlbany answered less than 30 seconds later on Richmond's fourth goal of the afternoon on a feed from Amos Whitcomb to climb back within one, 8-7.
• Four more goals were scored before the end of the third quarter, with each team exchanging blows. Jack Turner scored his second of the game before Amos Whitcomb answered on a beautiful feed from Graydon Hogg to make it 9-8. The score became 10-9 as time expired with goals from Colgate's Ben Trumble and UAlbany's Jackson Palumb. The score was the first of Palumb's collegiate career.
• Ryan Doherty scored his second of the afternoon, top shelf, to tie the game with 7:53 remaining. Will Hardy was credited with the assist.
• Off a takeaway, Colgate's Rory Conner scored the go-ahead goal with 1:25 on the clock.

 
Next: The Great Danes hit the road to take on Penn this Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. Stay up to date with UAlbany men's lacrosse by following the team on X (@UAlbanyMLax) and Instagram (@ualbanymlax) for all of the latest news and highlights throughout the year.