Colgate Football loses; Morrisville State field hockey wins

Football Colgate

In a game that lived up to its top-25 hype, Richmond’s Griffin Trau kicked a 27-yard field goal with 1:29 remaining to lift the Spiders past Colgate 20-17.

The ninth-ranked visitors needed 13 fourth-quarter points to overcome the No. 25 Raiders for the second year in a row. Richmond won 38-31 last year in Virginia en route to an NCAA playoff quarterfinal appearance.

Men’s Soccer Colgate

Colgate men’s soccer junior Uyi Omorogbe has been named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week after helping the Raiders to a 1-0 win over the Pac-12’s Oregon State, the league announced Monday afternoon.

Omorogbe scored the gamewinning goal in the 88th minute of Colgate’s 1-0 victory against Oregon State Friday night at Beyer-Small ’76 Field. The ball was bobbled around the box following a Jared Stroud corner kick, but Omorogbe collected it and sent it right past the OSU keeper to give the Raiders the 1- 0 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Thewin secured Colgate’s first-ever victory over a Pac-12 team and also marked Colgate’s third-straight shutout.

Omorogbe now leads the team for the season with five points behind two goals and one assist.

Junior Aram Ouligian earned honorable mention recognition for the league’s Defensive Player of the Week award. Ouligian helped Colgate secure its third-straight shutout with the 1-0 win over Oregon State. He also assisted Omorogbe’s game-winning goal against the Beavers.

Omorogbe and the Raiders head to UMass Saturday for their final tune-up before Patriot League play begins. Kickoff from Amherst, Mass. is set for 1 p.m.

Womens Soccer Colgate

A pair of Colgate wom- en’s soccer players picked up Patriot League weekly awards for their parts in Colgate’s 2- 0 week, the league announced Monday afternoon. Sophomore Mara Cosentino earned the league’s Offensive Player of the Week award, while firstyear Ellis Miller claimed Rookie of the Week laurels.

Cosentino scored the game-winning goal in Colgate’s 1-0 win at Syracuse Thursday. Senior Emily Crichlow passed the ball across the box to Cosentino, who made a one-move cut around an Orange defender and sent the ball into the far post to give Colgate a 1-0 lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Cosentino’s goal was the first goal that Syracuse had surrendered in over 213 minutes of play. The last goal the Orange had given up was against No. 8 Florida on Aug. 27. The win secured the Raiders’ first road victory at Syracuse since 2006. This is the first Patriot League weekly honor of Cosentino’s career.

Miller scored the gamewinning goal in Colgate’s 2-1 victory at defending America East champ Albany Sunday afternoon. The game was tied at 1-1 before Miller sent an absolute beauty from the edge of the 18-yard box over the Albany keeper’s head into the far post to give the Raiders a 2-1 advantage in the 70th minute. It marked the first goal of Miller’s Colgate career and helped the Raiders secure their second-straight win.

Women’s Volleyball Morrisville State

The Morrisville State Women’s Volleyball team cruised to a sweep on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Penn College Wildcats 3-0 in North Eastern Athletic Conference ( NEAC) competition. The Mustangs followed up that win with a second on the day as they defeated non-conference opponent, Misericordia University 3-0.

Field Hockey Morrisville State

The Morrisville State Field Hockey team rebounded from their first away loss this past week by defeating Wells College on the road 4-2.