CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 12 Harvard men's lacrosse team scored early and often, using a balanced effort to top the RV Colgate Raiders Tuesday night at Jordan Field. The Crimson (2-0, 0-0 Ivy) used an 11-2 run in the first half to build a sizable lead against the Raiders (1-3, 0-0 Patriot) and cruise to a 17-8 win. An efficient offensive effort saw Harvard record 15 assists on 17 goals while 12 players tallied points in the contest.
Harvard Highlights
- The Crimson collected 17 goals, 15 assists and 32 points in the contest.
- 12 Crimson players logged a point in the matchup.
- Teddy Malone scored six goals to lead the team.
- Jack Speidell chipped in with two goals and four assists.
- Graham Stevens recorded the win while guarding the cage, making 10 saves and allowing only eight goals.
- Nathan Cobery and Andrew Perry each had two goals and two assists.
- Owen Guest and Cobery shared the team lead with two caused turnovers.
- Owen Umanksy went 13-for-25 at the faceoff X, grabbing a team high six ground balls.
- Harvard outshot Colgate, 50-30.
- The Crimson forced 24 Colgate turnovers and six failed clears.
- On the man-down, Harvard stopped Colgate on 2-of-3 opportunities.
How it Happened
- For the second straight season, Harvard and Colgate met at Jordan Field for a midweek matchup early in the season.
- The Raiders came out quick in the contest, scoring the game's first goal on its first possession from the game. After that, it was all Harvard, as the Crimson scored five consecutive goals in the first quarter. Teddy Malone scored two goals in the run and was joined by Logan Ip, Nathan Cobery and Jack Speidell on the score sheet.
- Graham Stevens made three saves in the quarter, and the Crimson caused two turnovers to hold Colgate to just one goal. The defensive stand helped Harvard hold a 5-1 lead after 15 minutes.
- Colgate stopped the Crimson scoring run with an early goal in the second quarter but Harvard answered quickly, getting another goal from Cobery less than two minutes later. The strikes started another four-goal run by Harvard, which helped the team build a 9-2 lead. Ip scored his second goal of the game and Jared Maznik added his first goal of the season during the stretch. The final goal the run was scored by Speidell on a slick behind-the-back shot on the doorstep.
- The Raiders added one more goal in the half, which was answered by two more Crimson tallies from Malone and Andrew Perry to make the score 11-3 entering the halftime break.
- Another three saves from Stevens and three more caused turnovers by Harvard held Colgate to just three goals in the first 30 minutes of action.
- Malone kept scoring in the second quarter, adding two more goals to his total to help the Crimson build on its lead. After another early goal by the Raiders, Malone struck twice and Perry logged his second goal of the night to boost the Crimson lead to double digits at a 14-4 scoreline. Colgate recorded the final goal of the quarter to make the score 14-5 heading into the final 15.
- Sophomore Mac Mohn opened the scoring the final frame, notching his first career goal. Colgate fought back with another strike, but Maznik quickly answered with a flashy around-the-world goal to restore Harvard's 10-goal lead.
- Colgate scored two more goals in the quarter, but Malone and the Crimson had the last laugh in the contest when the senior completed his double hat-trick with his sixth goal at the end of the quarter.
- Harvard posted a convincing 17-8 win over the Raiders to move to 2-0 on the season and 10-1 in the all-time series against Colgate.
Up Next
Harvard will now turn the page and focus on its next contest against the No.1 team in the nation, Syracuse, who is set to come to Jordan Field this Saturday for an NCAA Tournament rematch. The Crimson the Orange will clash at 1:00 PM on Saturday afternoon in Cambridge with all the action streaming live on ESPN+.
