BOSTON - The Boston University women's lacrosse team fell to Colgate, 13-7, on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field.

Freshman Matty Spaeth had a hat trick for the Terriers while sophomore Kendall Sims added a pair of goals.

BU held a 2-1 lead in the early stages before the visitors reeled off five straight goals to take a lead they would not relinquish.

The Terriers move to 0-8 on the year and 0-2 in Patriot League play while the Raiders improve to 2-7 with a 1-0 conference mark.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Spaeth opened the scoring 1:39 into the contest with an unassisted tally.
• Colgate's Devon Maillet responded with her first of three tallies on the day to make it a 1-1 contest.
• BU regained the lead with 10:59 left in the opening quarter when Spaeth took a pass from junior Lauren Kaye and curled around the defense before getting a shot past Colgate goalkeeper Kieran Gerow.
• The Raiders then put together a decisive 5-0 run, including three free-position goals, over a span of six minutes to establish a 6-2 cushion.
• The BU defense held Colgate scoreless for 17 minutes following their five-goal spurt but could only notch two goals on the other end during the span.
• Junior Jennifer Barry scored on the final shot of the first quarter to get the Terriers within three at 6-3.
• Spaeth capped her three-goal performance with the first goal of the second quarter, which didn't come until the 8:26 mark, to make it a 6-4 contest, but that's as close as BU would get the rest of the way.
• Colgate got back on the board with 1:26 left in the second and scored with 0.2 seconds left in the half to take an 8-4 lead into the break.
• The Raiders made it four straight goals with the only two tallies of the third quarter to take their largest lead yet at 10-4.
• BU went without a goal for 28:46 before sophomore Kendall Sims scored off a free-position 5:20 into the fourth quarter.
• The Terriers tried to muster a late comeback as Sims scored again with 6:58 to play before sophomore Ellen Monahan notched her first collegiate goal to make it 11-7.
• Colgate held its ground, however, and added two late goals to close out the victory.

GAME NOTES

• Colgate held a slim 26-25 edge in shots while BU collected 21 ground balls to the Raiders' 16.
• Each team made nine saves as sophomore Reilly Agres recorded four stops in the first half for BU before senior Kennady Smith played the second half and stopped five Colgate shots.
• Graduate student Jenny Feeney had game highs in ground balls (5) and caused turnovers (4).
• BU was 13-for-17 in clears while stopping three of Colgate's 20 clear attempts.
• The Terriers committed 25 turnovers and the Raiders had 21. 

UP NEXT

• BU wil return to action on Saturday, March 26, when it visits No. 9 Loyola Maryland.
• Game time in Baltimore is set for 4 p.m.