HAMILTON, N.Y. - Army senior midfielder Kevin LoRusso had two goals and an assist, while sophomore attackman Jeremy Boltus added two goals, but it was 17th-ranked Colgate making up a late two-goal deficit to steal a 10-9 double-overtime win from the visiting Black Knights at Andy Kerr Stadium.

Raider junior attackman Zach Craumer took a pass from behind the Army goal from senior attackman Brandon Corp and scored from close range for the game-winning tally with 1:04 left on the second-overtime clock.

Army (5-5, 1-2 Patriot League) never trailed until Colgate (6-3, 3-0 Patriot League) scored the game-winner. The Black Knights led, 3-1 at halftime but the Raiders would recover to tie the game five times during the second half. Colgate scored two goals in the final minute of the game, including the game-tying goal by sophomore attackman Ben McCabe with 7.8 seconds left in regulation, to force what was Army's third overtime game in its last four outings.

Army sophomore goalkeeper Tom Palesky compiled his eighth double-digit save performance of the year, stopping 14 saves in the loss.

Senior midfielder Alex Rhoads gave the Black Knights a 1-0 lead after finding the net with an unassisted eight-yard rip at 11:06. Colgate evened the score with an unassisted man-up tally by senior attackman Kevin Colleluori at 7:45. A Raider shot bounced off the crossbar, but Colleluori was able to come up the loose ball and beat Palesky from close range.

Senior attackman Jason Peyer got open and scored his 25th goal of the season on a 10-yard shot from the right side with 10 seconds on the clock to give Army a 2-1 lead after the first quarter.

Midway through the second quarter, Palesky came up with one of his three saves of the period and outletted a pass to freshman LSM Tim Henderson, who ran the length of the field and fired a 10-yard shot past Harrington for the lone goal of the stanza as Army led 3-1 at halftime.

Colgate scored two unanswered goals to start the third quarter and tie the game, 3-3. Sophomore midfielder Rob Bosco took a feed from Corp and scored from close range at the 14:02 mark, before Corp made a nice move from behind the Black Knight cage and beat Palesky at 13:17. LoRusso put Army back on top with a goal on a 10-yard bouncer at 11:32, but Corp would answer with a tally off an assist from Craumer at 9:37.

Army took a 5-4 lead after sophomore midfielder Rob McCallion took a pass from Peyer and scored from 12 yards away at 4:52, but the Raiders would answer right back as Craumer converted from five yards out after a pass from senior midfielder Nick Monestaro at 2:13 as the two teams headed to the fourth quarter tied, 5-5.

Army started the fourth with a 3-1 run to build an 8-6 lead at the 10:29 mark. Boltus got open on the right side and Peyer hit him with a scoring pass from behind the goal at 13:02. Colgate junior midfielder Ian Murphy scored on a 12-yard bouncer at 12:01 for the fifth tie of the game, but Army would answer right back 16 seconds later as LoRusso scooped up a loose ball off the faceoff and ran down to score his second of the game at 11:45. McCallion took a pass from LoRusso and converted from 10 yards away for the two-goal lead.

Monestero made it an 8-7 game with a goal at 9:55, but Army went back up by two, 9-7, as Boltus cut to the front of the goal and scored off a pass from Rhoads at 8:54.

Army appeared to have been able to run the clock out with several long possessions, but Colgate netted two goals in the final minute to force overtime. Bosco took advantage of an Army defender that has slipped and scored from 10 yards away with 42.6 seconds remaining. The Black Knights went man-down following a slashing penalty with 23 seconds on the clock and McCabe cashed in 16 seconds later to force overtime.

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