Athletics

  • Colgate and Raider athletics flags fly beside Andy Kerr Stadium
    Colgate student-athletes for the sixth consecutive year posted a 98-percent Graduation Success Rate, according to NCAA figures released Wednesday. Colgate’s 98 percent rate stands as the second-highest nationally among Division I institutions and was even with the likes of Princeton and Notre Dame. Colgate ranked above Pennsylvania, Stanford, Northwestern and Duke at 97 percent, and […]
    November 9, 2017
  • Aidan Gaertner ’20 and others pose for a photo at the Special Olympics of Minnesota
    Aidan Gaertner ’20 (pictured, on right) and his family were honored with the “2017 Outstanding Family Award” at the Special Olympics of Minnesota’s annual Distinguished Service Awards ceremony on September 8. Gaertner got involved with the Special Olympics when his aunt, the head coach of the Roseville Flames Special Olympics team in Minnesota, asked him […]
    September 26, 2017
  • Soccer team piles up to celebrate
    It was a perfect weekend to come home. Colgate Homecoming 2017 attracted students, faculty, alumni, parents, and friends en masse, September 8–9. Men’s soccer started the festivities off right, taking down Oregon State 1–0. It was the team’s first victory over a Pac-12 challenger. Field Hockey battled Lock Haven before the homecoming crowds descended on […]
    September 14, 2017
  • Colgate men's soccer team photo with Rob Stone ’91
    In a recent episode of his podcast, Colgate head men’s basketball coach Matt Langel welcomed Rob Stone ’91 (@robstoneonfox) from Fox Sports. Listen here. (This podcast includes instances of strong language.) Stone, an English major and former captain of the men’s soccer team, is lead studio host for Fox Sports soccer, college football, and college basketball. He was […]
    May 18, 2017
  • Portrait of the 2017 Women's Rugby National Championship team
    Congratulations to the Colgate Women’s Rugby team, which fought its way to victory at the NSCRO 7s National Championship tournament, April 29–30, in Pittsburgh, Penn. Here’s a play-by-play of the weekend’s events, brought to you by scrumhalf Bria Vicenti ’17. DAY ONE On the first day of the NSCRO National Tournament, the Colgate Women’s Rugby […]
    May 15, 2017
  • Jackson Patterson '17
    The day Jackson Patterson ’17 committed to play lacrosse at Colgate was the same day doctors diagnosed him with cancer. This year, cancer free, he was captain of the team. Watch his story.
    May 11, 2017
  • The Shootin' It with Matt Langel Logo
    In the ninth episode of his new bi-weekly podcast, Shootin’ It with Matt Langel, Colgate’s head men’s basketball coach welcomed Brendan Tuohey ’96, the co-founder and executive director of PeacePlayers International.
    February 16, 2017
  • Exterior of Riggs ’65 Rink
    The Colgate community came together Saturday morning at the Class of 1965 Arena dedication to celebrate the culmination of a $37.8 million dollar project that has been years in the making. The state-of-the-art facility is the new home of the Colgate men’s and women’s ice hockey teams. The Raider men’s and women’s lacrosse and soccer […]
    October 3, 2016
  • Women rowing in competition at the Olympic Games in Rio, 2016.
    RIO DE JANEIRO – The United States Women’s Eight and crew member Lauren Schmetterling ’10 won the gold medal Saturday morning in the 2016 Olympic Women’s Rowing final. “All of Colgate is extremely proud of Lauren for this great accomplishment,” said Colgate Vice President and Director of Athletics Victoria M. Chun ’91, MA’94. “Lauren is a great […]
    August 14, 2016