{"id":297646,"date":"2025-11-21T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/297646\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:26:10","slug":"colgate-womens-soccer-reflects-on-impressive-season-the-colgate-maroon-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/297646\/","title":{"rendered":"Colgate Women\u2019s Soccer Reflects on Impressive Season \u2013 The Colgate Maroon-News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Colgate<\/a> <\/p>\n

On Nov. 6, the Colgate Women\u2019s Soccer season came to an end after a loss against Army in the semifinals of the Patriot League Tournament. While the team\u2019s final match resulted in a 1-2 loss<\/a>, their performance throughout the regular season and post-season has been nothing short of a success. The Raiders, led by head coach Lyndse Hokanson<\/a> \u2014 who is in her 6th year with the Raiders \u2014 went 9-6-4 overall and 6-2-1 in Patriot League play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis season was really special for the team and for our staff,\u201d Hokanson reflected. \u201cThe trademarks of this 2025 group were their resilience and determination, the ways in which they showed up for each other and how every member of the team played a part in what we achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n

To chime in on this impressive post-season run, senior team members expressed their viewpoints on what helped the team\u2019s results and their gratitude for the season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this season was defined by the love that our team had. The love of the game, the love of the challenges we faced and, most importantly, the love that we had for each other. We achieved the success we did because of this love, in every space,\u201d senior Ana Schremp said. \u201cIn practice, we pushed each other to improve and celebrated the growth we achieved. In games, we never got down on each other when things didn\u2019t go our way; instead, we leaned on each other and continued to push. We committed to the process and enjoyed it in its entirety.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schremp was not the only player to comment on the irrevocable bond and work ethic the team had this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis season was truly so special. I remember at the beginning of the season we would get random comments about the energy and bond our team had. I think our genuine happiness and love we had for one another really carried us throughout this season,\u201d senior Ari Bezanson said, who scored the Raiders\u2019 only goal in the semifinal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bezanson\u2019s outstanding performance this season is not one to be overlooked. A team captain and midfielder, she contributed seven goals and two assists over the course of the season. It caps off her already-exceptional collegiate career in which she scored a total of 30 career goals.<\/p>\n

Bezanson and sophomore forward Josie Tunney, the team\u2019s second highest goal-scorer this season, both recently earned a spot on the Patriot League All-Tournament Team<\/a>. Bezanson\u2019s final game notched her a program record as she made her 74th career appearance, a testament to her long-term commitment and contribution to the team\u2019s success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aside from the undoubtedly tight-knit bond the Raiders maintained this season, trust appears to be another key factor in the team\u2019s post-season run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also had a very talented and capable team which helped us be so deep so when we had injuries or needed to adapt, we always had trust in everyone. I really was just so proud of the effort and energy everyone brought to every practice and game this year,\u201d Bezanson added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the Raiders were unable to make it past the Patriot League semifinals as they hoped, their gratitude for a remarkable journey and outstanding season seems to take forefront as they look back and reflect on the fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a special group of girls who were not just talented soccer players, but the most incredible people. Despite the result of our last game, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for how much fun the season was, and a lot of that was because of the people,\u201d Schremp said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is clear that the Raiders\u2019 compatibility, combined with a collective desire to work and perform on and off the field, transcends any post-season outcome and paves the way for growth and success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of the way our players competed and strove to accomplish so many amazing things together,\u201d Hokanson said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited at what we\u2019re capable of continuing to do as a program thanks to the work done by this senior class and the legacy they leave behind.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Nov. 6, the Colgate Women\u2019s Soccer season came to an end after a loss against Army in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-297646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}