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Women's lacrosse season ends with loss at St. Lawrence

Senior Farah Akhtar had a goal and an assist in her final game for Bard on Saturday.
Box Score The Bard College women's lacrosse team finished the 2012 season with a 18-3 loss at St. Lawrence University on Saturday.

The Raptors end the season at 5-11 overall, 0-9 in the Liberty League. Bard had more victories this season (5) than it had in the two previous seasons combined (4). This was the third year of varsity women's lacrosse at Bard.

St. Lawrence (9-6, 6-3 Liberty League) got goals from 11 different players, including five goals from sophomore Abigail Horan (Medfield, MA). The Saints finish the regular season with a non-league game at home on Tuesday against St. John Fisher.

Bard was down, 8-0, when senior Farah Akhtar and freshman Reed Mango scored 25 seconds apart to make it 8-2 with 6:11 left in the first half. But St. Lawrence scored four goals over the last 5:36 of the half and led 12-2 at the break.

Akhtar and Mango assisted on each other's goals in the first half; in the second half, sophomore Stephanie LaMont scored her team-leading 29th goal of the season on an assist from Joanna Regan. Regan finishes the season with a team-high (and school record) 40 points. Freshman Simone Leitner, playing in her second-ever game at goalkeeper, made four saves.

It was the final game for Akhtar, Kim Larie and Jessica Philpott. All three players were with the program from the start.

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