Box Score ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - That ever-elusive first Liberty League women's soccer victory is still out there for Bard College.

A hand ball in the box gave Union College a penalty kick in the 29th minute, and junior Whitney Bickford (Pennington, NJ) converted, giving the Dutchwomen a 1-0 victory and keeping Bard winless in Liberty League play since becoming a member in 2011.

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Union (3-3, 1-1 Liberty League) carried the better of the play and the possession in the first half, outshooting Bard 9-2. It was on the second of consecutive corner kicks when a shot was blocked by the hand of a Bard defender, giving Bickford the opportunity to beat freshman keeper Lily Harris (Charlotte, VT) on a PK, and she did.

In the second half play was more even, and it resulted in a couple of good chances for both teams. Five minutes into the second half, sophomore Margot Kalach Hanono beat Union keeper Allison Brustowicz (Newton, MA) to a cross from Sylvia Kool, but Brustowicz immediately smothered the shot right off Hanono's foot.

On the other end, Bard's other freshman keeper, Kelsey O'Brien, made two stellar diving saves in the 67th and 72nd minute, respectively, to keep the game close.

In the 75th minute, Kool struck a shot that just went high over the crossbar, and that turned out to be Bard's last, best chance to score.

Brustowicz made three saves for Union, all in the second half.

Harris made six saves and O'Brien made four for the Raptors, who are off until next Friday, when they host Rochester Institute of Technology in a Liberty League game at 4 p.m.