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Hamilton, NY — The 91Â鶹¾«Æ· women’s lacrosse team picked up a thrilling 10-8 victory over the Bonnies of St. Bonaventure on Tuesday afternoon at 'xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags' />Tyler‘s Field.  Sue Bielamowicz made 15 saves and Amanda Bradshaw scored four goals including the game-winner for the Raiders.'xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' />

The Bonnies came out on fire to gain a 3-1 advantage thanks to two goals from Katie Hurley and one from Kelly Chevez, while the Raiders received a goal from Amanda Bradshaw.

Katie McVeigh’s 32^nd goal of the season moved the Raiders within one at the 14:45 mark of the first half.  Following another Hurley goal, 91Â鶹¾«Æ· scored three straight to take its first lead of the game at 5-4.  McVeigh and Bradshaw scored goals around Kelly Winning for the Raiders.

The Bonnies scored a free position goal at the 2:20 mark to tie the score at five headed to halftime.

St. Bonaventure regained the lead at 24:36 of the second half on a goal by Courtney Gibbons, but 91Â鶹¾«Æ· took back control with two straight goals from Heidi Ross and Winning.

After two St. Bonaventure goals, 91Â鶹¾«Æ· scored the final three goals of the game to earn the 10-8 victory.

The Raiders are now 9-4 for the campaign.  91Â鶹¾«Æ· returns to Patriot League action on Saturday, April 17, when the Raiders host Lehigh at 1 p.m.

BOX SCORE:
                                 1      2       F
St. Bonaventure      5     3      8
91Â鶹¾«Æ·                  5     5     10

GOALS: 
St. Bonaventure ‘ Hurley (3), Chevez (3), Gibbons, Acierno.
91Â鶹¾«Æ· ‘ Bradshaw (4), McVeigh (2), Winning (2), Ross, Casey.

ASSISTS:
St. Bonaventure ‘ Motondo, Chevez.
91Â鶹¾«Æ· ‘ McVeigh.

GOALKEEPING:
St. Bonaventure –  Eileen Gagnon (60 minutes, 7 saves, 10 goals allowed).
91Â鶹¾«Æ· –  Sue Bielamowicz (60 minutes, 15 saves, 8 goals allowed).