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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y.  – Behind six goals, including five in the second half, from Mary Flowers, Richmond downed the St. Bonaventure women's lacrosse team 18-9 in its final game of the season on a cold Sunday afternoon at McGraw-Jennings Field.

The Bonnies end the season on a four-game skid and finish 7-9 overall and 2-5 in Atlantic 10 action while Richmond improves to 9-8 overall and 6-1 in conference play and will be the top seed for the Atlantic 10 Championship next week.

Junior Christine Hanley paced the Bonnies with five goals, including three out of the Brown and White's four second half goals.  Hanley also added two assists on the game while going 3-for-3 in free position shots.

Senior Molly Hastrich had the other second half goal to bring her total to two for the game while Samantha Cavallaro and Daisy Timlin each added one. Senior Tori Waheibi grabbed seven saves in the loss.

Richmond held a 34-24 advantage on shots and 25-23 in ground balls.  St. Bonaventure had 17 draw controls to the Spiders' 10, but was plagued by turnovers tallying 22 to Richmond's eight.

Richmond jumped on the board first just 19 second into the game, but Timlin and Cavallaro answered with goals just 22 seconds apart to lead 2-1 at 27:01. The Spiders did not stay down for long, starting a 5-1 run that lasted from the 22:52 mark through 6:19 of the first frame.  Spider Gabi Weigan scored three consecutive goals during the stretch and Hanley added the first of her five.

Hanley scored her second goal at 5:45 before both teams went on a scoring draught.  Hastrich ended the standstill with 49 seconds remaining to bring the Bonnies within one, 6-5.  Richmond answered back six seconds later with a goal from Flowers to give the Spiders a 7-5 halftime lead.

Richmond opened the second half on a 3-0 run before Hastrich netted her second goal of the game to stop the tear and make it 10-6.  The Spiders continued to dominate the offensive end, holding an eight goal advantage, 16-8, with 5:32 remaining in the half.

Hanley scored her fifth and final goal of the game with less than five minutes to play, but Richmond added two more insurance goals to end the game.

Flowers led Richmond with six goals while Weigand and Danielle Schaevitz added four and three goals respectively.

Prior to the game, St. Bonaventure honored its four seniors – Molly Hastrich, Ashley Fischer, Sarah Gagnon and Tori Waheibi.