Bard falls to No. 16 St. Lawrence

Freshman Jeremy Awe scored his fifth goal of the season on Saturday.

Recap, Photo Courtesy: Bard College

KINGSTON, N.Y. - The Bard College men's lacrosse team lost to 16th-ranked St. Lawrence University, 20-6, in a Liberty League game on Saturday afternoon.

The Saints improved to 5-1 overall, 2-0 in conference play. Bard fell to 2-4, 0-2.

St. Lawrence dominated from the start, outshooting Bard 29-6 in the first half and winning 14-of-17 faceoffs.

It was 4-0 after one quarter, and it was 8-0 when Bard got on the board late in the second quarter, thanks to an unassisted goal by freshman Peter Sojka. Just over a minute later, Blake Burnley scored a man-up goal off an assist from Devon Wall. And with about three minutes left in the half, a brilliant individual effort by Wall brought Bard another goal. He caused a turnover at midfield, scooped up the ground ball, ran the transition, fed John Palermo and Palermo scored to make it 9-3.

The Saints' previous two opponents were held scoreless in the first half, and Bard had three goals in the second quarter, but St. Lawrence had eight during that stretch, and it was 12-3 at halftime. St. Lawrence outscored Bard 8-3 in the second half.

The visitors got four goal from Brian Cunningham (Auburn, NY), and three goals apiece from Mike Donnelly (Mansfield, MA) and Conor Caffrey (Scituate, MA).

Bard got single goals from Sojka, Palermo, Burnley, Corey Rich, Emmet O'Connell and Jeremy Awe. Wall had two assists. William Baffuto caused two turnovers and scooped three ground balls. Lyle Healey made 20 saves.

Up next for Bard is a road game at top-ranked RIT next weekend. Follow it live right here.