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AMHERST, Mass. – The Amherst College women's lacrosse team came out on top during a defensive battle with Bowdoin College, as the Lord Jeffs scored the game's final two goals to earn a 5-4 come-from-behind victory. Amherst improves to 3-2 (2-1 NESCAC) with the win, while the Polar Bears drop to 3-3 (0-3 NESCAC).

Saturday's NESCAC matchup marked the sixth consecutive one-goal game between Amherst and Bowdoin, as the Jeffs and Polar Bears have been involved in one epic battle after another since 2005. Four of the previous six meetings had gone into overtime, but senior quad-captain Amy Craig scored her team's final two goals and the Amherst defense came up big in the end to give the Jeffs the narrow win in regulation.

Bowdoin took its first lead of the game when sophomore Katy Dissinger assisted first-year Katie Herter to make it a 4-3 game with 13:51 to play in the second half, forcing Amherst into a timeout. Craig netted the game-tying goal on a free position shot with 12:13 remaining. Craig's game-winner came with 3:11 showing on the clock and was assisted by first-year Allie Horwitz.

Steph Collins-Finn stopped 10 shots for Bowdoin. Amherst won the ground ball battle, 15-13, out-shot the Polar Bears by an 18-13 margin, and came up with seven of the game's 11 draw controls. Ingrid Oelschlager, Katie Herter and Lindsay McNamara scored Bowdoin's other goals in addition to Dissinger's.

All three of Bowdoin's losses in the NESCAC have come by one goal, while all three of Amherst's wins have come by two goals or fewer. The Polar Bears' four goals were their fewest in a game since May of 2005.