In a game that wasn't decided until the closing minute, the Lady Bearcats were defeated 8-7 at Washington & Jefferson.

The Presidents scored two goals over the final five minutes, including the game-winner with just 40 seconds left, to hand SVC the season-ending defeat.

The game was back-and-forth throughout, with the teams trading goals throughout the first half.  Sarah Peranteau and Anne Roslonski each scored twice in the opening 30 minutes, with Roslonskis coring with just a minute left in the half, to put SVC up 4-3 at halftime.

After W&J scored just three minutes into the second half, Peranteau and Kelly Naugle answered with quick goals for the Lady Bearcats to give them the two-goal lead, 6-4, with 16 minutes left in regulation.

The Presidents' then scored twice over a 50-second span to it at six with 15 minutes left, and the game remained deadlocked until the 8:52 mark, when Liz Basile-Louison gave SVC the 7-6 lead.

W&J's Brittany Oake tied the game two minutes later, and then with just 40 seconds remaining in the second half, she scored the decisive gamewinner.

Peranteau led the Lady Bearcats with three goals, while Roslonski finished the night with two tallies.  Naugle ended with a three-point game, picking up two assists to go with her goal, while Ashton Mancuso and Michelle Moss each tallied one assist apiece.  Oake paced the Presidents' by scoring five of their seven goals. 

Erica Lisi was strong in goal, recording 19 saves in her last game in an SVC uniform, as W&J owned a 34-18 advantage in shots.

The Lady Bearcats now wrap up the 2009 season with a 4-7 overall record.