THE BOWDOIN COLLEGE indoor track teams played host on Saturday. Clockwise from the top left, Bowdoin’s Maggie Bryan, Liza LePage and Caroline Tory run in the women’s 800; Simon Ward competes in the men’s pole vault; and Laura Peterson shows her winning form in the women’s long jump.
Chantal Croteau won both the 1,000 meters (3:05.86) and the one mile run (5:10.78) for the Polar Bears. Other winning performances on the women’s side included Elsa Millett in the 400 (58.97), Maddie Lamo in the 600 (1:48.15), Maggie Bryan in the 800 (2:25.12) and Olivia MacKenzie in the 3,000 (10:17.76).
Winners for the men’s team were David Bean in the 200 (23.36), Matthew Gamache in the 400 (51.76), Brett Stein in the 600 (1:23.27), Colin Fong in the 800 (1:56.97), Matthew Hillard in the 1,000 (2:31.28) and Alex Williams in the one mile (4:22.24).
The4x400relayteam placed first in 3:27.80 (Riker Wikoff, Malik McKnight, Sam Chick, Gamache), while the 4 x 800 team also won in a time of 7: 59.04 ( Coby Horowitz, Christian Sleeper, Colin Ogilvie, Hillard).
Women’s hoops
Bowdoin dominated the second half of a 64- 52 win over Colby on Saturday afternoon at Morrell Gymnasium.
Kaitlin Donahoe scored 16 of her game-high 21 points in the second half for Bowdoin, while Alexa Barry pitched in 11 points and Amy Hackett 10 for the Polar Bears (14-5, 4-2 NESCAC).
Jil Vaughn led the Mules with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Aarika Ritchie had 11 points and Diana Manduca had 10 for Colby ( 13- 4, 3- 3 NESCAC).
Up 22-21 late in the opening period, Colby closed the half on a 10- 0 run, capped by a Manduca 3-pointer that gave the visitors at 32-21 lead at halftime.
The Polar Bears clamped down defensively in the second half, holding the Mules to just 22 percent shooting in the period. Donahoe scored seven points in a 14-2 Bowdoin run that closed the gap to three points, 38-35, with 15 minutes to go. Bowdoin used a 5-0 run to tie the game at 40 and, moments later, Donahoe gave the Polar Bears the lead for good with a 3-pointer.
Bowdoin shot 43.2 percent and held Colby to just 29.6 percent from the field. The Polar Bears were 8-of-15 from long range while Colby hit just 5-of-22 from beyond the arc. The win avenges a Bowdoin loss earlier this season to Colby, 56- 41 on Dec. 3 in Waterville.
Men’s basketball
Bowdoin took command in the second half of a 67- 40 New England Small College Athletic Conference win over Colby on Saturday at Morrell Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears (13-5, 3-3 NESCAC) completed a season sweep of the Mules (6-12, 1-5) after also beating Colby 84-68 in Waterville on Dec. 9. The 27-point margin of victory is the largest by Bowdoin over Colby in over a decade, dating back to a 32-point win in 2001.
Andrew Madlinger led Bowdoin with 18 points, including a sharp 4-of-6 from 3-point range and, along with the inside work of Maximilian Staiger and John Swords, keyed Bowdoin’s big second half.
Staiger and Swords each finished with 10 points and six rebounds. Will Hanley, Bowdoin’s leading scorer this season, faced constant double teams and dished out a seasonbest nine assists to go with seven rebounds and nine points.
No Colby player saw double figures as the Mules were led by eight points apiece from Eric Beaulieu and Shane Rogers.
Bowdoin connected on 51.9- percent of its shots and held Colby to just 31.1 percent. The Polar Bears also held a 38-21 edge on the glass.
Women’s hockey
For the second straight night, the Polar Bears scored three goals in the third period to defeat Williams, this time taking a 3-0 NESCAC win on Saturday afternoon at Sidney J. Watson Arena.
The Polar Bears (8-7-3, 6-4 NESCAC) dominated throughout, but failed to find the back of the net through two periods.
In the third, Bowdoin’s Kayte Holtz, Mallory Andrews and Chelsea Mac- Neil all scored in a span of 3:53 to give Bowdoin a weekend sweep of the 9- 9 ( 5- 5 NESCAC) Ephs.
Kayla Lessard made 15 saves in the shutout as Bowdoin moved into third place.
The Polar Bears won the opener on Friday, downing the Ephs 4-2 with a three-goal rally in the third period.
Tess-Wanat scored the gametying goal and assisted on Bowdoin’s other two tallies in the frame, both scored by Holtz. The duo finished with a combined six points in the victory.
Bowdoin got on the board first when Dominique Lozzi dug the puck out of the corner and wrapped it around the post and through the legs of Billadeau at 8: 30 of the opening period.
Williams evened the score later in the frame when Cristina Bravi took control of a loose puck in the Bowdoin zone, skated to the slot and lifted the puck past Tara Connolly’s glove to even the score at 16:38.
The Ephs took a 2-1 lead at 11: 12 of the second stanza when Gabrielle Vukasin fed Sam Weinstein in front for a one-timer to give the visitors a 2- 1 lead heading into the third period.
Bowdoin held a 33-22 edge in shots for the game as Connolly finished with 20 stops. Billadeau made 29 saves for the Ephs.
Friday’s game was the first head-to-head coaching matchup between former Polar Bear teammates Marissa O’Neil and Meghan Gillis.
Men’s squash
The Polar Bears split a series with rivals Bates and Colby on consecutive nights recently.
The Polar Bears fell at Bates on Wednesday, 7- 2, before bouncing back to edge the Mules, 5-4, in a thrilling match Thursday at the Lubin Family Squash Center.
Bowdoin stands at 6-9 and ranks 19th in the latest College Squash Association poll, just behind Bates (No. 18) and ahead of Colby (No. 21).
Against the Bobcats, juniors Barrett Takesian and William Fantini collected the points for Bowdoin by earning come-frombehind five-set wins at the No. 3 and 4 positions.
Against the Mules, Stephan Danyluk won a 3-0 point at No. 2 in addition to sweeps by Takesian and Fantini. But it was the first-year class that proved to be the difference, as rookies Andrew Ward (No. 6) and Max Bearse (No. 9) both collected key points to close out the win, including a fiveset comeback win by Bearse, who rallied from a 2-0 deficit.
Swimming, diving
Bowdoin won three of four head-to-head match-ups in a meet against Trinity and Wesleyan on Saturday at Trinity College.
The Polar Bear men (4-1 in dual meets) picked up convincing wins over Wesleyan (222-68) and Trinity (211-86), while the women’s team (3-2 in dual meets) defeated Trinity (192-104). but fell to Wesleyan (163-134).
Nathan Mecray placed first in the 100 breaststroke (58.66) and the 100 freestyle (47.59), while Chris Granta won both the 100 butterfly (53.46) and 200 butterfly (1:56.98) for Bowdoin. Tom Kramer claimed the one- meter ( 224.80) and three-meter dive (218.95) competitions for the Polar Bears.
Other winners included Basyl Stuyvesant in the 200 backstroke ( 1: 57.25), Ryan Peabody in the 1,000 freestyle (10:11.55), Andrew Park in the 100 backstroke ( 54.78), William Shi in the 50 freestyle (22.54) and Ryan Kulesza in the 200 IM (2:01.24).
The men’s 400 medley relay team of Stuyvesant, Zach Perez, Mac Routh and William Shi placed first in 3:39.95, while the 200 freestyle relay team of E.J. Googins, Routh, Shi and Mecray took first in 1:29.62.
For the women’s team, Teri Faller won the 100 backstroke ( 1: 00.78) and the 200 backstroke (2:12.07), while Patty Boyer won the 50 freestyle (25.80) for the Polar Bears.
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