The 14th-ranked Polar Bears have won five straight contests and improved to 7-1 (4-1 NESCAC), while the Ephs fell to 2-5 (1-4 NESCAC) with the loss.
Mark Flibotte continued his hot play, scoring four goals for the second consecutive day. Conor O’Toole had a goal and an assist, while Franklin Reis and Will Wise had two assists each.
The Polar Bear offense kicked into gear in the second quarter. Two second period goals drew Bowdoin to 4-3 at the break. Billy Bergner tied the game just 35 seconds into the second half, and goals by O’Toole, Flibotte and Dan Hanley finished off the run to give the hosts a 7-4 edge with 12:08 remaining.
Evan Dedominicis got Williams back into the scoring column with a marker at 11:16 of the fourth quarter. But, Bowdoin responded with scores from Patrick Lawlor and Flibotte just 1:50 apart to put the contest out of reach.
Chris Williamson made 10 saves for Bowdoin, including five in the fourth quarter.
On Saturday, Flibotte scored four goals and Williamson stopped 15 shots as Bowdoin defeated Middlebury 9-7 in its home opener.
After sharing a 3-3 lead at intermission, Bowdoin used a 5-0 run in the third quarter to go from a 4-3 deficit to an 8-4 lead in a span of 9:11. Two of Flibotte’s four goals came in the spurt to go with tallies from Keegan Mehlhorn and Lawlor.
After Middlebury’s Eric Pfeffer cut the lead to 8-6 early in the stanza, Bowdoin was called for five consecutive penalties in a six-minute span. The visitors only converted one time with the extra attacker as Pfeffer notched his second goal with 5:41 to go.
Williamson stopped five shots in the final frame and Flibotte sealed the victory with 2:15 remaining.
Women’s lacrosse
Elizabeth Clegg scored the gamewinning goal with 5:11 left in regulation to give the Polar Bears an important 9- 8 NESCAC win over Williams on Sunday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improved to 5-3 ( 4-2 NESCAC) with the victory, while the Ephs dropped to 3-5 (0-5 NESCAC).
Carolyn Gorajek led all players with four goals and an assist for Bowdoin, while Clegg scored twice and Katie Herter had a goal and an assist.
Tied 4- 4 at halftime, Williams grabbed a 6-4 lead with both of Sam Weinstein’s goals right after intermission. Bowdoin rebounded with a 3-0 run, capped by a Celeste Swain goal that gave the visitors a 7-6 edge with 15:59 to go.
Tied 8- 8, Clegg’s winning goal came off an assist from Gorajek, setting the stage for a frantic finish, including a delay because of lightning. When play resumed, Bowdoin possessed the ball for much of the remaining time to clinch the win.
Bowdoin netminder Tara Connolly was credited with three saves, and Katie Stewart had four draw controls, two groundballs and two caused turnovers.
On Saturday, host Middlebury remained undefeated as the seventhranked Panthers (7-0) took a 16-10 win over 11th-ranked Bowdoin.
Trailing 1-0, Middlebury went on a 5-0 run to take the lead at the 17:40 mark of the first half. Liza Herzog scored twice during the run.
Bowdoin answered as Stewart caused a turnover, scooped up the groundball and carried it the length of the field before finding the back of the net. Bowdoin followed with two more goals in a 22-second span to make it a 5-4 game with 13:08 left in the first half.
A free- position goal from Michaela Colbert, followed by a pair from Elizabeth Garry, gave the Panthers an 8-4 lead.
Bowdoin game out strong in the second half, making it a 10-8 game when Stewart converted a pass from Gorajek at 26:27.
Middlebury ran off three goals before McKenna Teague scored to the bottom right corner to cut the Bowdoin deficit to 13- 9. Middlebury possessed the ball for five minutes before scoring with 15:45 left.
Connolly made nine saves.
Softball
The Bowdoin College softball team got back into the win column with a doubleheader split against Husson on Sunday afternoon.
The Polar Bears claimed game one, 6-0, before falling in game two, 6-5.
Bowdoin is 13-8 this spring and will return to action today at home against Thomas at 3:30 p.m.
Melissa DellaTorre silenced the Husson bats in the opener, and Bowdoin rapped out 15 hits to snap its four-game losing streak. Della- Torre allowed just three singles and struck out eight. Amy Hackett had a double, homer and three RBIs, Caroline Dewar three hits and a stolen base, while Cielle Collins reached base four times with three hits and a walk.
Husson built a 5-2 lead in game two, only to see Bowdoin storm back with three runs in the fifth to tie the game courtesy of a Casey Correa three-run home run.
But, the Eagles pushed across the winning run in the sixth to take the victory.
Hanna Wurgaft and Hillary Smyth each had two hits, while DellaTorre took the loss in relief.
On Saturday, Bowdoin fell in a pair of high- scoring games to Tufts, as the Jumbos earned a weekend sweep of the three-game NESCAC East Division series, 9-7 and 12-9.
Tufts is 14- 3, 3- 0 to begin NESCAC East play.
Bowdoin took a 1- 0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Toni DaCampo.
Jo Clair launched a three- run home run in the home half of the first for a 3-1 lead, and three more runs in the fourth made it a 6- 1 game.
The Polar Bears rallied to pull within two in the sixth inning, plating three runs on three hits, including a three-run blast by Amy Hackett.
Down 9-4, Hackett drove in three runs with a bases-clearing double, but Bowdoin drew no closer.
Bowdoin also jumped on top in the second game when DellaTorre drove in Wurgaft.
The Jumbos answered back and took the lead for good with five runs on six hits in the home half of the inning. Tufts followed up with four more in the third inning on a grand slam from Beinecke.
Bowdoin scored six runs on seven hits in the sixth inning, sparked by a two- run home run by DaCampo. Correa and Colantuno also added run-scoring hits. A two-run double by Parr and an RBI single by Chrissie Massrey finished off the scoring for Tufts.
On Friday, Clair launched a pair of two-run home runs to lead the 23rd ranked Jumbos to an 8-0 victory.
On the mound, Allyson Fournier was perfect through three innings. She walked Smyth in the fourth and Dewar followed with the visitors’ lone hit, a bunt single in between the mound and the plate. Fournier struck out the next three Bowdoin hitters to get out of the inning.
DellaTorre took the loss, giving up nine hits and six runs, with three strikeouts and two walks in four innings.
Men’s tennis
Bowdoin posted a pair of dominating NESCAC wins over Wesleyan and Trinity on Saturday in Connecticut.
The 10th-ranked Polar Bears blanked Wesleyan 9-0 in the morning before taking a 6-1 decision over Trinity in the afternoon. Bowdoin is 5-5 this spring (2-1 NESCAC) and will return to the court this upcoming Saturday at Tufts.
The Polar Bears earned straightset wins across the board in singles play as well as a sweep of doubles against Wesleyan. Chris Lord, Casey Grindon, Noah Bragg, Doug Caplan, Nichols Fenichell and Peter Davis earned singles points.
Pena teamed with Sam King, Fenichell played with Andrew Won, and Alex Jacobs combined with Kent Winingham to earn the doubles victories as the Polar Bears’ depth was in full display.
Against 24th-ranked Trinity, Bowdoin took a 3-0 lead after doubles victories by King/Pena, Kyle Wolstencroft/Caplan and Lord/Grindon.
King netted a point at No. 2 singles, and Bowdoin took points at No. 3 (Lord) and No. 4 (Grindon).
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