EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Kayte Holtz scored the gamewinning goal with 10 seconds left in overtime to lift the Bowdoin College women’s ice hockey team to a dramatic 4-3 win over Concordia-Moorhead on Monday.
The ninth-ranked Polar Bears extended their unbeaten streak to seven games and improved to 6-1-1 following a two-game sweep of midwestern opponents. Bowdoin’s start is the program’s best since opening the 2002-03 campaign 7-0-1 en route to an NCAA Division III Final Four appearance.
Down 3-2, Bowdoin pulled goaltender Kayla Lessard for an extra attacker and almost immediately, with 1:21 remaining, got the gametying tally from Ariana Bourque to force overtime.
Rachel Kennedy and Kim Tess-Wanat picked up assists on the winning goal.
Chelsea MacNeil and Stephanie Ludy scored second period goals for the Polar Bears, who also got a pair of assists from Tess-Wanat. Lessard finished with 18 saves to improve to 3-0-1 between the pipes this season.
Bowdoin is set to return to action at Sidney J. Watson Arena on Friday and Saturday against NESCAC foe Connecticut College. Friday’s face-off is setfora7p.m.start.
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