BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College field hockey team scored three second-half goals to knock off previously undefeated Middlebury College 4-2 in the first Polar Bear victory over the Panthers since the 2011 NESCAC Championship.

The eighth-ranked Polar Bears (4-1, 2-1 NESCAC) extended their home win streak to 35 consecutive games.

Bowdoin’s Rachel Kennedy netted the first goal of the game 9:02 into the opening half. Middlebury was earned two consecutive penalty corners. Alyssa Dimalo inserted the ball to Elinore O’Brien who controlled the ball with a clean stick stop at the top of the circle before Catherine Fowler stepped up with a hard drive to tie the game at 1-1.

Bowdoin capitalized on a penalty stroke seven minutes in as Colleen Finnerty scored off Middlebury goalie Cassie Coash.

The Panthers tied the score with nine minutes remaining as Katherine Theiss knocked the ball past Bowdoin goalie Hannah Gartner.

Only seconds elapsed as the Polar Bears turned around with their third goal of the game with Kimmie Ganong scoring with 4:26 remaining off another Riley to Kennedy connection.

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Volleyball

On Friday, Bowdoin cruised to a convincing 3-0 win over Amherst.

The Polar Bears won 28-26, 25-17, 25-20.

Bowdoin survived a lengthy opening set, staving off a set point (at 25-26) before rallying for the final three points, capped by a Katie Doherty kill, to take a 28-26 win. The Polar Bears closed the second set on an 8-1 run to take a 25-17 win. Bowdoin never trailed in the third set, jumping to a 12-5 lead.

First-years carried the day for the Polar Bears, as Erika Sklaver (13 kills) and Doherty (10 kills, nine digs) led the offensive attack. Emese Gaal had nine kills and 17 digs, while Quincy Leech dished out 42 assists.

On Saturday, Bowdoin split a twinbill at Williams, suffering a 3-2 conference loss to the Ephs before bouncing back with a 3-0 win against Western New England.

The Polar Bears held a 2-1 lead, but fell to the Ephs in five (29-31, 30-28, 13-25, 25-14, 15-9). Bowdoin wasted little time dispatching the Golden Bears in three (25-21, 25-18, 33-31). Bowdoin stands at 8-4 this season.

Against Williams, Gaal led the way with 13 kills and 17 digs. Sklaver added 12 kills while Ellie Brennan and Doherty had 11 each. Leech dished out 49 assists while Sklaver had eight total blocks.

In the WNEU match, Gaal again led the Polar Bears with a dozen kills and added 12 assists. Doherty had nine kills and 16 digs with Leech passing out 26 assists in the win. Gaal put home four aces in the victory.

Football

McCallum Foote threw for 362 yards and three touchdowns to lead Middlebury College to a 27-5 win over Bowdoin in both teams’ season opener Saturday at Whittier Field.

Foote went 36-for-59 overall and overcame two interceptions. William Sadik-Khan was his top target, catching 11 passes for 106 yards and two scores.

Bowdoin was led by Zach Donnarumma’s 95 rushing yards, while Joey Cleary had 15 tackles and Griffin Cardew posted 11, including a safety.

The Panthers took the opening kickoff and marched 71 yards in nine plays, capping the drive with a Foote 8-yard pass to Sadik-Khan.

A few possessions later, Bowdoin’s Andrew Murowchick dropped a 49-yard punt deep inside Middlebury territory, with Dan Johnson making a diving save to down the ball at the M-1. That proved crucial, as Cardew tackled Matt Rea in the endzone on the next play to trim the Panther lead to 7-2. Bowdoin took the ensuing free kick and compiled its longest drive of the day — 14 plays and 55 yards — but had to settle for a Murowchick field goal with 14:20 to go in the half.

The Panthers quickly pushed the lead back to two scores as Foote ended a nine-play, 68- yard drive with a screen pass to Joey Zelkowitz, who sliced through the Bowdoin defense to paydirt at 12:04, making it 14-5 Middlebury.

Bowdoin twice intercepted Foote in the second quarter, but couldn’t convert on either turnover. The Polar Bears looked to cut into the lead later in the half as they advanced to the M-22, but fumbled in field goal territory.

With under three minutes to go in the second quarter, Matt Crimmins intercepted a Mac Caputi pass at midfield and the Panthers cashed in, going 50 yards in five plays with Sadik-Khan winning a jump-ball pass over the middle with 1:43 left before break to make it 21-5.

Neither team could get much offense going in the second half, with the lone score coming from Middlebury after a Bowdoin turnover in its own territory. Rea dove one yard into the endzone at 2:29 of the third quarter to cap the scoring.

Men’s soccer

Bowdoin battled to a 1-1 draw against Middlebury on Saturday.

Middlebury got on the board, following a miscommunication by the Bowdoin defense resulted in Ben Brewster heading the ball over netminder Will Wise for an own-goal at 24:00.

Bowdoin (1-3-1) rebounded with a tying goal 12 minutes into the second. Matt Dias Costa passed the ball to the middle where Zach Danssaert made a quick touch to Andrew Jones. Jones placed a perfect shot to the bottom right corner beyond the reach of Middlebury’s Ethan Collins.

In the second overtime period, Jones had a breakaway down the left side. Adam Batista came in with a side tackle on Jones’ right just as he was about to release a shot.

Both goalies played all 110 minutes with Wise recording nine saves, while Collins had seven for Middlebury.

Women’s soccer

Middlebury scored with under four minutes remaining in the game to down the Polar Bears 2-1.

Bowdoin (3-1-1, 2-1-1 NESCAC) surrendered its first goal in over 390 minutes of play.

Less than 15 minutes into the opening half, Bowdoin goalie Bridget McCarthy made a diving save to deny Middlebury a direct shot.

Amy Martin’s shot connected with the crossbar, and the resulting scramble came to Middlebury’s Julia Favorito, who placed the ball in the bottom corner of the goal at 30:17.

In the second half, Bowdoin’s Maya Norman forced Middlebury’s Elizabeth Foody to make a diving save towards the top left corner, causing the ball to hit crossbar and sail over the net. The Polar Bears finally solved Foody with under seven minutes remaining as Jamie Hofstetter capitalized on a free kick from the center of the 18.

The Panthers held a 17-10 shot advantage over Bowdoin, resulting in six stops for McCarthy and four for Foody