BRUNSWICK — Maegan Sheehan scored less than a minute into overtime to complete the Bowdoin College women’s ice hockey team’s 3-2 comeback win on Tuesday night against the University of Southern Maine.

The Polar Bears collected their first overtime victory of the season to improve to 5-5. The Huskies were unable to hold on to their early twogoal lead and fell to 2-10-1.

USM got on the board 3:08 into the game off a goal by Katie Couture. Cassandra Sherman started the play with a centering pass to Couture in the slot for a redirect.

Couture looked to extend the Huskies’ lead minutes later as her shot from low on the left side found the far post and slid back out across the goal face.

Couture bested Sophia Lattanzio in the ninth minute, burying a feed from a faceoff in the left circle.

Bowdoin cut the USM lead in half 2:36 into the second period. Madeline Hall intercepted a breakout pass inside the USM blue line and circled back around on goal. Hall found Julie Dachille on the right post for the Polar Bears’ first of the game.

Miranda Bell dug the puck out from the left post and fed Marissa Fichter with just over five minutes remaining in the third period to tie the game at 2- 2 and force overtime. Fichter beat Britney Evangelista with a short-handed close range shot.

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Sheehan’s game-winner came on the power play, firing the puck on net from the right faceoff circle inside the far post.

USM went 0-for-6 on the power play, while Bowdoin was 1-for-5 with the extra skater.

Lattanzio made 22 stops in net for Bowdoin. Evangelista had 26 saves for USM.

Bowdoin returns to Watson Arena with a weekend NESCAC series against Amherst beginning on Friday at 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Lena Negri scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to lead Emmanuel to a 64-57 win over Bowdoin on Tuesday evening.

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The Polar Bears have lost two of their last three games and fell to 10-4. The Saints have won six in a row and improved to 11-4.

The Polar Bears led for the majority of the first half, extending their advantage to as many as eight points following four straight points from Shannon Brady, 24-16, with 4:30 remaining in the second period.

Emmanuel chipped away at the freethrow line, scoring five straight points from the charity stripe to spark a 9-0 run before the half. Negri connected on two more free throws with under a minute to play before the break, giving the visitors a 25-24 at halftime.

Emmanuel continued to roll to start the third quarter, opening the frame on a 10-2 surge, capped by six straight points from Negri to take a 35-26 lead with 6:34 to go in the period. The Saints extended their lead to 11 points with 3:24 left in the third, but Bowdoin closed the quarter on a 10-0 run, sparked by four points from Lydia Caputi, to close the gap to 42-41 heading into the fourth.

The teams traded buckets to start the final period, and Bowdoin took the lead following a Kate Kerrigan runner, 45-44, with 7:42 to go.

But, Emmanuel responded with a 12-2 surge to take the lead for good, getting back-to-back 3-pointers from Negri and Sarah Higgins with under four minutes to go to seal the win. Negri finished 9-of-10 from the line while grabbing 11 caroms and blocking three shots. Higgins pitched in 15 points and nine boards to go with four steals for Emmanuel.

Brady scored 22 points and blocked two shots for Bowdoin, while Kerrigan added 12 points and eight rebounds.

Bowdoin return to action Thursday at Norwich (6 p.m.).


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