The Bowdoin College field hockey team collected its sixth conference victory in a 2-0 Senior Day win against Connecticut College on Saturday afternoon.
The third-ranked Polar Bears (11-3, 6-3 NESCAC) rebounded from last weekend’s road game losses with a pair of victories on Wednesday and Saturday. The Camels (4-10, 2-7 NESCAC) were unable to find the upset magic and repeat their previous weekend win against Tufts.
Jamie Navoni nearly evened the game with a breakaway sprint into Bowdoin’s circle with five minutes to play in the first. Clara Belitz came out to meet Navoni with a slide tackle to block the shot and break up the play.
The Polar Bears doubled their lead seven minutes into the second half. Setting up a free hit coming in from the 25, the ball kicked back to Elizabeth Bennewitz on the right. Bennewitz launched a hard shot through traffic towards the circle where Finnerty tipped the ball as it passed. A Camel defender deflected the ball from the near post and into the goal.
Belitz earned the clean sheet with a pair of saves, as van der Velde made nine stops for Conn. College. Bowdoin held a 14-2 edge in penalty corners, earning 12 in the first half, while owning a 27-3 shot advantage.
Bowdoin closes out the regular season on Wednesday with a 6 p.m. game at home against Tufts.
Football
Trinity scored 31 first-half points en route to a 38-7 NESCAC win over Bowdoin at Whittier Field on Saturday.
The Polar Bears fell to 0-5, while the Bantams improved to 5-0.
Max Chipouras scored on a 6-yard run for a quick 7-0 Trinity lead, and the Bantams made it 14-0 on a Sonny Puzzo 1-yard TD run after a quarter.
Eric Sachse kicked a 40- yard field goal, and Puzzo threw to Bryan Vieira for a 19- yard TD strike to make for a 24-0 contest. Trinity finished its big opening half with a 3- yard run by Puzzo.
Bowdoin found the end zone in the third quarter —
Ejaaz Jiu a 7-yard TD pass from Tim Drakeley — to get the Polar Bears to 31-7.
Trinity finished the scoring with a 15-yard TD reception by receiver Paul McCarthy from David Ryan in the fourth quarter.
Puzzo was 10-of-17 for 181 yards, while Lucas Golan rushed for a game-high 112 yards on 14 rushes in the win. Chipouras added 84 yards on the ground, while Vieira led Trinity receivers with 99 yards on four receptions.
Drakeley threw for 132 yards, completing 10-of-21 passes. Noah Nelson was 3-of- 8 for 26 yards in relief. Nate Richam led Bowdoin running backs with 48 yards on 12 carriers, with Liam Ford hauling in seven passes for 84 yards.
Joe Gowetski had 14 tackles to pace the Bowdoin defense.
The Polar Bears return to action this upcoming Saturday at Wesleyan (12:30 p.m.).
Women’s soccer
Bowdoin and Connecticut College played to a 0-0 NESCAC tie in Brunswick on Saturday.
The Polar Bears outshot the Camels, 12-10. Conn. College (9-4-1, 4-4-1) keeper Bryanna Montalvo had seven saves, while Bowdoin (9-4-1, 5-3-1) netminder Rachel Stout turned away four shots, including one late in the second overtime to preserve the tie.
Bowdoin led in corner kicks, 9-4.
The Polar Bears host Tufts on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
Men’s soccer
Chris Lockwood scored the tying goal with less than four minutes remaining in regulation to lift Conn. College to a 1- 1 deadlock with Bowdoin on Saturday at Brunswick.
With the tie, the Polar Bears sit at 7-3-4, 3-3-3 in the NESCAC, while the Camels are 9-4-1 overall, 4-4-1 in conference play.
Bowdoin opened the scoring at 26:17 when Matty McColl finished off a nice setup from teammates Moctar Niang and Ethan Ellsworth.
The Polar Bears held a 13-8 shot advantage along with a 12-4 edge in corner kicks.
Bowdoin hosts Tufts on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
Women’s volleyball
Bowdoin suffered a pair of losses to national powerhouses on Friday evening on Day One of the Active Ankle Invite, hosted by Washington University in St. Louis.
The Polar Bears were tied at a set apiece against eighth-ranked Texas-Dallas before succumbing in a hard-fought 3-1 decision. In the nightcap, Bowdoin dropped another tightly-played match, 3-0, to Milikin, which ranks just outside the Division III Top-25.
UT-Dallas took the first set handily, but Bowdoin hung in for the remainder, falling 25- 16, 23-25, 25-22, 25-20 loss. UT-Dallas improved to 21-1 with the victory.
Caroline Flaharty (18 kills, 15 digs) and Sydney Salle (16 kills, six blocks) led the way for Bowdoin with outstanding performances at the net. Quincy Leech totaled 37 assists and 19 digs, while Katie Doherty earned 23 digs in the setback
Bowdoin pushed Milikin to the limit in all three sets despite falling, losing by scores of 25-21, 25-20, 26-24.
Flaharty recorded 14 kills and four digs for Bowdoin, while Salle pitched in nine kills and Erika Sklaver had four blocks. Leech totaled 28 assists and seven digs for the Polar Bears, while Doherty had 24 digs.
On Saturday, Bowdoin (12-9) dropped a pair of 3-1 matches in St. Louis.
In a 25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 25-22 loss to Illinois Wesleyan, Flaharty had a career-high 22 kills with eight digs in the loss. Leech sparked the attack with a season-high 51 assists and, late in the match, surpassed 3,000 assists for her career, becoming just the second Bowdoin player to reach the plateau. She is second alltime at Bowdoin with 3,054 assists following action this weekend.
The Polar Bears dropped a 25-17, 17-25, 25-22, 25-14 decision to Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Sklaver had a season-best 17 kills, while Flaharty saw double digits again with 10 kills to go with 14 digs. Leech recorded 40 assists, while Doherty (18 digs) and Clare McInerney (10 digs) led the Polar Bears on defense.
Bowdoin hosts Connecticut College on Friday at 8 p.m.
Women’s rugby
Bowdoin cruised to a Family Weekend victory over Sacred Heart on Saturday, 99-0.
The Polar Bears improved to 4-1.
Bowdoin used a varied attack with strong running and passing from both forwards and backs to build a 36-0 halftime lead. Three players scored their first tries wearing the Bowdoin jersey — Morgane Ponen, Madeleine Genereux and Dana Pierce. with Genereux’s being the team try of the match. Genereux took a pass from Sierra Soghikian off the base of a ruck, Pamela Zabala fended through four defenders and offloaded to support-runner Dana Peirce who passed to the streaking flanker Paige Pfannenstiel. The All-American drew the last defender and made a well-timed pass to winger Genereux, who outsprinted the cover defense 20 meters for the score.
Ample possession and smart execution of the game plan led to nine more tries, all converted, in the second half. Strong carries, tackles and rucking from captain Cristina Lima, Soghikian, Wilson and Pimentel provided consistent quick ball for the halfbacks to distribute. Scrumhalf Dankens and fly-half Liz D’Angelo directed the attack with a mixture of forward runs, and a smart kicking strategy and passing plays for the backfield.
First-year Mackenzie Philbrick scored four tries, Pfannenstiel broke away into open field for three tries, and fullback Georgia Bolduc attacked the spaces beautifully adding three more. With skilled footwork and strong running, Juliette Dankens and Kendall Schutzer added a try apiece. D’Angelo converted five tries, while Schutzer converted six.
Bowdoin hosts the University of Maine this upcoming Saturday at noon.
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