BRUNSWICK

The Bowdoin College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams closed out the regular season with wins over Colby on Saturday afternoon.

The men defeated the Mules by a 188-91 margin, while the women won, 201-89, in head to head competition.

In the women’s meet, Bowdoin had three individuals collect multiple first-place finishes. Christine Andersen swept the diving events with a score of 260.65 points in the 1- meter and 269.70 in the 3- meter. Megan Dustin won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:59.01), 500 free (5:25.00) and the 200 free (2:01.12). Ally Fromson- Ho rounded out the multi-event winners with victories in the 200 butterfly (2:09.42) and 200 IM (2:13.91).

Holly Rudel captured a top finish in the 100 backstroke, finishing four seconds ahead of the second-place swimmer with a time of 1:00.95. In the 100 breaststroke, Sarah Freshnock turned in a 1:12.11 for first, and Linnea Patterson took the freestyle victory at the same distance (55.22). Marshall Lowery turned in a top time in the 200 backstroke (2:09.26) and teammate Sterling Dixon did the same in the 100 butterfly (57.77). Sophia Walker took first in the 50 free with a time of 24.75.

Bowdoin won both relays. Lowery, Mariah Rawding, Fromson-Ho and Amanda Banasiak captured the 400- medley relay victory with a 3:58.15. Banasiak, Dixon, Walker and Patterson combined for a 400-free victory (3:40.67).

In the men’s meet, Karl Sarier took a pair of individual victories in the 200 (1:46.54) and 500 (4:43.70) free. Another Polar Bear to earn a pair of wins was Stephen Pastoriza with top finishes in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.29) and 200 IM (1:59.89). Mitchell Ryan swept the diving events, compiling a score of 334.10 in the 1-meter and 269.40 in the 3- meter.

Daniel Williams took the top spot in the 1,000 (9:56.86), while Will Hutchinson took the 100 (48.40) and Julian Abaldo the 50 (21.53). McClure Brower had the top finish in the 100 backstroke (55.98), while Cameron Chertavian turned in the best finish in the 200 (1:29.13). Nathan Garner finished the 100 butterfly in a time of 54.43 for first, while Jean-Baptiste Andre turned in a 1:59.05 for the 200.

Bowdoin swept the relay events, opening the day with a 400-medley relay victory off the efforts of Hutchinson, Michael Netto, Abaldo and Sarier (3:35.70). Abaldo, Hutchinson, Sarier and Michael O’Neal combined for a 3:14.94 first-place finish in the 400-free relay.

Bowdoin next competes in the three-day NESCAC Championships. The women compete at Bowdoin beginning on Feb. 10, while the men compete the following week at Wesleyan.

Women’s hockey

Bowdoin earned its fifth shutout with a 3-0 NESCAC win over Wesleyan on Friday.

The Polar Bears jumped on top 1:10 into the game on Brooke Solomon set up Maureen Greason for a goal.

Solomon’s second assist came on the power play at 12:56 of the opening frame when Marissa Fichter doubled the Polar Bear lead.

Jess Cloutier’s first collegiate goal at 11:35 of the second period, off a Maddy Hall assist, completed the scoring.

Harpswell native Kerri St. Denis stopped all 23 shots she faced for the win. Wesleyan goaltender Allegra Grant had 34 saves.

The teams played to a 0-0 deadlock on Saturday, leaving Bowdoin with a record of 10-6- 3, 5-4-2 in the NESCAC. The Cardinals are 7-6-4, 4-4-2 in the conference.

St. Denis picked up a second straight shutout behind 31 saves, while Grant had 26 stops.

Bowdoin visits Hamilton for a pair of games Feb. 3-4.

Men’s basketball

Colby used a second-half rally to tip Bowdoin, 87-82, in a NESCAC contest on Saturday afternoon in Waterville.

The Polar Bears, who led by as many as 15 points in the game, fell to 9-9 (1-5 NESCAC), while the Mules avenged an early-season non-conference loss to the Polar Bears and stand at 9-9 (1-5 NESCAC).

Bowdoin’s bench scored 25 points in a stellar first-half performance as the Polar Bears owned a 39-32 edge at intermission. The Polar Bears built their biggest lead of the game, 26-11, midway through the opening half thanks to eight early points from Jack Bors.

Colby was able to bounce back before the break thanks to a 3-point barrage in the final three minutes, including a buzzer-beater by Sam Jefferson. The Mules chipped away early in the second half and finally drew even with the Polar Bears on a Patrick Stewart layup with 15 minutes to go.

A quick 8-0 surge moments later gave the Mules a 57-52 advantage with under 10 minutes to play.

The Polar Bears were led by 24 points from Bors, while David Reynolds had 16. Jack Simonds (13), Hugh O’Neil (12) and Neil Fuller (11) also saw double figures.

Stewart ended with 28 for Colby in the win.

Bowdoin will return home on Tuesday evening to host Husson at 7 p.m.

Indoor track

The Bowdoin men placed first, while the women took third place at Bowdoin Invitational III on Saturday at Farley Field House.

The Polar Bears scored 228 points to out-distance runnerup Coast Guard (192), with Colby, Thomas, UMaine- Farmington and St. Joseph’s rounding out the field.

Bowdoin boasted a pair of double-event winners. Joe Staudt won the hurdles (8.38) and the high jump (6-06), while John Pietro claimed the shot put (46-02.75) and weight throw (49-07.25).

Other winners included Yaw Sekyere in the 60-meter dash (7.13), Garrett Thomas in the 400 (50.56), John Kennealy in the 800 (1:58.86), Bennett Sneath in the 1,000 (2:32.08), Alec Ferguson-Hull in the mile (4:30.42) and Ben Torda in the 3,000 (8:48.87).

In the field events, Benjamin Ray won the pole vault (12-05.75) and Brian Greenberg claimed the triple jump (46-11.75).

Coast Guard captured the women’s meet with 165 points, followed by Colby, Bowdoin (143), Husson, UMaine-Farmington and St. Joseph’s.

Meghan Bellerose won the 600 (1:38.41) by nearly seven seconds, while Annie McKee won the mile (5:29.60), Sarah Kinney took the 3,000 (10:37.59) and Caroline Corban placed first in the 5,000 (18:55.62). The women’s distance relay team of Corban, Sara Ory, Bellerose and Demi Feder took first in 12:51.78.

Morgen Gallagher won the long jump for the Polar Bears, clearing a distance of 16-11.25.

Bowdoin will compete at the Maine State meets this upcoming weekend, with the women at Southern Maine on Friday night (6 p.m.) and the men hosting at Farley Field House on Saturday evening (6 p.m.).