BRUNSWICK

Jack Shultz scored his first career goal to give the Bowdoin College men’s soccer team a 1-0 victory over visiting Colby on Tuesday afternoon.

The Polar Bears (10-3-0, 6- 2-0 NESCAC) picked up a win in their final regular season game at Pickard Field. The Mules dropped to 6-4-2 (3-3-2 NESCAC).

The first promising look for either team came at 11:11 as Cam Clouse hurled a throw-in from the left side that Jansen Aoyama connected with. Aoyama’s header skidded just over the cross bar and out of play.

Shultz provided the game’s only goal in the 38th minute. Drake Byrd controlled the ball low on the left side and crossed to Shultz on the back post.

With three minutes remaining in the half, Moctar Niang wove through a pair of Colby defenders at the top of the box and rang a shot off the right post. Byrd collected the rebound and managed a shot, but Avery Gibson turned the bid away on the near side.

The Mules ramped up pressure in the second half, forcing Stevie Van Siclen to make six saves in the final 45 minutes. Van Siclen’s first point-blank challenge came off the foot of Evan Dwyer alone in the middle of the box. Van Siclen dove to his right to make the save.

Van Siclen made three consecutive saves, making an initial stop and then denying a pair of rebounds with less than 20 minutes remaining.

With 8:30 left on the clock, Jake Stenquist made a goal line save on a shot by Ryan Lauderback.

Gibson made seven stops for the Mules, while Van Siclen ended the day with a nine-save shutout.

Both teams took 13 shots, while Bowdoin held a 7-4 edge in corner kicks.

Bowdoin travels to Connecticut College on Saturday for a 2p.m. contest.