The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team continued to steamroll, dismissing Trinity on Friday evening in a 76-46 road victory thanks in great part to 25 points from Abby Kelly.
The Polar Bears improved to 15-0 and matched the second best start to a season in program history, equaling the 15-0 starts by the 2006-07 and 2001-02 Bowdoin teams. Trinity fell to 10-5.
Bowdoin never trailed after the opening moments, taking a 15-5 lead after just six minutes. The Polar Bears took a 19-11 lead into the second quarter and outscored the Bantams 18-4 over the first eight minutes of the period, leading by as many as 22 points. Trinity was able to trim the lead to 37-19 at halftime.
Bowdoin led 55-36 after three quarters and put an exclamation mark on the contest in the fourth quarter, outscoring Trinity, 21-10.
Bowdoin shot 47-percent from the field in the win and forced 28 Trinity turnovers, converting them into 32 points off turnovers. Kelly’s 25-point effort was second only to her career-best 27- point outburst earlier this season against St. Thomas. She also added five rebounds and two steals.
Kate Kerrigan scored 16 points, had five rebounds, five steals, four assists and a block in the triumph. Lauren Petit added 10 points for Bowdoin.
Trinity was led by 18 points from Courtney Erickson.
Bowdoin returns to action on Tuesday evening at home against Husson at 7 p.m.
Men’s basketball
Trinity used a 10-0 run midway through the second half and held off a late Bowdoin rally to take a 73-68 win on Friday evening in Morrell Gymnasium.
The Bantams moved to 11- 3 (2-1 NESCAC), while the Polar Bears fell to 10-4 (1-2 NESCAC).
Trinity came out firing, connecting on eight 3-pointers in the opening half to open up a double-digit lead. The Bantams opened up a 16-point edge, 34-18, with just 4:30 remaining in the opening half thanks to consecutive treys from Christian Porydzy.
The Polar Bears rolled off a 15-5 surge to close the period, as Drew Gagnon scored six straight points and Jack Simonds added eight more in the run that trimmed the Trinity lead to 39-33 at intermission.
Bowdoin drew closer in the second half, opening the period on a 7-2 run, and took its first lead on a Simonds 3- pointer, 48-45, with 14:30 remaining.
Trinity answered with the decisive 10-0 run that gave the Bantams the lead for good. A Nick Seratta jumper with 9:53 remaining gave Trinity a 60-51 lead.
The Polar Bears clawed back into the contest, cutting the lead to three points on two occasions thanks in great part to Trinity shooting 9-of-20 from the freethrow stripe in the second half. Eric Gendron put the Polar Bears away with a jumper at 2:10, giving the visitors an insurmountable 10-point lead, 69-59.
Trinity’s hot shooting cooled in the second half as both the Bantams and Polar Bears shot 45-percent from the field. The teams were also evenly matched in 3- pointers (nine apiece) and were almost identical in rebounds (36-34 Bowdoin) and assists (15-12 Bowdoin). The difference in the game proved to be 15 Bowdoin turnovers which led directly to 18 Trinity points. The Bantams turned the ball over just six times on the night.
Simonds led all players with 24 points, while Hugh O’Neil led all players with 17 rebounds. David Reynolds (13) and Liam Farley (11) also saw double digits for Bowdoin.
Trinity was led by 17 points off the bench from Seretta, while Porydzy and Jeremy Arthur ended with 14 each.
Bowdoin heads to Husson for a 7 p.m. game on Tuesday evening.
Women’s hockey
Bailey Plaman made 41 saves and allowed just one goal to lead Amherst to a 4-1 victory over Bowdoin on Saturday afternoon.
The Mammoths completed the series sweep to improve to 8-5-1 (4-3-1 NESCAC) while keeping Bowdoin winless in 2018 (6-4- 1, 1-4-1 NESCAC).
Amherst cleared the zone and turned back towards Bowdoin’s end with a 2-on-1 advantage. Alex Toupal carried the puck down the left wing and kept it as the defender shaded center. Toupal handled up to Kerri St. Denis and pushed the puck 5-hole.
During 4-on-4 action, the Mammoths rang a shot off the right post and Bowdoin responded with an equalizer 8:34 into the second period. Jill Rathke set up the play from the right circle, feeding Izzi Stoddard at the far post. Stoddard redirected the puck to pull Bowdoin even.
The Mammoths regained the lead with a quick powerplay goal with four minutes remaining in the second. Toupal battled with a defender for control of the puck after a faceoff on the right. As the pair moved across the ice, in front of the goal face, Toupal tossed a shot back on net and between the pads.
Emma Flynn tallied a goal for Amherst with four skaters on the ice for both teams at 9:22 in the third. Kaitlin Hoang battled along the boards and came away with the puck, putting away an empty-netter with 1:31 to play and giving Amherst the 4-1 lead.
St. Denis made 29 stops for the Polar Bears.
On Friday, Amherst scored all three of its goals in the first period for a 3-1 NESCAC win at Watson Arena.
Ava Simoncelli, Flynn and Miriam Eickhoff scored for the Mammoths.
Bowdoin’s Tala Glass scored the long goal for the hosts midway through the second period.
Sophia Lattanzio started in goal for Bowdoin and made threes stops. St. Denis relieved and stopped all 19 shots she faced. Bailey Plaman had 32 saves for Amherst.
Bowdoin plays at the University of New England on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Men’s hockey
Trinity scored three times in the second period to cruise a 4-1 victory over Bowdoin in Saturday evening NESCAC action.
Bowdoin slips to 4-11 (2-8 NESCAC), while the nationally ranked Bantams climbed to 9-3-2 (6-1-1 NESCAC).
The Bantams took the lead with back-to-back goals just 51 seconds apart seven minutes into the second period. With 3:12 remaining in the frame, Nicholas Fiorentino and Liam Feeney executed a clean give-and-go to go ahead 3-0.
Bowdoin broke through with 7:33 remaining in the game as Ronnie Lestan collected his own rebound and wristed in his second goal of the year.
Peter Cronin made 47 stops in net for Bowdoin.
Wesleyan scored the winning goal with four seconds left in regulation as the Polar Bears suffered a tough NESCAC loss on Friday.
Sean Ross netted the winner for the Cardinals, who improved to 7-2-3 overall, 3-2- 2 in the NESCAC.
Bowdoin scored first as Spencer Antunez tallied a goal 5:34 into the third period.
But, Wesleyan tied the game with 10:18 remaining on a Vincent Lima goal.
Bowdoin’s Erik Wurman and Wesleyan’s George Blinick each had 29 saves.
Bowdoin hosts Williams this upcoming Friday at 7 p.m.
Indoor track
Bowdoin teams enjoyed a successful season-opening Bowdoin Invitational I on Saturday at Farley Field House.
The Bowdoin men racked up 213 points to outdistance WPI (188 points), Connecticut College (63), RIC (44), Husson (23), Wheaton (12) and St. Joseph’s (eight).
In the women’s meet, WPI won with 178 points, with the Polar Bears in second with 158. Wheaton (84.50), Connecticut College (64), RIC (51), Husson (39.50) and St. Joseph’s (9) rounded out the field.
Bowdoin’s depth and performance in the field events led the way to the team victory. John Pietro was a double winner for the Polar Bears, claiming the shot put (53-01) and the weight throw (52-08). John Kennealy won the 800-meter run (1:59.39), while Sean McDonald led a 1-2-3 finish for Bowdoin in the 3,000. Brian Greenberg won the triple jump (48- 00.75) and took second in the long jump (21-10.25).
The Bowdoin women dominated the middle and long-distance events at the meet, getting wins from Sarah Kelley in the 1,000M (3:02.79), Sarah Kinney in the 3,000 (10:40.70) and Julia O’Rourke in the 5,000 (18:43.72). First-year Claire Traum won her first collegiate event, taking the women’s 600 (1:40.82), while Caroline Shipley (2:23.16) and Erin Hollenbaugh went 1-2 in the 800 race. Eliza Jevon, Sadie Saxton, Hollenbaugh and Traum led Bowdoin to a win in the 4×800 relay (10:09.67).
In the field events, Bowdoin earned a pair of wins in the long jump from Morgen Gallagher (17-04.75) and in the shot put from first-year Belinda Saint Louis (38- 00.25).
The Polar Bears will return to action again next weekend at the Bowdoin Invitational II at Farley Field House.
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