BRUNSWICK — The Bates College women’s indoor track and field team won the 2019 Maine State Championship on Friday night at Farley Field House.

The Bobcats repeated as state champions with a score of 237 points, edging out host Bowdoin College (231). Colby (104.5), Southern Maine (95.5) and Husson (40) rounded out the competitors.

The Polar Bears boasted four individual state champions and a relay win in the meet. Leading the way was first-year pole vaulter Sophia Slovenski, who set a state meet record with a height of 12 feet to claim first place by 18 inches.

Belinda Saint Louis won the shot put with a distance of 37-11.25, defeating the second-place finisher from Bates by a half-inch.

Julia O’Rourke won the 5,000-meter run (17:39.04), while the Polar Bears took a 1-2 finish in the 400 in a photo finish with first place going to Sara Ory (1:00.04) over Emma Beane (1:00.04).

The Bowdoin men also placed second at the Maine State Championship meet Saturday evening at the University of Southern Maine.

The Polar Bears totaled 170 points to finish only behind Bates (211), easily out-pacing Southern Maine (127) and Colby (36).

Bowdoin first-year Mason Freeman picked up a state championship for the Polar Bears, winning the long jump (22-02.25) to lead a 1-2-3 finish for Bowdoin in the event along with Reid Brawer and Reed Foster.

Mateo Rivera captured a first-place finish in the 400 (50.53), and the Polar Bears capped the night with a win in the 4 x 800 relay courtesy of Jack Richardson, Vincent Dong, Andrew Meredith and Dylan Welch.

Other strong showings for Bowdoin included second-place finishes by Ryan Durkin in the pole vault (14-05.25), Michael Donovan in the shot put (46-04.75), Luca Ostertag-Hill in the mile (4:24.52), Dylan Welch in the 600 (1:24.55), Sean MacDonald in the 1,000 (2:39.08) and Alec Ferguson-Hull in the 3,000 (8:50.34).

Both teams head to Boston this upcoming Saturday for the Hemery Invitational.

Women’s hockey

Hamilton swept a weekend pair of games with Bowdoin.

On Saturday, the Continentals held on for a 3-2 win.

Miranda Bell scored a pair of power-play goals for the Polar Bears, but Hamilton received a goal each from Nancy Loh, Mya Berretta and Alayna Trice.

Bell had tied the game, 2-2, with 12 seconds in the middle frame off an assist from Tala Glass.

But, Trice’s goal with six minutes left in regulation allowed the hosts to improve to 12-6-2 overall, 6-4-2 in the NESCAC.

On Friday, Bowdoin (3-16-1, 2-10 NESCAC) fell, 2-0, as Hamilton rode two second-period goals to the win.

After the Continentals outshot Bowdoin, 10-9, in the first period, they tallied a pair by Kate Piacenza in the middle frame.

Kerri St. Denis had 29 saves in the Polar Bear cage, while Gabrielle Venne made 33 stops for the shutout.

The Polar Bears return to Sidney J. Watson Arena for their final home series of the season at 7 p.m. against Connecticut College this upcoming Friday.

Women’s basketball

Top-ranked Bowdoin struggled for three quarters before overcoming a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit for a stunning 62-58 victory at Middlebury on Friday.

Bowdoin jumped out to a 12-3 lead in the contest’s first 4:46 behind four points from Cordelia Stewart.

Middlebury responded, scoring 10 of the next 11 points to tie the game at 13-13 after the first 10 minutes of play.

The Polar Bears led by four (22-18) in the second quarter when Stewart converted a layup with 6:22 remaining. Bowdoin went cold from there, as Middlebury tallied the final 15 points of the first half for a 33-22 halftime lead.

Middlebury maintained its lead in the third quarter, outscoring Bowdoin, 17-15, to hold a 50-37 lead after 30 minutes. The Panthers led by as many as 14 on four different occasions.

Bowdoin began its comeback right out of the gate in the fourth quarter. The Polar Bears scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to cut the lead to eight (50-42), but Maya Davis answered for the Panthers.

Trailing 54-44, the Polar Bears went on a 10-2 run, cutting the margin to a pair (56-54) with 2:32 remaining. Maddie Hasson scored eight of the visitors 10 points during the spurt.

Two free throws from Davis put Middlebury up by four, but Abby Kelly knocked down a three on the other end with 1:06 remaining, making it a 58-57 game.

Following a Middlebury miss, a three-point play from Hasson gave Bowdoin its first lead since early in the second quarter, 60-58 with 21.7 seconds to play.

After a timeout, the Panthers were unable to score and Bowdoin’s Samantha Roy hit a pair of free throws with 10 seconds remaining to seal the 62-58 win.

The Polar Bears overcame their worst shooting game of the season (37.1-percent). Bowdoin outscored Middlebury 25-8 in the period. Kelly and Hasson combined to score 21 of Bowdoin’s 25 points in the frame.

Kelly finished with a game-high 18 points, while Hasson had 15 points and seven rebounds. Middlebury was led by 14 points and 11 rebounds from Davis.

On Saturday at Williamstown, Massachusetts, Bowdoin rolled to a 93-56 victory over Williams.

The Polar Bears shot 60-percent from the field to improve to 22-0, 8-0 NESCAC.

Hasson had 20 points in the win, with Kelly adding 17 points and Taylor Choate 13. Sela Kay and Moira Train came off the bench for 10 points apiece.

Bowdoin returns to action at home on Friday against Connecticut College at 7 p.m.

Men’s basketball

Four players scored in double figures to lead Middlebury to a 63-51 win over Bowdoin on Friday evening at Morrell Gymnasium.

The Panthers improved to 16-5 (5-2 NESCAC). The Panthers never trailed and rode a strong first half to an 18-point halftime lead.

Middlebury took a 12-4 advantage out of the gate and after Bowdoin trimmed the edge to 12-7 following a David Reynolds 3-pointer, the Panthers replied with a 9-3 surge to push the lead to double figures, 21-10, after a Jack Farrell layup midway through the frame. After a pair of Stephen Ferraro free throws trimmed the Middlebury margin to 21-12, the Panthers answered with a 10-0 run, sparked by five points from Matt Folger to create some distance.

Folger finished with 11 first-half points to give Middlebury a 37-19 advantage at halftime.

Despite several runs, Bowdoin failed to close the gap to single digits at any point in the second half as each Polar Bear surge was answered by a Panther bucket.

Folger finished with 15 points to lead Middlebury.

Bowdoin was paced by 13 points from Jack Simonds. Reynolds had seven points and nine boards in the loss.

Men’s hockey

Hamilton overcame a three-goal deficit to come back and win 4-3 at Bowdoin on Saturday evening.

Jason Brochu tallied the hat trick to lead the Continentals to 9-9-2 (7-5-2 NESCAC). The Polar Bears fell to 6-12-2 (3-10-1 NESCAC).

Bowdoin broke through midway into the first period. Michael Brown flipped the puck up from the boards in front of Bowdoin’s bench. Christian Capello skated onto it and snaked around a Hamilton defender to enter the zone. Capello deked around a second Continental before putting a shot away top left shelf.

Seconds into a Hamilton power play, Brochu rifled a wrister off the post.

The Polar Bears responded as Albert Washco sped off down to the opposite end with a Continental in toe. Washco battled past his defender and pulled right, then left, and backhanded a shot for the short-handed tally at 12:42.

The Polar Bears went up 3-0 five minutes into the second period. Pat Geary worked the puck behind the net and eventually emerged at the left post. Geary went bar down to extend Bowdoin’s lead.

The Continentals responded three minutes later on the power play. Joey Moore had the puck at the right point and centered to Bennett Morrison, who fired a shot on pads. Erik Wurman denied the bid, but Brochu pounced on the rebound for a quick put back.

With 4:31 remaining in the period, Hamilton cut the deficit to one. Josh Labonte teed up a shot from the right point and Brochu deflected it past the goaltender.

Hamilton tied the game with a shorthanded goal at 2:36 in the third. Brochu completed the hat trick as the puck escaped the Continentals zone and slid down the ice towards Bowdoin’s end. Brochu beat a Polar Bear to the puck and one-timed a laser past Wurman.

Another special teams play gave Hamilton the lead at 6:02. Controlling the puck on the power play just inside the blue line, the Continentals moved the puck left to right and back. Brochu centered to Nick Rutigliano, who put a shot towards net. Nick Ursitti deflected the puck as it flew past.

Anthony Tirabassi made 16 saves for the win, while Wurman made 35 stops for Bowdoin.

On Friday inside Watson Arena, Amherst pinned a 3-0 setback on the Polar Bears.

The Mammoths (9-6-3, 6-4-3 NESCAC) jumped out to an early lead on a power-play goal by Jack Fitzgerald just 4:02 into the game.

Phil Johansson scored with 45 seconds left in the opening frame, and Joey Lupo finished off Bowdoin with a late empty-net goal.

Alex Zafonte had 30 saves in the Polar Bear net, with Amherst netminder Michael Cullen denying 28 shots.

Bowdoin plays at Wesleyan on Friday at 7 p.m.

Swimming

Both the Bowdoin men and women delivered convincing victories over Colby to complete the season sweep of Maine NESCAC teams.

The 18th-ranked women won, 201.5-83.5, while the men won 177-123.

In the women’s meet, Marshall Lowery, Sterling Dixon, Mary Laurita and Amanda Banasiak posted a season best 1:48.76 to win the 200-yard medley relay by six seconds. First-year Kathleen Kemp followed with a runner-up finish in the 1,000 free, touching in a season best 10:39.76. First-year women finished first through third in the 200 freestyle with Kate Fosburgh finishing in 1:55.57, followed by Jess Gearan (1:58.16) and Kate Moynihan (2:01.46). Lowery won the 100 back (59.26) while teammate Cecilia de Havenon tied for second with a 1:01.43. Lowery came back to win the 200 backstroke in dominant fashion in 2:05.09. There, Gearan finished second in 2:11.27. Caitlin Loi was just out-touched in the 100 breaststroke, securing second place in 1:11.73.

Dixon and Julianna Kiley went 1-2 in the 200 fly with Dixon touching in 2:10.01 and Kiley finishing in a personal best time of 2:14.65. Dixon also won the 200 IM in 2:11.87 as Kiley was third (2:20.86), and Moynihan slid in between for second in 2:20.20. The Polar Bears were first and second again in the 50 free with Banasiak (24.76) and Moody (25.18). Laurita won the 100 free in 53.27, while Fosburgh swam a 54.58 for second. Laurita was also first to the wall in the 100 fly with a time of 57.10. Claire Wolff won the 200 breaststroke with a 2:32.57. Sophomore classmate Nadia Eguchi crushed her 500 free season best with a 5:10.23. Kemp was second in 5:19.07.

Senior Rebecca Stern scored 247.49 points to win 1-meter diving, while teammates Thea Kelsey (235.12) and Wren Sablich (228.90) were second and third. In her final home dual meet Stern also won 3-meter with 243.08 points. Kelsey (227.92) and Sablich (215.25) were second and third again.

The team finished the meet with another victory in the 800 freestyle relay as Banasiak, Moody, Lowery, and Fosburgh touched in 7:53.47.

In the men’s meet, Justin Yang, Michael Tirone, Julian Abaldo and Michael O’Neal raced to a 1:35.64 to win the 200 medley relay by eight-tenths of a second.

Daniel Williams (9:52.45), Gabriel Siwady (10:11.70) and Coleman Komishane (10:24.20) finished second through fourth in the 1,000 free. In the 500 free Williams (4:49.64) and Siwady (4:57.77) were second and third.

Jacob Baltaytis and Andrew Macdonald snagged second and third in the 200 free in 1:47.66 and 1:47.75. Baltaytis won the 100 fly with a 52.81 while Abaldo was runner-up (53.13). First-years Ted Mebust and Justin Yang secured the first 1-2 finish of the day in 52.69 and 52.74. In the 200 back Mebust (1:55.43) and Yang (1:58.07) were second and third. Classmate Attics Kangas touched fourth (2:04.53).

Tirone won the 100 breaststroke with a 58.71. Senior Stephen Pastoriza cleared a minute in 59.47, just three one-hundreths behind second place. Pastoriza won the 200 breast with a 2:09.22, while Tirone was third with a time of 2:14.59. In his final individual dual meet race, Pastoriza added another victory, touching in 1:59.92 to claim the 200 IM. Jean-Baptiste Andre and Macdonald were second and third in the 200 fly in 1:58.49 and 2:00.77. Junior classmate Cameron Chertavian touched fourth (2:02.44).

After anchoring the winning medley relay, O’Neal returned to win the 50 free in 22.01. Abaldo was third in 22.24. In the 100 free Abaldo had the upper hand, winning in 48.33 while O’Neal was third in 49.33.

Mebust, Baltaytis, Macdonald and Williams were second place in the 800 freestyle relay in a time of 7:18.21.

Senior Mitchell Ryan won both boards in his final dual meet. On 3-meter, he scored 315.23 points, while on 1-meter he secured the win with 292.64 points. Henry Isaacson, Qyn Byrne and Irfan Dotani were third, fourth and fifth on both boards.

The women’s NESCAC Championships are Feb. 14 at Wesleyan, while the men compete Feb. 21 at Middlebury.

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