The Polar Bears split a doubleheader on Friday at the MIT Invitational, dropping a 3-0 decision to Springfield and picking up a hardfought 3-2 win over Endicott.
Against Springfield, Bowdoin fell by scores of 25-23, 25-19 and 25-16. Michelle Albright led Bowdoin with 12 kills and 13 digs. Christy Jewett had three blocks. First-year Sydney Salle had four blocks, with Quincy Leech totaling 19 assists and 10 digs in the loss.
Katie Doherty was outstanding for Bowdoin, racking up 36 digs — four shy of her school record — in the win. Meanwhile, Leech had 56 assists — seven shy of the school mark.
On Saturday, Bowdoin (2- 3) dropped a pair of contests, falling to Babson, 3-2, and MIT, 3-0.
Against Babson, the Beavers took the first two games, 25-13 and 25-18, but the Polar Bears rallied to even the match with set wins of 25-17 and 25-13.
In the fifth game, Babson controlled from the outset for a 15-7 win.
Versus MIT, Jewett had 14 kills and 14 digs, but MIT captured a 25-17, 28-26, 25-13 win.
Jewett became the fifth Polar Bear to surpass 1,000 career kills at Bowdoin.
Bowdoin visits Middlebury on Friday and Hamilton on Saturday.
Cross country
Bridger Tomlin and Sarah Kelley took first-place finishes to pace the Bowdoin cross country teams to a seasonopening win Saturday at the Bowdoin Invitational.
The Polar Bear men took five of the first seven finishers to record 21 points and edge WPI (37), Maine-Farmington
(94) and Lyndon State (97).
The Bowdoin women took five of the first nine spots to total 25 points to defeat WPI (30), Maine-Farmington (91) and Lyndon State (110).
In the men’s 8K, the lead pack of Tomlin, Matt Jacobson and WPI runners Ryan Moran and Austin Scott hung together for the majority of the race. Tomlin (26:00.17) and Jacobson (26:00.73) pulled away with a strong kick down the final straightaway to go 1-2. Sam Dodge (26:30.09) and Ben Torda (26:42.10) took fifth and sixth place, respectively. First-year Andrew McGowan had an impressive first race, moving up well in the final mile. He was Bowdoin’s fifth finisher on the day and seventh overall.
With about a mile to go in the women’s 5K, Kelley broke away from the field to win by a convincing 12 seconds in 19:19.61.
Lucy Skinner was third overall in 19:36.55, while first-year Martha Boben took fifth in 19:43.88 in her first collegiate competition, highlighting a strong day for the Bowdoin rookies, who had three of Bowdoin’s top seven performances. Ally Fulton (20:01.83), Julia O’Rourke (20:05.67) and Sarah Kinney (20:15.16) ran together for much of the race and moved up on a pack of WPI runners in the last mile to secure the win for Bowdoin.
The Polar Bears have a two weeks off before hosting the second Bowdoin Invitational on Sept. 26.
Women’s tennis
The Polar Bears opened their 2015-16 campaign by playing in the Stony Brook Classic. Bowdoin performed well as the lone Division III squad in the field.
Against a field that included Division I programs Army, Navy, Stony Brook, St. John’s, Hofstra and Farleigh Dickinson, the Polar Bears recorded a 17-8 overall record in singles and doubles play. Sophomore Tess Trinka led the way for Bowdoin by going unbeaten in singles play. First-year Maddie
Rolph lost just one match in her collegiate debut.
After an off weekend, Bowdoin will look to make some noise at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association New England Regional hosted by Williams College beginning on Sept. 24.
Men’s golf
Endicott College came away with the crown at the 2015 Bowdoin Invitational over the weekend at Brunswick Golf Club.
The Gulls recorded a team score of 607 (307-300) to edge second-place Southern Maine (612) and St. Anselm (612).
Bowdoin (644) finished in ninth place overall in the field of 11 teams in their season debut.
The Polar Bears were paced by a sixth-place finish from Thomas Spagnola, who carded a two-day total of 151 (77-74). Martin Bernard was the second-best finisher for the Polar Bears, taking 13th with a score of 154 (76-78), while Kevin Perron ended in 34th at 162 (80-82).
Bowdoin will return to action at the Maine State Championship hosted by Fairlawn Golf Club in Poland this upcoming Saturday.
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