Bowdoin was paced by three players in double figures, including 11 from Tournament MVP Kaitlin Donahoe, who also dished out four assists and collected five rebounds. The Polar Bears have won four of their last five games and improved to 5- 4. Clark fell to 7-3.
Kirsten Prue scored 13 points, including 4-of-5 from 3- point range, to also earn All- Tournament honors for Bowdoin. Emily Reilly led Clark with 16 points and was the Cougars’ representative on the All-Tournament squad while Regis’ Claire Ramonas and Clarkson’s Ashley Loggins were also named. Regis defeated Clarkson 56-44 in the consolation game earlier on Sunday.
Bowdoin held Clark to just 16 percent shooting in the opening half and used an 11-2 surge late in the period to take a 27-21 edge at intermission. Reilly hit a 3-pointer to close the gap to 27-24 immediately after the break, but Bowdoin replied with a 10-0 run, sparked by consecutive 3- pointers from Megan Phelps and Prue, to extend its lead to 13 points, 37-24, with 16:20 to go.
Bowdoin held a 45-35 edge on the glass and held the Cougars to just 24 percent shooting for the contest.
Phelps led Bowdoin with 14 points and nine rebounds in Sunday’s win.
The Polar Bears return to action on Friday evening at home against Hamilton College at 8 p.m.
On Saturday, Donahoe scored a game-high 20 points with nine assists and four steals to lead the Polar Bears to a 66-35 win over Clarkson in the opening round.
Prue added 17 points, including five 3-pointers, for the Polar Bears.
Ashley Loggins scored a team-best 19 points with 11 rebounds in 40 minutes of play for the Golden Knights.
Women’s hockey
Bowdoin earned a 3-2 win over St. Norbert College in the first leg of their Wisconsin swing on Saturday at Green Bay.
The game, combined with a United States Hockey League contest, had a paid attendance of 3,277, setting an NCAA Division III singlegame attendance record for women’s ice hockey.
The ninth-ranked Polar Bears scored the first three goals and held off a thirdperiod charge to improve to 5- 1-1 and run their unbeaten streak to six.
Bowdoin grabbed the lead at 15:34 of the opening period on Chelsea MacNeil’s third goal of the campaign.
The Polar Bears extended their advantage with a pair of goals in the second frame. Ariana Bourque found the back of the net less than one minute into the stanza before Kim Tess-Wanat notched a power play goal at 8:17.
Ali Parker trimmed the Polar Bear lead to 3-1 at 7:29 of the final frame, and Isabell Lindstrom drew the Green Knights within a single goal with just 2:48 remaining.
Bowdoin goaltender Tara Connolly made 22 saves.
Bowdoin was to play the second game of its Wisconsin swing today against Concordia- M’Head at the Eden Prairie Community Center at 1 p.m.
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