Isabel Sippel was outstanding in goal for the Polar Bears, stopping 16 shots in the win. Seven different players scored in a balanced attack for Bowdoin, as Lindsay Picard, Emma Beecher, Mettler Growney and Clare McLaughlin had two goals apiece. Megan O’Connor pitched in a pair of assists for the Polar Bears, who got five draw controls from Picard and two caused turnovers from Sarah Freeman.
The teams traded goals in the opening half with neither team taking more than a one-goal advantage either way. The contest entered halftime deadlocked, 5-5. After Natalie Gill and Amos opened the second half with goals for the Ephs, Bowdoin roared back with a five-goal surge to take the lead for good. Five different players scored in the run, which was capped by unassisted goals from Taylor Wilson and Beecher to give the hosts a 10-7 lead with 10:25 to play.
Williams made a late bid to draw even, getting a pair of late markers from Micaela Dussel and Cook to draw within 11-10 with 3:25 to play. The Ephs had possession with two minutes remaining, but Sippel made a game-preserving save on a Malicki shot with a minute to play to clinch the victory.
Williams held a 30-25 lead in shots and 10-8 edge in groundballs. Bowdoin held a 13-10 edge in draw controls for the match.
Women’s hockey
Ariana Bourque scored with under five minutes remaining in overtime as Bowdoin rallied for a 3-2 NESCAC quarterfinal victory over Connecticut College on Saturday evening.
The fifth-seeded Polar Bears advanced to their sixth consecutive semifinal, the longest run of any team in the conference, with an 11-9-5 mark. The Camels, the fourth-seed coming into the postseason, ended the year at 12-10-3.
Connecticut College took the lead just over a minute into the second period, taking advantage of the power play. Ashley Anctil bested Bowdoin goalie Lan Crofton to put her team ahead. The Camels doubled their lead midway through the final frame with their second power play goal of the game. Teeing up a shot just inside the blue line, Julie Beattie bested Crofton with a top shelf shot through traffic.
Both Bowdoin goals scored in regulation came in the third period, as the Polar Bears cut Connecticut’s lead to one at 14:08 and evened the score with 1:30 remaining. Bourque got Bowdoin on the board first, tallying a power-play goal from the right post. While Camels goalie Kelsie Fralick made the initial save on Maryanne Iodice’s shot from the blue line, Bourque was on pads to stuff in the rebound.
Rachel Kennedy tied the game 2-2 with under two minutes remaining, putting back another rebound from the left post. With the loose puck skidding beyond the reach of Fralick, Kennedy collected it and backhanded the equalizer to force overtime.
Bourque kept Bowdoin’s season alive with her game-winner with 4:37 remaining in overtime. Collecting a loose puck behind the net, Bourque spun to face the goalie and wristed a shot from the right faceoff circle and roofed the puck top right shelf.
Crofton made 38 saves, including four in overtime to earn the win. Fralick matched Crofton with four stops in overtime and 38 saves total.
The semifinals will be contested this upcoming weekend at Middlebury College in Vermont. Bowdoin will face the top-seeded Panthers at 1 p.m., followed at 4 p.m. by No. 3 Trinity and No. 2 Amherst. The NESCAC title game will be played on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Indoor track
Bowdoin first-year Conor Donahue led the Polar Bears indoor track and field team on the second day of competition at the Open New England Championships, hosted at Boston University.
Donahue took third place in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 2:27.68, trailing a pair of Division I runners. The mark is the fastest in program history for a Bowdoin first-year in the event.
The event began on Friday, with two Bowdoin records falling.
Addison Carvajal put up 3,522 points in the pentathlon to set a record, while pole-vaulter Erin Silva cleared 13-01.50 for a Bowdoin mark. Silva owns the top height in all of Division III this season.
The Bowdoin women finished 13th overall, while the men took 23rd.
Men’s hockey
Fourth-seeded Williams survived a third period surge and overtime challenge from Bowdoin to advance to the NESCAC semifinals with a 4-3 overtime win on Saturday.
The reigning NESCAC Champion, Bowdoin concluded its season with a 14-8- 3 overall record.
Following the first 20 minutes of play, Williams held a 1-0 edge on a goal from Colby Cretella with just 33 ticks off the clock. Forcing the puck past Peter Cronin on the backhand side, Cretella gave his team the lead.
Williams tacked on their second 5:56 into the middle frame off a top-shelf laser from David Italiano.
Bowdoin cut the Ephs lead in half with a goal 15:57 into the second period. Spencer Altunez was credited with the assist after his initial backhanded wraparound drew Sean Dougherty to the post, allowing Matthew Lison to deposit an open shot on the opposite side.
The two teams combined for three goals in the final 10 minutes of the third period. Williams pushed their lead back to two goals with a successfully executed penalty shot from Alex DeBaere, who faked a forehand before beating Cronin with a backhander through the five-hole.
Bowdoin answered just 39 second later as Connor Quinn pulled the Polar Bears within one off feeds from Tim Coffey and John McGinnis. Brendan Conroy evened the game with under two minutes remaining, forcing overtime with an assist from Zach Kokosa.
It took 9:26 of overtime play before Ephs senior Craig Kitto ended the game after besting his defender in a one-on-one and firing a shot over Cronin’s right shoulder.
Dougherty made 44 stops in net for the Ephs, including four in overtime. Cronin also made four stops in bonus time and 35 saves overall.
Men’s lacrosse
Bowdoin suffered a 16-5 defeat in its NESCAC season-opener at Williams on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears dipped to 0-1 and will look to get into the win column this upcoming Saturday at Amherst (1 p.m.).
Peter Reuter accounted for three of Bowdoin’s five goals in the loss. Brandon Lee also scored for the Polar Bears and first-year Matthew Crowell tallied his first collegiate goal for Bowdoin.
Connor Laughlin played 57:10 in goal for Bowdoin, making nine saves. Peter Mumford was not tested over the final 2:50.
Conor Roddy, Steven Kiesel and Andy Grabowski had three goals apiece in the win for Williams. Dan Whittam played the majority of the game in net for the Ephs, stopping five shots.
Williams jumped to a 5-2 lead after the first quarter of play and maintained a three-goal lead, 6-3, at intermission. The Ephs put the game out of reach with a five-goal third quarter, extending their advantage to 11-4.
Defensively, Mac Caputi had two caused turnover and eight groundballs for Bowdoin. The Polar Bears went just 1-for-6 with the man advantage and turned the ball over 20 times in the setback.
Nordic skiing
Bowdoin finished out its team campaign this weekend by taking 10th place at the NCAA East Regional, hosted by St. Lawrence University at Mount Van Hoevenberg at Lake Placid, N.Y.
Hannah Miller posted the top two individual performances of the weekend for Bowdoin, garnering a 19thplace showing in the 15K classic race (56:53.6) and 21st place finish in the 5K freestyle (17:07.5). Ellen Hands was the second-best finisher for the Bowdoin women in both races, taking 39th in the 5K (18:08.1) and 51st in the 15K (1:03.12.6).
Tyler DeAngelis posted the top showing for the Bowdoin men, earning 30th in the 20K classic (1:04:51.3). Jackson Bloch was right behind him in 32nd in the classic race (1:05.20.1) and led the Bowdoin men in the 10K free, taking 36th (30:55.2).
Malcolm Groves was the next-best Polar Bear in the freestyle event, earning 41st (31:23.8).
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