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The Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team scored 17 unanswered goals in a dominant 18- 3 win over Plymouth State Sunday afternoon.

The Polar Bears improved to 5- 1 ( 2- 1 NESCAC), while Plymouth State fell to 1-2.

Plymouth State got out to an early lead over Bowdoin, going up 3- 1 with 7:10 remaining in the first half. Bowdoin answered with three straight goals to close out the half, taking a 4- 3 lead into the break.

The Polar Bears dominated possession throughout the second half, registering 14 goals. Bowdoin only allowed one shot in the entire second half. Everyone who was healthy entered the game for the Polar Bears.

Katherine Miller led Bowdoin with four goals, while Kara Finnerty added three goals of her own to also go along with two assists and five draws. Morgan Pinado controlled seven draws, while netting a goal as well. Ten different Polar Bears were able to find the back of the net.

Bowdoin was able to keep possession by winning 18-of-23 draws in the game. The Polar Bears outshot Plymouth State by a total of 45-13.

Veronyca Daniels, Megan Tingley and Sam Sullivan each tacked on one goal for Plymouth State.

Clarissa Foote kept Plymouth State in the game during the first half with big saves, as Bowdoin ripped 21 shots and only scored four goals from those chances.

Bowdoin will travel to Endicott on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. game against the Gulls.

Baseball

Bowdoin fell in a doubleheader to William Paterson on Friday afternoon in Auburndale, Florida.

The Polar Bears ( 1- 5) dropped the first game by an 8-4 decision. The Pioneers (8-5) captured game two by a slight 2-1 edge.

In the opener, the Pioneers got on the board early with an RBI ground out in the top of the second.

Jack Wilhoite responded with a two- run blast to right center for Bowdoin.

William Paterson put three runs on the board in the following inning and another three in the fourth. The Pioneers tagged an RBI triple in the seventh to take an 8-2 lead.

Bowdoin doubled its run tally in the final inning as Austin Zakow scored and Joe Gentile drove in Connor Lee.

Ben Osterholtz suffered the loss with four innings and seven runs allowed. Corey Martinez went six innings for William Paterson and allowed four hits with seven strikeouts.

In the nightcap, the Pioneers again scored in the second, this time off an RBI single.

Gentile put the Polar Bears on the board in the fourth, tying the game, with an RBI single through the left side.

Eric Breun drove in the game-winning run in the fifth with a single to the pitcher.

Seamus Keenan went 5 2/ 3 innings with seven strikeouts for the win, while Bowdoin hurler Chris Babb allowed just two hits in 6 1/3 innings of work.

The Polar Bears defeated Ramapo, 5-1 on Saturday, and returns to play today against Minnesota- Morris at 10 a.m.

Women’s tennis

Bowdoin picked up a tight 5-4 win over Trinity (Texas) and fell to third-ranked Claremont-Mudd- Scripps in a 7-2 match on Friday and Saturday.

The Polar Bears are 4-4, while the Athenas improved to 14- 0. The Tigers sit at 4-10.

Bowdoin captured a pair of doubles victories at No. 1 and 2 against Trinity. The duo of Tess Trinka and Izzy Essi (8-1) cruised at the top spot, while Tasha Christ and Rachel Bercovitch won, 8-5.

In singles, Trinka captured a point at one (6-4, 6- 0), as did Viv Daniel (6-3, 6- 0) at five and Sasa Jovanovic (6-4, 6-3) at six.

Against CMS, the Athenas swept doubles play to jump out to a 3- 0 lead.

Trinka earned a win at No. 1, coming back to win 4- 6, 6- 4 ( 10- 7). Essi also picked up a point for the Polar Bears at No. 4 (6-4, 7- 6).

Bowdoin is off until Tuesday with a 6 p.m. match at Redlands.

Men’s lacrosse

The Polar Bears scored 11 first-half goals en route to a dominating 13-5 win over Hamilton on Saturday afternoon in Florida.

Bowdoin moved to 2-2 (1-2 NESCAC) with the win, while the Continentals fell to 1-4 (0-3 NESCAC).

Bowdoin took command of the game with an 11-2 opening half as the Polar Bears completely controlled the tempo. Daniel Buckman sparked a six-goal outburst for Bowdoin in the opening quarter, scoring twice, including just eight seconds off the opening faceoff. Jimmy Young and Sam Langan also added two goals apiece in the opening half as the Polar Bears outscored Hamilton 5-1 in the second quarter to take an 11-2 lead at intermission.

Hamilton peppered the Bowdoin net with 15 shots in the third quarter, but John Young made four saves and held the Continentals scoreless to help seal the win.

Buckman (two goals, two assists) and Tim Bulens (two goals, one assist) led the Polar Bears in scoring. Jimmy Young, Matthew Crowell and Langan had two goals each for Bowdoin. Shawn Daly and Sam Denious had two caused turnovers apiece, while Sam Carlin won 13-of-16 faceoffs.

Young made seven saves, allowing two goals in 45 minutes before giving way to Jack O’Connor in the final quarter, who stopped three shots and allowed three goals.

Bowdoin held a 44-34 edge in shots and committed just 12 turnovers in the win.

Bowdoin returns north, hosting the University of New England Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Men’s tennis

Bowdoin remained perfect in California with a pair of wins on Friday.

The Polar Bears, who rose to No. 2 in the latest ITA Division III poll, pulled out a close match with 12thranked Whitman, 5-4, before dispatching Skidmore, 9-0.

Versus Whitman, Bowdoin took an early 3-0 lead in doubles action and scrambled for two singles wins to take a tight victory in their closest final score of the season.

Luke Tercek/Grant Urken captured a 9-8 decision at No. 1 doubles, while Kyle Wolfe/Jerry Jiang and GIl Roddy/Justin Patel took 8-4 wins.

Bowdoin got a straight-set 6-3, 6-4 win from Kyle Wolfe at No. 3 singles and clinched it on a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 comeback win from Tercek at No. 2.

The Polar Bears didn’t drop a set against Skidmore.

Tercek/Urken (8-3), Wolfe/Jiang (8-3) and Roddy/Patel (8-2) cruised to doubles wins. Straight-set singles wins from Tercek, Wolfe, Jiang, Roddy, Patel and Justin Wang capped the day for the Polar Bears.

Bowdoin is off until Thursday when it meets Chicago.