Connecticut College sophomore forward Zuri Pavlin finished with 13 points and seven rebounds for the hosts. Freshmen Lee Messier and Isaiah Robinson both finished with eight points in the setback. Messier had five rebounds, while Robinson finished with four.
Bowdoin jumped out to an early advantage, taking a 15- 7 lead when Swords collected an offense board and tipped one in with 14:22 remaining. The lead ballooned to 11 when Matt Palecki finished on a feed from Bryan Hurley with 7:21 remaining to make it a 24-13 game.
Connecticut College answered with a 7-0 run to close to 24-20, but Bowdoin ended the half with a 32-26 lead.
Bowdoin came out strong in the second, mounting a 15-6 spurt a 47-32 advantage. Pieri buried a jumper from the top of the key with 12:02 remaining before Hausman capped the rally with 9:20 to go with a hoop in the paint that pushed the Polar Bears lead to 52-36.
Bowdoin saw its five-game winning streak snapped on Saturday in a 77-62 setback to Wesleyan.
The Polar Bears dipped to 9-4 (1-1 NESCAC), while the Cardinals improved to 11-3 (1-1 NESCAC).
Hausman continued his hot play with a game-high 26 points, but no other Polar Bear saw double figures. The Cardinals countered with five players in double digits, including 18 points apiece from Jack Mackey and Joe Edmonds.
The Polar Bears will return to action this upcoming Friday with a game at Williams at 7 p.m.
Women’s hockey
Rachel Kennedy scored a pair of goals to lead the Polar Bears to 3-1 Saturday NESCAC win over Connecticut College and force a series split.
The 10th-ranked Polar Bears bounced back from Friday’s loss and improved to 7-2-2 (3-1 NESCAC), while handing the Camels 8-2-3 (3- 1-2 NESCAC) their second loss of the season.
The teams traded power play opportunities in the opening half of the first period, but it was not until two seconds remained in the first frame that either team got on the board. After winning a face-off in Camel territory on the right side, the puck got tossed down behind the Camels’ goal where Chelsea MacNeil slipped it out to Kennedy in front of the net. Kennedy quickly one-timed the sliding puck from the near side before Kelsie Fralick was able to adjust for a 1-0 Polar Bears lead.
Carrying their momentum, Bowdoin doubled its lead 2:51 into the second frame. Flying down the left wing, Julie Dachille skated in on Fralick, drawing the goalie towards the left post. She slotted a low angle shot through the five-hole towards the inside of the right pipe for a 2-0 lead.
The Polar Bears continued to pressure Connecticut’s defense and tallied a third goal 7:40 into play off a breakaway by Kennedy.
The Camels scored on a breakaway from Ashley Anctil, but failed to get closer as Lan Crofton turned aside 24 shots in the win. Fralick and Katherine Chester combined on 23 saves for Conn. College.
On Friday, the Camels handed Bowdoin a 2-1 loss.
Bowdoin took the lead off a Dachille goal 7:10 into the middle period.
But, the Camels answered right back with a goal of their own just over a minute later with Kate Kohl burying a shot from the left face-off circle inside the same-side post.
The Camels took the lead off Kohl’s second goal midway through the final period. Speeding down the right wing, Kohl wristed a shot top right shelf over the glove of Crofton to give her team the one goal advantage.
With 2:15 remaining the Polar Bears pulled their goalie to put an extra skater on the ice but were unable to even the score.
Bowdoin and Connecticut matched each other in shots on goal with 27. Crofton stopped 25 shots for Bowdoin as Fralick made 26 saves for the Camels.
The Polar Bears travel to the University of Southern Maine for a non-conference Tuesday evening tilt at 7 p.m.
Men’s hockey
Amherst used a pair of goals from Austin Ho and 45 saves from goalie Dave Cunningham to give the Jeffs a 4-2 victory over Bowdoin on Saturday afternoon at Orr Rink.
With the win, 14th-ranked Amherst improved to 9-2-2 overall, 5-2 in NESCAC action, while 10thranked Bowdoin fell to 7-3-2 on the season, 3-3-2 in league play.
Bowdoin controlled the pace of play in the first period, firing 22 shots on target compared to nine from Amherst. At the 9:29 mark of the opening stanza, Ho registered his second goal of the season past goaltender Peter Cronin to give the Jeffs an early 1-0 lead.
At the 14:02, Bowdoin was whistled for slashing, and just three seconds into the power play, Jake Turrin blasted a shot past Cronin after Conor Brown won the face-off to give Amherst the 2-0 advantage.
The Polar Bear offensive output finally paid off with just 22 seconds left in the period as Matthew Lison netted his eighth goal of the campaign following a tripping penalty against Amherst to set the score at 2-1 at the first intermission.
In a tightly contested second period that saw Bowdoin narrowly edge the Jeffs in shots on goal, 9-7, Amherst increased its advantage to 4-1 thanks to Brown’s sixth goal of the season followed by a breakaway goal from Ho just 1:08 later.
Bowdoin continued to pressure the Amherst defense, and Zach Kokosa cut the Polar Bears’ deficit in half just 23 seconds into the third stanza with his first goal of the season to set the score at 4-2.
Bowdoin outshot Amherst, 16-9 in the final period, but Cunningham finished the game with 45 saves. Cronin, who played 26:03 in goal, suffered the loss and finished with nine saves. Max Fenkell entered in relief and made 12 saves in 31:58 of action.
Tim Coffey scored two goals in a span of nine seconds in the third period to rally the Polar Bears to a 4-4 NESCAC tie with Hamilton on Friday in Clinton, N.Y.
The two-goal outburst was part of a hat trick for Coffey. Lison accounted for the other Bowdoin goal.
Brandon Willett scored twice in the first two periods as Hamilton opened up a 3-1 lead midway through the second frame.
Lison was able to trim the lead to 3-2 on the power play, but Robbie Murden’s sixth goal of the year gave the hosts a 4-2 edge heading into the final frame.
Coffey scored his second goal of the game at 10:38 of the third period and, off the ensuing face-off, put home the game-tying goal at 10:47.
Fenkell stopped 33 shots for Bowdoin. Zach Arnold made 38 saves for Hamilton.
The Polar Bears return to Watson Arena for their first home game since Nov. 29 this upcoming Friday. Bowdoin hosts Trinity at 7 p.m. in a rematch of last year’s NESCAC semifinals.
Indoor track
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College track and field teams enjoyed an impressive showing at their first indoor home meet of the winter on Saturday at Farley Field House.
The Polar Bear women were the class of a three-team field that included Connecticut College and Maine-Farmington, totaling 300 points to take an easy win over the Camels (107) and Beavers (41).
Connecticut College (229.5) edged the Polar Bear men (217.5), with UMF (10) taking third place.
Addison Carvajal highlighted the day for Bowdoin by setting a school record in the pentathlon with 3,517 points. She shattered the previous mark of 3,419 set in 1999 by Delia Van Lonen. Carvajal also won the high jump event with a height of 5-02.50.
Emily Clark was also a multiple winner for the Bowdoin women, taking first in the 200-meter dash (26.88) and 60 hurdles (9.75). Naomi Jabouin won the 400 (1:05.41) and Meghan Bellerose claimed the 600 (1:41.90), while Brenna Fischer took the 3,000 (11:11.80). The Polar Bears swept the women’s relay events,winningthe4x200in 1:52.14 (Georgia Bolduc, Paola Maymi, Jabouin, Shekinah Pettway),the4x400in4:19.85 (Maymi, Jabouin, Bellerose, Clark) andthe4x800in10:37.31(Lucy Knowlton, Camille Wasinger, Alana Menendez, Sarah Kelley).
In the field events, Erin Silva took the pole vault competition (12- 00.50), while former Mt. Ararat High School standout Randi London claimed the shot put (38-09). Pamela Zabala won the weight throw with a toss of 44-06.
On the men’s side, the Polar Bears boasted several multiple winners. First-year Conor Donahue won a pair of events, taking both the 1,000 (2:43.29) and the mile (4:27.32). Another first-year, Collin Litts, won both the high jump (5-11 meters) and triple jump (44-07.75). Cam Woodford won both the shot put (43- 02.25) and weight throw (46-10.25) for Bowdoin.
Other winners on the track included Jibrail Coy in the 60 (7.20), Jarred Kennedy-Loving in the 200 (23.31), Christian Sleeper in the 600 (1:28.16) and Nathaniel Kent in the 60 hurdles (8.88). In the field, Stephan DeCarlo won the long jump with a distance of 20-07.75.
The Polar Bears will return to action this upcoming Saturday when they host an Invitational at Farley Field House beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Swimming and diving
Bowdoin split a dual meet at WPI on Saturday in Worcester, Mass.
The women’s team earned a 148- 82 victory to improve to 2-1, while the men’s team dropped a 123-103 decision and fell to 1-2 this winter.
The Polar Bear women dominated, claiming several first-place finishes. Katie Kronick won the 100 butterfly (1:00.59), Holly Rudel took the 100 backstroke (1:02.82) and Caroline Watt claimed the 500 freestyle (5:22.59). Sage Mikami won both the one-meter (212.24) and three-meter (233.10) diving competitions for the Polar Bears.
On the men’s side, John Lagasse took first in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.82), while Tom Kramer claimed both the one-meter (272.62) and three-meter (308.63) diving events.
In the relay races, Bowdoin’s 200 women’s medley relay team (Linnea Patterson, Mariah Rawding, Mariah Reading, Sophia Walker) won in 1:53.60, while the 400 free relay team (Bridget Killian, Sophia Walker, Mariah Rawding, Teri Faller) took first in 3:43.21. The men’s 400 free relay team (Will Hutchinson, Michael Given, Greg Koziol, Peter Deardorff) took first place in 3:19.77.
The Polar Bears will return to action this upcoming Saturday with a meet at the University of Maine-Orono.
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