The Polar Bears lost a tough, three-set battle to Mark Bloom and Patrick Lipscomb of the University of Redlands, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 6-4, in the Round of 16.
Pena and King finish an outstanding year with an 18-7 record and garnered First Team All-NESCAC recognition for their performance. Most recently, they went 3-0 in Bowdoin’s NCAA Tournament run that saw the Polar Bears reach the NCAA Quarterfinals.
Last spring, Pena teamed with Stephen Sullivan to win the Division III Doubles Championship for the firstever NCAA individual crown in school history.
Horowitz into finals
Bowdoin junior Coby Horowitz posted the secondbest time in preliminaries and has qualified for the finals of 1,500-meters at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship at Clairmont, Calif.
On Thursday afternoon, Horowitz ran a time of 3:52.16, finishing second in his heat and second among all competitors to easily qualify within the top-eight that advance to Saturday’s final.
Horowitz will race at 5:50 p.m. in the finals.
The junior from Stow, Mass., has already won an NCAA title this year as he competed with Bowdoin’s distance medley relay team that claimed the Division III crown at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field meet last winter.
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