BRUNSWICK – The Bowdoin College women’s soccer team played 110 minutes of shutout soccer en route to a 0-0 double overtime tie with Colby on Tuesday evening. The Polar Bears are 0-1-1 (0-1-1 NESCAC), while the Mules are 1-1-1 (0-1-1 NESCAC). The two teams tied 1-1 last season. The first serious scoring chance for either team […]
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Bowdoin field hockey nips Amherst; soccer teams fall
AMHERST, Mass. — Abby Bashaw scored in overtime to lift the Bowdoin College field hockey team to a comeback 2-1 win over host Amherst in the NESCAC opener for both teams on Saturday. The Polar Bears are 2-0 (1-0 NESCAC) after forcing overtime with a Peyton Jackson goal in the 57th minute. The Mammoths are 1-1 […]
Bowdoin volleyball: Polar Bears ranked 23rd
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s volleyball team has been ranked 23rd in the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Preseason Poll released Wednesday. The Polar Bears return a number of starters from last year’s squad that won the NESCAC championship and advanced to the regional final of the NCAA Division III Championship and ended with a 29-2 […]
Bowdoin College Tennis: Lamanna to lead Polar Bears women’s tennis
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College athletic department has announced the hiring of Ben Lamanna as head coach of the women’s tennis program. A 2002 graduate of Bates College, Lamanna has been the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Brandeis for the last 14 seasons. “Ben has been incredibly successful as both a men’s and women’s […]
New Bowdoin football coach taking the first steps of a turnaround
BRUNSWICK — Like all of the college football coaches from Maine who spoke Tuesday at the 13th annual National Football Foundation Kick-Off Luncheon at Bowdoin College, B.J. Hammer likes what he’s seen of his players. With this caveat: “I haven’t coached them yet.” Hammer, 41, is the first-year head coach at Bowdoin. He’s looking to reverse […]
New Bowdoin football coach taking the first steps of a turnaround
B.J. Hammer sees potential for reviving a program that hasn’t had a winning season since 2005 and is 1-25 over the past three seasons.
Bowdoin briefs — women’s lax members earn accolades, Buckley named women’s soccer assistant
Women’s lax players IWLCA All-Americans BRUNSWICK — Four members of the Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team have been recognized as All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association recently. Sophomores Eliza Denious and Katie Miller were named First Team All-American selections while junior Kara Finnerty was selected as Second Team and junior Caroline Maxwell was […]
Bowdoin College: Seniors are national tennis champs, Slovenski earns honors
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — On the weekend their class graduated, Bowdoin College men’s tennis seniors Jerry Jiang and Grant Urken celebrated by winning the 2019 NCAA Division III doubles championship. In their final day in a Bowdoin uniform, the duo completed their stellar careers with a pair of comeback wins to take the title. In the semifinals […]
Polar Bears fall in NCAA tennis quarters
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Bowdoin College men’s tennis team made a bid for a late comeback in singles play but lost an eventual 5-2 decision to Claremont Mudd Scripps in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Championship on Monday. The Polar Bears finished a phenomenal season with a record of 18-5. Bowdoin dug itself a […]
Polar Bears fall in NCAA women’s lacrosse tourney
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team saw its season come to an end in an 18-9 loss to Middlebury in the third round of the NCAA Division III Championship Saturday afternoon. The 14th-ranked Polar Bears closed a fantastic season with a record of 10-8. The third-ranked Panthers (19-1) extended the nation’s longest winning […]