Volume CXXXI, Number 22 April 19, 2002 f

Softball streak continues
HILARY SMITH AND REBEKAH METZLER
STAFF WRITERS

The women's softball team continued its winning streak with four additional wins in a row, making the team 16-7-1. Last Friday, the Bears humiliated Husson with a score 5-0 in the first game and 3-0 in the second of the doubleheader. Husson's record fell to 2-8, making the team's return trip home to Bangor a long one.

The first of the two games was tied at 0-0 until the fifth inning when Bowdoin scored all five of its runs. The offensive effort was led by senior captain Emily Rizza who went 2-3, with a double and a run scored. Jesse Poulin grunted her way to yet another win, allowing only six hits and chalking the shutout. Poulin's record is now a solid 7-3.

In the second game, NESCAC Player of the Week Erin Hanley proved she too could shutout the Braves, as she spread seven hits over seven innings.

Kristi Royer'03, well-known to Bowdoin as a basketball standout, began creating a name for herself on the diamond going a perfect 4-4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases. Laura Perovich '05 was a defensive mainstay for the Bears catching both games and taking credit for calling each shutout.

An anonymous team member states, "The season has been going well, but we still need to buckle down for the remainder of the season and stay focused down the stretch to the NESCAC tournament."

This past Wednesday the Bears tried to face Colby in a double-header, but thunderstorms delayed the match-up. The results for the Thursday make-up were not available for print. This weekend Bowdoin will go up against four tough teams in the Colby tournament. On Saturday they face St. Joeseph's of Maine and Brandeis College; Sunday will feature re-matches against Colby and St. Joe's.