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Volume CXXXII, Number 19 |
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Women's lacrosse smokes Camels
HEATHER MACNEIL
STAFF WRITER
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| Lacrosse huddles up in the midst of a snowy practice. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient) |
The Bowdoin Women's Lacrosse Team added two NESCAC wins to its record this week. The Polar Bears came from behind to beat both Connecticut College and Tufts University in two exciting contests.
The Bears' record now stands at 5-1, and they are looking to draw confidence from their three-game winning streak as they head into a tough weekend. In a double header at home this weekend, Bowdoin squares off against Wesleyan University and Williams College. The contest against Wesleyan is Saturday at noon; Williams is Sunday at the same time.
The Bears made the long trek down to Connecticut College last Saturday to play an equally long game against the Camels. Bowdoin went into double overtime. With the win, Bowdoin avenged an overtime loss to Connecticut that the team suffered in the teams' last meeting at the Camel's homefield two years ago.
Connecticut kicked off the game by securing an early lead and by the half they were already up 6-3. This early surge did not phase the strong, fierce Polar Bears as the team fought relentlessly to bring the game to a 9-9 tie when regulation time expired.
The Camels could not halt the Bears' scoring streak in the second half. Hero-of-the-day Amanda Burrage '04 fired the game winning goal with only one second remaining the second overtime. Sophomore goalie Kendall Cox's 13 saves were instrumental to the victory, as were classmate Colleen McDonald's five goals. Libby Bourke '03, Brooke Nentwig '06, Vanessa Russell '06, and Angela King '04 also scored for Bowdoin.
The Bears faced Tufts at the Jumbos' home field in the snow, and again they kicked off the game with a weak start. Somewhere in the flurries they found the strength to come from behind. Bowdoin finished the game with a 7-0 shutout to earn the 11-7 victory.
Junior Shoshana Kuriloff said, "We've come back from four goal deficits in each of our last three games. This shows great character and determination. Everyone is working so hard, and we're really coming together. The second half 7-0 shutout against Tufts is the culmination of all our hard work thus far." Hilary Abrams '04, Robin Trangsrud '06, King, Bourke, McDonald, and Burrage scored for Bowdoin, while Cox made an impressive ten saves.
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