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Volume CXXXII, Number 21 |
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Lacrosse mauled by Panthers
HEATHER MACNEIL
STAFF WRITER
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| Women's lax gets back to work in practice on the turf. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient) |
The women's lacrosse team dropped two out of three games to tough opponents this past week. The Polar Bears lost to both Middlebury and Colby, but managed a win in double overtime against Plymouth State. After the up and down weekend, Bowdoin's record now stands at 7-4.
Saturday's game was extremely challenging for the Bears against a top-ranked and undefeated Middlebury squad. The Panthers got off to a quick start, and it took all of Bowdoin's strength to end the first half down 3-10.
Despite goals from Brooke Nentwig '06, Libby Bourke '03, Hilary Abrams '04, Colleen McDonald '05, and Amanda Burrage '05-and an unbelievable 17 saves by goalie Kendall Cox '05-Bowdoin was unable to close the gap. Middlebury cruised to a 15-7 victory.
Feeling the sting of their previous loss, Bowdoin came out fired up on Sunday. Although historically weak, Plymouth State put up a big fight, but the Bears were able to clinch the win in double-overtime.
The game was close throughout, and the first half ended at 4-3 in Bowdoin's favor. However, Plymouth State battled back, and the game ended in a 7-7 stalemate. The first three minutes of overtime were dominated by Plymouth State, which momentarily led the game by a goal. In the second period of overtime the Polar Bears stepped it up and scored two goals in 12 seconds for the win.
Angela King '04 led the Bears' charge with an impressive five goals, while Burrage pulled it together and netted the winning shot. Nentwig, Bourke, Heather Boyd '05 also scored.
Shoshana Kuriloff '04 praised her teammates, saying, "I was really impressed with our drive; we never let down and the final score is a testament to that. This kind of determination will help us with our more difficult NESCAC opponents to come."
On Wednesday, however, Bowdoin fell to Colby 8-12 in the team's last home game of the season. This weekend, Bowdoin will travel to Amherst to take on the Lord Jeffs.
Amherst is currently ranked third in the NESCAC with an 8-1 record and should provide the Polar Bears with a good test on the road.
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