Volume CXXXI, Number 22 April 19, 2002 f

Baseball team pounds Husson
HENRY COPPOLA
ORIENT STAFF

In one of the few close plays of the Husson game, an unidentified Bowdoin player gets home safe. The Bears earned a 17-3 victory. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient)

The Polar Bears recovered from a rough weekend with a solid victory over Husson yesterday afternoon. The Bears defeated the Braves by a count of 17-3. Last weekend the Tufts Jumbos swept a three game series from the Bears. The losses to the Jumbos came on the heels of another disappointing weekend as the Bears lost two of three to Colby on April 5 and 6. The two weekend series' were sandwiched around a win over Southern Maine.

Chris Davidson ('03) supplied the muscle against Husson belting two homeruns on the afternoon. His first came in the bottom of the second, the two-run shot put the Bears up 2-1. Before the inning ended Bowdoin had touched the plate three more times to take a 5-1 lead from which they wouldn't look back. Davidson put up his second shot to lead off the seventh; he would finish the day 3-4 with three RBI's and a stolen base.

Davidson wasn't the only Polar Bear with multiple hits, Bowdoin had 20 as a team; most notably Kevin Bougie ('04) went 4-6 and drove in three runs.
Davidson and Bougie have both been hitting the ball well lately, Coach Connolly praised their play of late as well as that of senior co-captain Seth Pardis; "These three guys have been outstanding all season long, we need them to continue to play well."

Connolly called yesterday's game a step in the right direction, "We need to keep working hard every day, in practice and in games to keep improving ourselves. We have a dedicated group of guys who realize that improvement does not just happen, you have to make it happen."

The win over Husson brings Bowdoin's record to 10-13; unfortunately the Bears conference record stands at a paltry 1-8. 9-5 against non-conference opponents, including always tough USM, the Bears have suffered against the stronger competition of the NESCAC and sit in last place in the Eastern Conference. With only three conference games left, a weekend series with Bates, the Bears have very little chance of reaching the postseason.

Bowdoin takes to the diamond again this afternoon as the Endicott nine come to Brunswick. On Saturday afternoon the Bears will play two with the Williams Ephs, in a non-conference match-up of NESCAC foes. So enjoy the spring weather and come on out to cheer on the Bears.