Volume CXXXIII, Number 13 February 6, 2004

Top-ranked Bears eke out wins over Middlebury and Williams
BETH KOWITT, ORIENT STAFF
The Bowdoin Women's Basketball Team held onto their undefeated record of 19-0 (6-0 in NESCAC play) and their number one spot with wins over Williams and Middlebury on January 30 and 31, respectively. The team beat the Middlebury Panthers in a close 60-53 matchup and the Williams Ephs 62-61 in overtime. [read the article]

Track squad falls to New England rivals
BEN PEISCH, STAFF WRITER
The track teams from Tufts University and the MIT made the trek from Boston to Brunswick to compete against the Bowdoin Polar Bears last Saturday. Unfortunately, the Bears wound up at the bottom of the pile once the chips were counted, narrowly losing to both squads. The final score was Tufts 131, MIT 123, and Bowdoin 118. [read the article]

Polar Bears no longer the underdogs on the ice
REBEKAH METZLER, STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin Women's Hockey Team continues to roll over its opponents, going 3-0 in the past week. After picking up a pair of NESCAC wins over Hamilton College, the Bears proved themselves nationally by beating Gustavus Adolphus 1-0 in Dayton Arena. [read the article]

Bears pick up the pace on the court
MARIO LOPEZ, STAFF WRITER
After splitting victories in last weekend's games, the Bowdoin Men's Basketball Team is now 12-8, and has reached the 500 mark in the NESCAC with a record of 3-3. They lost to defending national champions Williams College and defeated Middlebury College. [read the article]

Women cross the finish line just behind Tufts in dual meet
ALLIE YANIKOSKI, STAFF WRITER
Last Saturday, the women's track team lost to rival Tufts (102-74) in their second home meet of the season. However, despite losing the meet, the Bowdoin women fought Tufts to win ten out of 18 events. [read the article]

Big weekend ahead for hockey
ALISON L. MCCONNELL, ORIENT STAFF
Confidence will be the name of the game this weekend as men's hockey takes on St. Michael's and top-ranked Norwich in Dayton Arena. [read the article]

Bowl tramping ground for expected stars
GREG T. SPIELBERG, STAFF WRITER
If this year's Super Bowl showed us anything, its that championship players can come from anywhere. It showed that the Carolina Panthers' receivers are just plain sick and that New England's offense is made of ball bearings and WD-40. [read the article]

Four Bowdoin swimmers and divers qualify for Nationals
MELISSA PERRIN, STAFF WRITER
Divers Brian McGregor '04 and Tori Tudor '06 and swimmers Megan McLean '07 and Katie Chapman '07 qualified for Nationals after the Bowdoin swim teams traveled to Connecticut to take on Trinity College and host Wesleyan College last Saturday. [read the article]

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