This week in sports: 11/4 - 11/10

highlight reel: This week in sports: 10/28 - 11/3

Women’s soccer falls short
Women’s soccer suffered a disappointing 2-1 loss to Middlebury (13-3, NESCAC) on Saturday, knocking the Polar Bears out of the NESCAC playoffs and putting an end to their season. After an early goal for the Panthers, Nikki Wilson ’18 scored the equalizer off of a penalty kick in the second half. However, Middlebury took the lead again only a minute later and was able to hold off the Polar Bear offense until the end. The team finishes the season with a record of 9-6-1, 5-4-1 in-conference.
Sliding into sixth
Both women’s and men’s cross country placed sixth out of 11 teams at a rainy NESCAC Championship meet this past weekend, which featured some particularly impressive individual performances. Sarah Kelley ’18 was the top performer for either team with a strong sixth-place finish that earned her First Team All-NESCAC honors. Matthew Jacobson ’17 and Nick Walker ’16 led the men’s team, finishing 11th and 14th respectively and earning Second Team All-NESCAC honors. The teams’ seasons will continue next weekend when they travel to Connecticut College for the NCAA Division III Regional Championship.
All aboard
The sailing team qualified for the Atlantic Coast Championship, hosted by MIT on November 12, after a strong performance at the Schell Trophy this past weekend. Coming back from a disqualification in their first race, the Polar Bears won the other three races to finish third out of 18 overall. The team also competed in the Urn Trophy, where a team of women finished 14th overall, as well as the Nickerson Trophy, where a team of first years placed third out of 17 and tied for first in the B-division.
Balling bears
The Bowdoin women’s basketball team is ranked 19th in the nation in the D3hoops.com Preseason Poll. Last season, the team made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year after falling to Amherst in the NESCAC semifinals, finishing the season 22-7. Defending NESCAC Champion and NCAA Runner-up Tufts is ranked No. 1 in the poll, with Amherst following at No. 2. The Polar Bears’ season will open with the Graef Memorial Women’s Basketball Classic on November 18.

highlight reel: This week in sports: 11/11 - 11/17

All-American bears.
Four members of the volleyball team—Katie Doherty ’17, Quincy Leech ’17, Erika Sklaver ’17 and Caroline Flaharty ’20—were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in their All-American selections this week. After an exceptional collegiate career, Doherty was named a Third Team All-American, becoming just the third Polar Bear in program history to earn a spot on one of the three All-American teams. Leech, Sklaver and Flaharty were all named Honorable Mention All-America. The foursome was also named AVCA First Team All-Region last week.
Leading the pack.
Sarah Kelley ’18 and Nick Walker ’17 continued to lead the women’s and men’s cross country teams, respectively, with strong finishes at the NCAA Regional Championships in Westfield, Massachusetts last weekend. Kelley placed eighth overall in the 6K race to earn the best finish for a Bowdoin woman at the regional championships since 2008 and Walker finished tenth overall in the 8K for the best finish for a Bowdoin man since 2013. Their outstanding performances earned both of them qualifications for the NCAA Division III National Championship in Louisville, Kentucky this weekend. The women’s and men’s teams both placed eighth overall, out of 59 and 56 teams respectively.
Smooth sailing.
The sailing team earned their best-ever finish at the Atlantic Coast Championship last weekend, placing sixth in a highly competitive pool of 18 teams after edging out Yale in a head-to-head tiebreaker. The Polar Bears qualified for the regatta after finishing third at the Schell Trophy at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Chowder champs.
The women’s rugby team closed out their fall season with an astounding comeback win against in-state rival University of New England in the Maine Chowder Cup. Although the Polar Bears ended the first half down 22-10, they dominated the second half, tying the Nor’easters within the opening minutes and keeping them scoreless in the second half to finish the game 32-22.
Get in line.
Bowdoin men’s ice hockey will face Colby for the 207th time in program history at Watson Arena on Friday, December 2 at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 21 in the lobby of Morrell Gymnasium.

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This week in sports: 11/4 - 11/10

November 11, 2016

Stopped in the semis.

The men’s soccer team fell to No. 1-seed Amherst 2-1 in the NESCAC semifinals on Saturday. The Polar Bears’ only goal of the game came from Will Herman ’20 off of a header by Matt Dias-Costa ’17 in the 74th minute of the match. The Purple & White went on to win the tournament, which they hosted, and secure a berth in the upcoming NCAA playoffs. Based on strong performances throughout the tournament and season, midfielder Moctar Niang ’19 was the only underclassman to be named to the First Team All-NESCAC and back Matty McColl ’19 was recognized as Second Team All-NESCAC.

Triple threat.

Three members of the women’s soccer team—Morgen Gallagher ’20, Nikki Wilson ’18 and Taylor Haist ’17—were selected to the All-NESCAC Second Team after outstanding performances in the regular season and playoffs. The duo of Haist and Wilson led the Bowdoin defense this fall, as it ranked second in the league after only allowing .61 goals per game. Gallagher was also honored as the league’s Rookie of the Year, following Julia Patterson ’19 who earned the title last fall.

Fearsome foursome.

After a challenging season for the Bowdoin field hockey team, four members earned All-NESCAC accolades for their exceptional performance during the regular and postseason. Captain Kimmy Ganong ’17 notched her second-consecutive First Team honor after earning 35 points this season and ranking fifth in the conference in points per game. Midfielder Juliana Fiore ’18 joins Ganong on the First Team, and Mettler Growney ’17 and Elizabeth Bennewitz ’19 earned Second Team spots. Growney has earned post-season NESCAC honors every year of her Bowdoin career, having been named Rookie of the Year in 2013 and a member of the All-NESCAC Second Team for the following three years.

Maine attraction.

After finishing the regular season 5-2, the women’s rugby team will face off against the University of New England (UNE) at home in a showdown between the only two varsity women’s rugby teams in Maine. When the two teams met in October, UNE dealt Bowdoin their first loss of the season 31-15, but the Polar Bears are hoping to avenge the defeat and earn bragging rights as the top varsity team in their division on Saturday at 11 a.m.

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