This week in sports: 2/10-2/16

highlight reel: This week in sports: 2/3 - 2/9

Staying sharp.
The women’s ice hockey team (11-7-3, 6-5-2 NESCAC) gears up for a tough faceoff this weekend against league-leader Connecticut College (13-6-2, 9-4 NESCAC). In their previous matchup, the Polar Bears dominated the Camels in a 3-0 shutout win that featured an outstanding 24 saves by Kerri St. Denis ’19. Bowdoin is coming off a hard-fought weekend at Hamilton (12-6-2, 7-4-1 NESCAC), who is currently second in the NESCAC standings. They split the weekend series, earning a 2-1 win last Friday, but falling 3-2 in overtime on Saturday. The team will take on Conn College on Saturday at 3 p.m. in Watson Arena.
Top talent.
The nordic ski team put forward an impressive team performance at the University of Vermont last weekend. In the men’s 10k classic, the team placed two racers in the top 10 for the first time since 2008, with Malcolm Groves ’17 placing 8th and Sean Cork ’19 placing 10th, followed by Orion Watson ’20 in 25th and Jake Adicoff ’18 in 26th. Hannah Miller ’17 led the women with a 17th place finish in the classic and Lily Johnston ’20 took 52nd for the top women’s race in the sprint. The team will travel to Dartmouth this weekend for its next carnival.
Coming up short.
Last weekend, the women’s and men’s squash teams competed in the NESCAC championships, placing sixth and eighth respectively. The men’s team defeated Hamilton in the opening round before losing to Bates, Amherst and Wesleyan, while the women’s team beat Hamilton and Tufts, but fell to Williams and Amherst. The teams will close out the regular season today against Colby in a rescheduled match at home.
On thin ice.
Men’s ice hockey (8-12, 5-9 NESCAC) heads to Connecticut this weekend to face fellow conference competitors Wesleyan (11-5-4, 6-4-4 NESCAC) and Trinity (11-6-3, 7-5-2 NESCAC) as they look to hold onto a NESCAC playoff berth. The team is currently ranked eighth in the league with four games left in the regular season, making each match critical to the team’s postseason hopes.

highlight reel: This week in sports: 2/17 - 2/23

Leaps and bounds.
The men’s indoor track and field team placed fifth overall at the New England Division III Championship at Tufts last weekend. Joseph Staudt ’19 led the team with a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles, making him Bowdoin’s first New England Division III champion since 2014. His time of 8.24 was a personal best in the event, breaking his own school record for the third time this season. Staudt also placed seventh in the high jump.
In the books.
The men’s swimming and diving team placed sixth overall at NESCAC championships last weekend, with a number of outstanding performances. Karl Sarier ’19 won two individual NESCAC titles over the course of the meet, setting a new school record in the 200 individual medley and lowering his own school record in the 200 freestyle. The team went on to break 10 school records over the weekend and three Polar Bears—Michael Netto ’18, Mitchell Ryan ’19 and Sarier—earned All-NESCAC honors this week.
Power Players.
Men’s squash placed third in the Conroy Cup (D-Division) of the College Squash Association team nationals after going 2-1 on the weekend. The team’s performance earned it a 27th place finish in the nation as it closed out the season with 6-3 win over Tufts and a record of 6-15. The team also earned a pair of All-NESCAC honors this week as Ben Bristol ’17 and Ian Squiers ’19 were both named to the Second Team.
On to nationals.
Women’s squash heads into the College Squash Association team nationals this weekend with a record of 7-10. The team will look to build off of strong individual performances from this season, such as a standout campaign by Sarah Nelson ’17 that earned her All-NESCAC First Team honors this week. The Polar Bears will compete in the Walker Cup (C-Division) as they are ranked 19th nationally and will open play against No. 22 William Smith College at 10 a.m. today.

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February 17, 2017

All-American Bears.

Paige Pfannenstiel ’17 was named to the second-ever class of Rugby All-Americans by the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) after an outstanding season as a flanker for the Polar Bears. The class of 31 comes from the 14 colleges that competed in the inaugural 2016 NCAA League season. This year, NIRA additionally named 12 honorable mentions, which included captain Cristina Lima ’17, who played prop and No. 8 for Bowdoin this fall.

On the fast track.

Indoor track and field traveled to Boston University last weekend for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, where the women’s distance medley relay team of Meghan Bellerose ’17, Caroline Corban ’17, Demi Feder ’17 and Sara Ory ’19 placed fifth overall. The season-best performance has them currently ranked fifth nationally in Division III. Brian Greenberg ’18 is also in the top five nationally in the triple jump after his standout performance at the Maine State Meet. While it is still early in the season, the high rankings bode well for NCAA Division III qualifications.

In flight.

Men’s squash heads into the College Squash Association (CSA) national team championships this weekend at MIT with a record of 4-14 after a 6-3 loss to Colby last Friday. The Polar Bears will compete in the Conroy Cup—the D-division of the tournament—as they are ranked 27th nationally and are joined in the bracket by fellow NESCAC competitors Conn College, Hamilton, Tufts and Wesleyan. The team will open play against No. 30 Stanford at 2:30 p.m. today.

Fight to the finish.

Men’s ice hockey (8-14-0, 5-11-0 NESCAC) will face conference opponents Tufts (10-9-3, 8-7-1 NESCAC) and Conn College (4-15-2, 2-12-2 NESCAC) as it looks to turn around a three-game losing streak to close out the regular season. The weekend carries the added pressure of determining conference playoff berths since Tufts, Bowdoin and Conn College are currently seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively, in the league and the top eight teams qualify for the postseason. The Polar Bears will face the Jumbos at 7 p.m. today and the Camels at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Watson Arena.

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