The Polar Bears knocked Middlebury College out of the NESCAC playoffs with a 5-1 win in the quarterfinals.
Bowdoin finished the regular season with a 5-0 shutout in a home match against Wesleyan on Saturday.
The women's soccer team played hard and fast in Sunday's game, starting the game off with a goal from Kat Whitley '08 in the first minute.
The Polar Bears got three more goals in the first half from Ann Zeigler '08, Elizabeth Battin '09, and Alison Chase '09. The Polar Bears had a 4-0 lead at the end of the first half.
Middlebury rallied with a goal from Erin Pittinger, but the effort was too late. Claire Cutting '08 retaliated with a fifth goal for the Polar Bears, closing out with a 5-1 win. Co-captain goalie Anna Shapell '06 had a stellar performance turning away nine shots and letting in only one goal.
"With the drive that we've had during the past couple weeks of practice and our performance this past weekend, I think we can go all the way in the NESCAC tournament. We have a lot of motivation driving us?the chance to revenge our previous loss, and to make the NCAA tournament," Shapell said after the Middlebury game.
The team will look to avenge its regular season loss to fifth-place Bates in this weekend's semifinal match at Tufts.
"We are very excited about the game and are hoping to keep the momentum that we gained last weekend to push us through to the finals. Although it will be a challenging game, I think we're all pretty confident that our level of play is at the best it has been all season," co-captain Kerri Brennan '06 said.