The women's rugby team opened its season at the Beantown Collegiate Women's Rugby Tournament.
Its first game on Saturday, was a drubbing Plymouth State University, whom they beat 48-0.
"[Plymouth State University] clearly had a young team and didn't have sophisticated or physical enough defense to stop our offense," captain Alivia Moore '09 said.
Women's rugby coach MaryBeth Mathews said the game served as a good first match for the season.
Loryn Fridie '11 scored three tries in the match and Moore scored twice.
After then Plymouth State University, the women took on Amherst.
"[Amherst] was an evenly matched team," Mathews said.
The Polar Bears prevailed, winning the game 3-0, sending them to the semi-finals against Bates.
"Amherst was a much more physical team and forced us to have good tackles and good rucking, but sophomore Becky Stevens's foot put us on the scoreboard with a penalty kick," Moore said.
Mathews said the team played a good match defensively and referees dealt Bates several penalties, which gave Bowdoin the opportunity to get ahead. The team won the match 6-0.
"Our defense was impenetrable and we played with heart," Moore said. "We made our tackles, communicated with one another, supported each other, and refused to let Bates get the better of us."
The game was won again by two kicks by Stevens.
Bowdoin made it to the finals against Wellesley College, but had to forfeit the game due to a shortage of players. The team had to send back several players for both academic and injury-related reasons.
"Playing four games at the beginning of the season is rough," Mathews said.
Despite the automatic 5-0 forfeit, Wellesley shared some of its players to play an exhibition game.
Several players had outstanding performances. Stevens scored 17 points on kicks alone over the weekend, "which is pretty unheard of for women's college rugby," Mathews said.