Thursday's game at Wellesley saw an all-too-familiar final score for the women's lacrosse team as it lost yet another game by a single goal—its fourth such game this season. The team has now lost three consecutive games to fall to 6-6 on the season (1-5 NESCAC).
The game was a back-and-forth affair from the beginning as the teams exchanged leads four times in the first half.
Tied 6-6 at the half, the Polar Bears fell behind as Wellesley scored two goals to open the second half.
Bowdoin battled back by scoring a pair of their own to knot the game at 8-8 with 15 minutes left to play.
The game would remain tied until Wellesley's Jenny Holland broke the scoring drought with just over a minute remaining as they held on for the 9-8 win.
Bowdoin outshot their opponents 27-24 but failed to convert this advantage into an advantage on the scoreboard.
Bowdoin's scoring was led by first years Katie Stewart (four goals) and Elizabeth Clegg (two goals). Sophomores Katy Dissinger and Ingrid Oelschlager also added goals. The Polar Bear's previous game also ended with Bowdoin on the wrong end of the scoreboard.
After losing to Colby, the Polar Bears' struggles continued last Saturday as the team fell to No. 8-ranked Middlebury.
Playing at Middlebury, the Polar Bears started off well, taking a 2-1 lead on the back of goals from and Dissinger '11.
Unfortunately that would be the only lead Bowdoin would hold all day as Middlebury pulled away with an impressive nine-goal streak to take an 11-3 halftime lead.
Despite taking the same number of shots (23) as their opponents, the Polar Bears just couldn't seem to find a way to put the ball in the net as Middlebury goaltender Blair Bowie made 11 saves en route to the win.
The Polar Bears opened the second half scoring with a goal from Lindsay McNamara '09, but Middlebury responded quickly with a pair of goals to build their lead to 13-4.
Bowdoin attempted to make a game out of it with a four-goal run keyed by Clegg and Katie Herter '12 to cut the lead to 13-8 with 11 minutes remaining.
Five minutes later Middlebury put the game out of reach with a pair of goals to stretch the lead to seven with just five minutes left.
Clegg, who finished with a game-high four goals, added another goal with a minute remaining to get the Polar Bears within six, but it was too little, too late, as Middlebury celebrated the 17-9 victory to improve its record to 5-2 (4-1 NESCAC).
The Polar Bears will look to rebound as they host NESCAC rival Williams at Howard F. Ryan field on Saturday.