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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - The Bowdoin College field hockey team lost a shootout to Wesleyan University on Saturday, 3-2. The Polar Bears, who received a pair of goals from Ella Curren, fall to the Cardinals for the first time since 2004.

After the teams tied 2-2 through the first set of penalty strokes, Wesleyan won the second round 2-0 for the victory. Freshman Ashley McLaren scored on the first stroke for Wesleyan, which shot first in the second period, and sophomore Liz Chabot scored on Wesleyan's third for the 2-0 lead. Bowdoin failed on its third stroke attempt, meaning the visitors had to score on both of their remaining attempts, but Wesleyan freshman goalkeeper Tori Redding stopped Bowdoin senior Kara Kelley on the Polar Bears' fourth stroke to give Wesleyan the victory.

After a scoreless first half, Bowdoin jumped on the board 8:40 into the second on a goal from sophomore Ella Curren, with senior Shavonne Lord and sophomore Elizabeth Clegg assisting. Wesleyan evened the score with just under 11 minutes left as sophomore Morgan McCauley scored her team-leading sixth goal off a pass from Chabot, but Bowdoin moved back in front on another tally from Curren with 4:45 to play. McLaren, however, found the back of the net with 2:20 remaining to send the game into overtime.

Bowdoin outshot Wesleyan 7-2 in the two overtime periods—including a 4-0 margin in the final 15 minutes—but neither team could find the back of the net, sending the game to penalty strokes. McLaren and McCauley scored in the first set of penalty strokes for Wesleyan, while junior Ingrid Oelschlager and sophomore Emily French scored for Bowdoin. Junior goalie Emily Neilson made a stop on the final Wesleyan stroke of the session to force the teams to a second series of strokes.

Bowdoin held a decided edge on the stat sheet, outshooting Wesleyan 23-8 and taking 19 penalty corners to Wesleyan's eight. Redding made 18 saves in the Wesleyan net to keep the Cardinals in the game and now has 69 saves in six NESCAC contests, including 62 in her last four. Neilson stopped three Wesleyan shots in the Bowdoin cage.