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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College field hockey team scored
five times in each half to take a 10-0 victory over the University
of Maine-Farmington on Thursday evening. The Polar Bears, ranked
14th in the latest Division III poll, improve to 8-3 this season
while the Beavers drop to 5-6 overall this year and 4-34 all-time
against Bowdoin.
Farmington's Sarah Brown, who made a season-high 17 saves in the
first half alone, swept aside a flurry of Bowdoin chances in the
early going, only to see the Polar Bears explode for five goals in
just over 18 minutes late in the period. Ella Curren notched a pair
of goals of penalty corners as Megan McCullough, Ingrid Oelschlager
and Jessie Small also collected first-half goals.
The onslaught continued in the second half for Bowdoin thanks to
goals from McKenna Teague and Elizabeth Clegg. Kassey Matoin's
first career goal made it 8-0 before tallies from Cathleen Smith
and Small rounded out the scoring.
First-year Kayla Lessard posted a shutout in her first career
start, making two stops between the pipes for the Polar Bears.
Felisha Taylor made two stops in the second period for Farmington
in relief of Brown. Jessie Small finished with two goals and an
assist to lead Bowdoin's scorers while Oelschlager carded two
assists to go with her one goal. Bowdoin out-shot Farmington 38-3
and held an 18-1 advantage in penalty corners.
The Beavers have not beaten the Polar Bears since 1988, a stretch
of 20 consecutive games. Bowdoin's 10 goals were the most for the
team since 1985 when they tallied a school-record 11 goals against
Babson.
