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BRUNSWICK, Maine - Bowdoin's Katie Herter scored two goals and an assist to lead the 12th-ranked Polar Bear field hockey team to a 5-1 win over Colby on Wednesday evening. Bowdoin improves to 7-2 (3-2 NESCAC) while Colby falls to 4-4 (1-4 NESCAC). The victory is the fifth-straight by the Polar Bears over the Mules dating back to 2005.

Bowdoin got on track midway through the opening half, when a strike from the top of the circle by Shavonne Lord was redirected in front by Herter to give the hosts a 1-0 lead. McKenna Teague knocked home a loose ball in front later in the half to give the Polar Bears a 2-0 advantage, but Colby responded with just 29 seconds left in the period when Courtney Erskine backhanded a shot from the left wing into the top corner to cut the edge to 2-1 at intermission.

The Polar Bears put the game away with three tallies in the second half, as Herter set up Bowdoin's fourth goal with a nice run down the middle of the field. Herter found Jessie Small on the wing for a slapshot that slipped inside the left post to make it 4-1. Herter and Elizabeth Clegg rounded out the scoring with late goals for Bowdoin.

Emily Neilson stopped one shot in net for the Polar Bears, who out-shot Colby 15-2 in the game. Liz Fontaine (two goals-against, one save) and Casey Atwater (two goals-against, three saves) each played a half in goal for Colby. Bowdoin leads the all-time series against their rivals from Waterville, 29-11-2.