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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's ice hockey team broke a six-game winless skid against Colby, stifling the Mules in a 4-1 victory on Tuesday evening at Sidney J. Watson Arena. The win is the first-ever for the Polar Bear women's squad at Watson Arena and a season-high fourth-straight win for the squad. Bowdoin improves to 7-10-1 (5-8-1 NESCAC) while the Mules fall to 9-8-3 (6-6-2 NESCAC).

After a flurry of Bowdoin shots to open the game, Maria Nicolais was able to find the back of the net after intercepting a puck in the neutral zone. Nicolais skated in and wristed a shot that beat Colby netminder Lacey Brown to the lower-right corner for a 1-0 lead at 5:32. The Mules evened the score just over three minutes later when Stephanie Scarpato broke in alone on Bowdoin's Sage Santangelo, poking the puck just over the goal line to tie the game at one apiece. The Polar Bears regained the lead shortly before intermission with a powerplay goal as Dominique Lozzi tucked a shot inside the right post at 16:32.

After a scoreless second period, Bowdoin continued to suffocate the Mules into the final stanza. Late in the period, Jill Campbell collected a puck off the boards and beat a defender. Campbell wristed a chance that richoted off the post and into the cage for a 3-1 Polar Bear lead with 2:52 remaining. The Polar Bears sealed the win with a shorthanded tally at 18:12 when Shelagh Merrill banged home her own rebound.

Santangelo finished with 13 saves while Brown ended with 34 stops in net for Colby. Bowdoin's victory is their first over the Mules since December of 2005. The Polar Bears had been 0-3-3 against the Mules since that loss.