BOX SCORE
WATERVILLE, Maine - Lacey Brown made 30 saves and Colby College
seniors Becky Julian and Colette Finley had goals as the
fourth-seeded Mules hung on for a 2-1 win over Bowdoin College in a
New England Small College Athletic Conference quarterfinal game
Saturday at Alfond Rink.
The Mules move to 12-10-3 overall and Colby's eight seniors
will play in their third NESCAC Final Four in the past four years.
Colby made the league title game last year before falling to
Amherst College. Bowdoin, the fifth seed, finishes the season at
11-11-1 and had its eight-game winning streak snapped. Colby will
not know its semifinal opponent until Amherst and Hamilton College
play a late game Saturday.
Brown, a senior, earned her 27th career victory and had more than
50 minutes of shutout goaltending before the Polar Bears cut the
lead in half in the final 10 minutes. Brown had 12 saves in the
first period when the two teams battled to a scoreless tie and
added 10 more in the crucial third period with the Polar Bears
pushing for the equalizer.
Julian scored her 20th goal of the season and her 66th of her
career at 11:27 of the second period off an assist from Stephanie
Scarpato on the power play. Scarpato had been pulled down in
Colby's zone in drawing the penalty. She then was to the left
of Bowdoin goalie Sage Santangelo and fed a pass to Julian, who
one-timed a shot. Julian has 66 goals and 45 assists for 111 career
points, while Scarpato picked up her 30th career assist in two
years at Colby.
The Mules got the insurance goal they would need when Finley
scored her seventh goal of the season just 1:59 into the third
period. Marissa Simmons and Meryl Poulin had assists on the goal.
Finley got her goal off a rebound that Santangelo had deflected to
her right.
Bowdoin refused to give up and scored with 8:20 left in the game
on a goal by Lindsay McNamara, who knocked in shot in a wild
scramble in front of the net. McNamara, a senior, got her seventh
goal of the season and the 21st of her career off assists from
Katie Herter and Jill Campbell.
The Polar Bears pulled Santangelo with 1:22 to go, but neither
team could manage a goal the rest of the way. Santangelo, a
first-year goalie, finished with 18 stops for Bowdoin.
