AUBURNDALE, Fla. - The Bowdoin College baseball team was swept by Worcester State on Sunday, dropping a pair of games 4-2 and 8-6. The Polar Bears stand at 6-6 overall this season.

Bowdoin took a two-run lead in the first inning of game one, thanks to an RBI single by Kevin Zikaras and a sac fly by Joe Berte. The Lancers scraped together a run in the bottom of the first and one in the bottom of the second to tie the game. The contest remained tied until the bottom of the fifth when Worcester took the lead on a bases loaded walk and an infield hit. Bowdoin would not score again and dropped the 4-2 decision. The Polar Bears could only muster three hits against the Lancer pitching staff and Tim Welch took the loss for Bowdoin, going five innings and allowing four earned runs.

Game two saw the Polar Bears squander a 3-1 lead heading into the fifth inning, allowing seven runs over the final three frames to fall, 8-6. Brett Gorman and Dan Hicks both homered for the Polar Bears while Reid Auger had three hits. Luke Potter posted a strong start, allowing two runs over four innings, but Bowdoin's relievers permitted six runs, five hits and four walks over the final three innings pitched. Hicks and Jason Koperniak each had two hits while Zikaras took the loss in relief for Bowdoin.

Photo of Space Shuttle Discovery launch, with Bowdoin's Brett Gorman at bat, courtesy of Jim Hicks.