BOX SCORE

BRUNSWICK, Maine - Liz Clegg scored four times, including the game-winning tally in the third overtime, to lift the Bowdoin College women's lacrosse team to an 11-10 win over Bates on Tuesday night.

The Polar Bears, who trailed by as many as three goals in the second half, improve to 8-6 (3-5 NESCAC) and give goaltender Steph Collins-Finn her school-record 40th career win. Bates falls to 8-6 (3-5 NESCAC) with the defeat as the squads enter Friday's regular season finale tied for sixth place in the conference standings.

The Bobcats held a 16-7 advantage in shots in the opening half and carried a 4-2 lead into the break thanks to a late tally by Joan O'Neill with just two seconds remaining in the period. Bates extended their advantage to three goals on two occasions in the second period, the last of which coming on a Caroline Pierce free-position goal with 16:56 remaining that gave the visitors a 6-3 lead.

Bowdoin rebounded with an improbable 5-1 run over the next ten minutes of the game as senior Lindsay McNamara scored a pair of goals in the surge. Katy Dissinger, who lost a tooth in a first-half collision, returned in the second period to assist on the game-tying tally by Emily Straus with 10:55 left. When Ingrid Oelschlager found the back of the net at 6:02, Bowdoin held their first lead of the game, 8-7.

Pierce deadlocked the game for Bates with 1:50 left in regulation, but Clegg yanked the lead back for Bowdoin with a score at 35 seconds. Bates won the ensuing draw control, and Molly Radis forced overtime with a free-position goal with just 15 ticks left in the period.

In the first of two three-minute overtime sessions, Bowdoin grabbed the lead on another goal from McNamara, but Bates found the equalizer in the second session as Jenna Dannis scored with just six seconds on the clock. In the sudden-death overtime session, Bowdoin's Clegg drew a foul going to goal midway through the frame and buried the game-winning score.

Collins-Finn, who sets the program mark with her 40th career victory, collected 14 saves on the night. Clegg led Bowdoin with four goals while McNamara ended with three. Pierce led Bates with four goals while Radis and Dannis had two apiece. Mara Krueger stopped five shots in net for the Bobcats.