GAME ONE BOX SCORE
GAME TWO BOX SCORE

WALTHAM, Mass. - The Bowdoin College softball team dropped a pair of close losses to Brandeis on Sunday afternoon, falling in game one 7-4 before dropping game two in extra innings, 5-4. The Polar Bears fall to 13-10 overall this season.

In the opener, the Judges jumped out to a 6-0 lead after four innings. Bowdoin finally broke through with four unearned runs. After two singles and pop-up to third base, Polar Bear junior 1B Lauren Coven sent a ball back through the circle that Miller was unable to make a play on. A walk to junior SS Shavonne Lord and a sacrifice fly by rookie DP Courtney Colantuno cut the lead to 6-2. Bowdoin junior C Clare Ronan followed with a single up the middle to close the Polar Bears within two at 6-4, but Brandeis pitcher Caroline Miller was able to induce a grounder to second to end the inning. The Judges tacked on another run in their half of the fifth, making the final score 7-4.

Tied at three in extra innings of game two, the Polar Bears struck first in the top of the eighth, when Lord struck a solid one-out single to right field, plating Kaitee Daley. In the bottom of the frame, Brandeis scored without the ball leaving the infield. Sophomore CF Carly Schmand, who was placed on second to start the frame, managed to sneak her hand underneath the tag as she stole third base. Melisa Cagar followed with a slow roller to the mound, advancing to second as Bowdoin left the bag uncovered when they held Carly Schmand on third. Chelsea Korp followed with a squeeze bunt as Schmand raced home, while Cagar never stopped as she rounded third and scored the game-winning run when the pitcher's throw was wild.

Bowdoin's big hitters were Daley, who went 4-8 with two RBI, two runs scored and a double, while Alison Coleman was 3-3 including a mammoth home run in game two that nearly hit a passing commuter train. Clare Ronan finished 3-7 with a triple and two RBI. Michelle Wells suffered the loss in the opener, falling to 1-1 with 3.2 innings of four-hit ball. She allowed six runs (none earned) and struck out two, but walked five on the afternoon. Senior Karen Reni took the loss in game two, with seven innings of six-hit ball.