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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Trinity College softball team squandered an early five-run lead but recovered to score four times in the seventh inning to take a 12-9 win over Bowdoin on Friday. The Bantams improve to 19-8 (8-1 NESCAC) with the win while the Polar Bears drop to 25-10 (4-3 NESCAC) with the setback.

Trinity's Katherine Stoltenberg had four hits, four RBI and a run scored in the win while Kerry McCarthy and Caroline Blanchard had three hits apiece. Bowdoin's Gen Barlow paced the Polar Bears with two hits and three RBI.

The Bantams appeared to be in control early as Patricia Cipicchio blasted a three-run home run in the first inning to give the visitors the lead. Trinity added two more runs on a Jessica Tait triple and Stoltenberg single in the second.

Bowdoin battled back, scoring three runs in the fourth on a pair of wild pitches and a Barlow single. After Trinity scored two more runs in the fifth to gain a 7-3 lead, the Polar Bears rallied for four runs in the bottom of the frame to tie the contest. Shavonne Lord sparked the rally with a run-scoring double while Clare Ronan, Amy Hackett and Gen Barlow also had run-scoring hits.

The teams traded single runs in the sixth before the Bantams exploded for a four-run, two-out rally in the top of the seventh. With the bases loaded, Tait drew a walk to score the go-ahead run. Stoltenberg then laced a two-run single followed by a Blanchard hit to give the Bantams an insurmountable lead.

Kristen Anderson earned the win in relief for Trinity, tossing 2.1 innings and allowing two earned runs. Julia Jacobs took the loss in relief for the Polar Bears after allowing three earned runs in 4.1 frames.

The teams will play a doubleheader at Pickard Field Saturday beginning at noon.