BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College men's soccer team rallied from a two-goal deficit with under 20 minutes remaining to earn a 2-2 draw with nationally-ranked Tufts on Wednesday afternoon at Pickard Field.

The Polar Bears move to 8-6-1 overall (4-5-1 NESCAC) with their first tie of the campaign and secure the sixth seed for the upcoming conference tournament. Bowdoin will travel to play at Williams in the NESCAC Quarterfinals on Saturday. 12th-ranked Tufts stands at 10-1-4 (7-0-3 NESCAC) and entered the game having already secured the top seed for the NESCAC Championship. The Jumbos will host either Colby or Bates in the opening round on Saturday.

Tufts jumped ahead in the 16th minute of Wednesday's contest as a set piece by the Jumbos from 30 yards out was crossed into the Bowdoin box. An initial shot was deflected by Bowdoin's Stevie Van Siclen and caromed off the crossbar into traffic where Kyle Volpe pounced on the rebound at 15:32 to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. Tufts doubled its lead shortly before intermission as Connor Brown played give-and-go with Gaston Becherano, who ripped a low shot past a diving Van Siclen at 42:42, giving Jumbos a 2-0 lead at halftime.

The Jumbos appeared to have the game in hand as the contest entered the 70th minute, before Bowdoin mounted a furious comeback with two goals in a three-minute span. Kiefer Solarte set up Bowdoin's first goal, winning a battle for the ball on the right wing and chipping a pass into the box for an oncoming Nick Stefano, who headed it under the crossbar at 70:06. Moments later, Bowdoin evened the score as Eric Goitia cracked a free kick to the top-right corner from 25 yards out, knotting the game at 72:59.

The best chance for either team to win it in regulation came from Tufts' Scott Sclar, who came loose on the right side of the box with under 14 minutes to play. Sclar's curving shot hit the post, however, and the game headed into overtime.

Neither team put a shot on goal in either extra session, as the squads settled for the 2-2 deadlock.

Tufts out-shot Bowdoin 18-9 and held a 5-2 edge in corner kicks. Stevie Van Siclen stopped eight shots in goal for Bowdoin. Scott Greenwood made two saves in goal for the Jumbos.