AMHERST, Mass. – Miranda Bell supplied the Bowdoin women's ice hockey team with two goals and an assist as the Polar Bears ended their regular season with a 3-2 win over Amherst on Sunday afternoon.

With the loss, Amherst concludes its regular season, 16-4-4 overall, 10-3-3 in NESCAC action, while Bowdoin improves to 10-9-5 overall, 6-7-3 in league play.

In a first period that featured a 15-6 advantage for Amherst in shots on goal, the Jeffs put Bowdoin under intense pressure. Bowdoin goalie Lan Crofton made 15 saves in the stanza, including a pair of point-blank stops on back-to-back shots by Erin Martin. Bell then found open ice in the offensive zone and was able to beat Yuna Evans at the 18:20 mark to give Bowdoin a 1-0 lead. Jill Rathke and Chelsea MacNeil assisted on the goal.

Midway through the second period, the Jeffs controlled play, but Maddie Baird was able to clear the zone pushing a pass up to Bell who was breaking down the right wing. She finished with her second goal of the game at the 10:50 mark to give the Polar Bears a 2-0 lead.

After the visitors fended off a brief 5-on-3 advantage for the Jeffs, Amherst was able to net a power play goal at the 14:53 mark after Emma Griese deposited the loose puck following a shot from the center of the blue line from Lynndy Smith to set the score at 2-1. Bowdoin upped its edge back to two at the 17:59 mark with a power play marker of its own as MacNeil scored following passes from Bell and Colleen Finnerty to give the Polar Bears a 3-1 cushion at the second intermission. At the 14:19 mark of the third period, Amherst pulled to within one, at 3-2 when Eileen Harris lit the lamp.

Crofton made 39 saves in the win, including 15 in the first period, while Evans made 12 of her 24 stops in the second session.

The Polar Bears secure the fifth seed in the NESCAC and will travel to Connecticut College for the quarterfinal next Saturday.