Hartford, Conn. –Julia Geaumont and Emily Griffin did not allow an earned run in 21 combined innings in the circle to lead the visiting Bowdoin College Polar Bears to three wins over the Trinity College Bantams in a NESCAC East Division softball tripleheader this afternoon. 

Trinity falls to 5-15 overall and 2-4 in the NESCAC East, while Bowdoin improves to 18-8 overall and 6-2 in the division.  The games, originally scheduled as a two-day series in late March were moved to today due to weather restrictions.

Game One Recap – Bowdoin 2, Trinity 0

Griffin tossed a six-hit shutout with two K's and two walks in the morning game, outdueling Trinity's Hannah King who allowed seven hits and two runs with five strikeouts and did not walk a batter. 

Bowdoin scored its runs on an RBI double by Cielle Collins in the third inning and a Geaumont solo homer in the sixth inning.  Trinity had a runner on second or third base in all but two innings but failed to push a run across. Collins and Claire McCarthy both doubled twice and Griffin singled twice and stole a base for the Polar Bears. 

Game Two Recap  - Bowdoin 11, Trinity 0

Geaumont threw a five-hit shutout and the Polar Bears capitalize on six Bantam errors to capture a win in the middle game of Sunday's series. The pitcher allowed just one walk in seven complete innings of work, while notching one K.

The Polar Bears got on the board early with an RBI double from Geaumont and Katie Gately single that drove in a pair to begin the game. Nicole Nelson pushed Geaumont across the plate in the third with a single and Collins launched a two-run shot in the following inning. A Trinity error on an Adriane Krul ball in the fifth allowed Nelson to push Bowdoin's lead to six.

Bowdoin's offense exploded in the top of the seventh with five runs. Collins tallied her second RBI of the game, eventually coming around to score herself on a Geaumont double. Gately's single that followed allowed two more runners to cross home before another Trinity error opened the door for another Bowdoin run.

Game Three Recap – Bowdoin 2, Trinity 1

Trinity's Rachael Smith gave a valiant effort in the Bantams' circle in game three.  Smith worked a complete game around nine hits and six walks to allow just one earned run, but Geaumont yielded only three hits and allowed one unearned run in the fifth inning to go 2-0 for the day before Griffin finished up to collect a save with two innings of scoreless relief.

In the final game, Bowdoin scored in the second inning on a passed ball and again in the fourth inning on a solo home run by Gately, but the Trinity infield turned a double play in each of the first four frames to keep the home team within striking distance. Meaghan Race came through with a two-out, bases loaded single to drive in the lone Bantam run of the day in the bottom of the fifth frame, and Smith pitched out of a jam in the top of the sixth by getting the last two batters to fly out with runners on second and third base after two Bantam errors. 

In the bottom of the sixth, singles by Otero, Erica Correa, and Miranda Riendeau-Card went for naught when two Bantam runners were thrown out at third base in the inning.  Geaumont and Marisa O'Toole were 3-for-5 in game two for Bowdoin, while Nicole Nelson went 4-for-4 in game three.  Otero had two hits in games two and three to finish 6-for-9 in the tripleheader for Trinity.

Bowdoin is scheduled to host the University of New England in a midweek doubleheader, beginning at 3:30 p.m., on Wednesday.