BIDDEFORD, Maine – Brooke Solomon scored two of the Bowdoin women's ice hockey team's three goals as the Polar Bears started 2016 with a 3-0 shutout over host UNE on Sunday afternoon.

The Polar Bears won their second consecutive contest, as well as their first road win, to improve to 3-4-0. The Nor'easters saw their four-game winning streak come to an end to drop to 5-5-1.

Game Highlights

• Solomon gave the Polar Bears the 1-0 lead at 12:25 of the first period, connecting on a shot from a difficult angle just below the left circle. Cassidy Pratt set-up the tally.
• Bowdoin notched pair of second-period goals to take control of the contest. With her team on the power play, Solomon potted a slap shot from the low slot, one-timing a feed from Ariana Bourque just 2:18 into the frame.
• Bowdoin made the score 3-0 at 16:51 when Madeline Hall received a pass in the slot from Maureen Greason, deked UNE goaltender Sydney Helmbrecht, and deposited the puck into the empty net.
• Lan Crofton made a pair of big stops in the second to keep the Nor'easters off the board. She stoned Abby Kinens on a breakaway eight minutes into the period, and then deflected a shot by Kierra Wright from the low slot with her shoulder.

By the Numbers

• Helmbrecht totaled 30 saves for the Nor'easters
• Crofton stopped 23 shots to earn her first shutout of the season
• Bowdoin went 1-for-3 on the power play while UNE was 0-for-1
• The Polar Bears held a 33-23 edge in shots

Up Next

• Bowdoin travels to Williams College for a series beginning next Friday at 7:00 p.m.
• The Nor'Easters remain on home-ice with a 4:00 p.m. game against Becker the same day