BRUNSWICK, Maine - The fourth-ranked Amherst College men's lacrosse team built a five-goal first quarter lead and held off a late Bowdoin rally to take a 10-7 win on the opening day of the NESCAC regular season Saturday.

Bowdoin falls to 0-1 this season while Amherst moves to 1-0.

Game Highlights

• The visitors came out firing, scoring five goals in a 11-minute stretch, including a pair from Kyle Haffey, to take a 5-0 lead after one quarter
• The teams played a scoreless second quarter before Bowdoin's Brandon Lee and Amherst's Dylan Park traded goals in the third as the visitors held a 7-2 advantage heading into the fourth quarter
• Amherst scored the first two goals of the frame to push their lead to 9-2 before Bowdoin came storming back
• The Polar Bears came alive thanks to three straight goals from Tim Bulens, Brett Kujala and Shawn Daly that trimmed the lead to 9-5
• Amherst stemmed the tide with a goal by Evan Wolf with 1:59 to play
• Bowdoin scored twice in a 51-second span from Sam Carlin and Matthew Crowell, that cut the lead to 10-7 with 1:01 remaining but could get no closer as time expired

By The Numbers

• Haffey and Park scored two goals and an assist each for Amherst while Quinn Moroney sparked the attack with a goal and three assists.
• Bowdoin was led by a pair of goals from Brandon Lee while Daly and Crowell had a goal and assist apiece
• Bowdoin goaltender Peter Mumford allowed just five goals over the final 45 minutes and finished with 13 saves
• Amherst's Cody Tranbarger had 12 saves in the victory
• Amherst held a 30-26 advantage in shots and took advantage of 25 Bowdoin turnovers
• The visitors went 3-6 with the extra man while the Polar Bears went 0-4
• Bowdoin's Sam Carlin was outstanding on the face-off dot, winning 15 of 21 on the afternoon

Up Next

• Bowdoin will host Williams in its next outing on Saturday, March 12 at 1:00 p.m.
• Amherst plays its home opener on Tuesday evening against Skidmore at 5:00 p.m.