PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - The Bowdoin College women's lacrosse team scored 13 goals in the first half of a dominant 18-8 win over NESCAC foe Hamilton on Thursday evening in Florida.

The Polar Bears improve to 4-1 (2-1 NESCAC) while the Continentals fall to 1-4 (1-2 NESCAC).

Game Highlights

• Bowdoin jumped to an 8-1 lead and never looked back, taking a 13-3 lead at intermission and cruising to the victory.
• Katherine Miller scored three times with an assist in the game-opening run for the Polar Bears.
• Hamilton was within six goals, down 9-3, late in the opening half, but a 4-0 surge, keyed by a pair of Hannah Hirschfeld goals made it 13-3 at the break.
• Bowdoin led by more than eight goals for the entire second period.

By The Numbers

• Katherine Miller had four goals and two assists for Bowdoin.
• Kate Kelly, Eliza Denious and Margaret Savage had three goals each.
• Kate McAloon and Hannah Hirschfeld had two each while Sophia Lubrano added a goal and three assists.
• Morgan Pinado and Miller had four draws each for Bowdoin while Allison Williams had a pair of ground balls.
• Kayli Weiss made 16 saves in the victory.

Up Next

• Bowdoin returns home on Sunday for a non-conference home game against Plymouth State at 1:00 p.m.