BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College men's lacrosse team pulled away in the second half of a 18-9 victory over Clark University on Tuesday evening at Whittier Field.

The Polar Bears, who outscored the Cougars 10-2 in the second half, win their fifth straight overall and stand at 5-2 this spring. Clark drops to 4-3 with the loss.

Game Highlights

• Bowdoin scored the first three goals of the game, including two from Matthew Crowell, to take an early lead in the opening quarter.
• Clark outscored Bowdoin 3-1 over the final 3:10 of the first quarter to close the gap to 4-3 and tied the score just 1:36 into the second quarter on Chris Rasco's second goal of the contest.
• The teams traded goals for the remainder of the second quarter as Bowdoin owned a 8-7 lead at intermission. 
• The Cougars tied the score again just 45 seconds into the third quarter, 8-8, before Bowdoin began their game-winning surge.
• Bowdoin rolled off seven straight goals to take command of the game, score four times in the final 6:03 of the third quarter and three more times in the opening minutes of the fourth.
• After Donal Mullane scored his second goal of the game with 8:45 remaining, Bowdoin had opened a 15-8 lead.
• Conor Khung stopped the bleeding for Clark with a goal at 5:54, but Bowdoin scored the final three goals of the fourth quarter to cap the win.

By The Numbers

• Clark netminder Nathan Maselek stopped eight shots in the opening half and finished with 13 saves in the game. Bowdoin's John Young posted eight saves.
• Sam Carlin won 17 of 28 faceoffs in the victory for Bowdoin.
• Jimmy Young led all scorers with two goals and four assists for Bowdoin.
• Matthew Crowell totaled four goals and an assist for the Polar Bears while Jeff Powers and Donal Mullane had three goals each.
• Chris Rasco led Clark with a hat trick.
• Bowdoin finished with a 53-30 advantage in shots, including a 29-8 edge in the second half thanks to 10-14 wins on the faceoff dot.

Up Next

• Bowdoin returns to NESCAC action Saturday at home against Trinity at 1:00 p.m.
• Clark heads to the Coast Guard Academy for a 1:00 p.m. match on Saturday.