WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Julia Surgenor scored her first goal of the season in overtime to hand the Bowdoin women's hockey team a 5-4 win over Williams on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears (6-7-3, 4-5-1 NESCAC) forced a series split with the Ephs (9-5-3, 6-3-1 NESCAC).

Game Highlights

• Bowdoin scored a pair of goals in the first period, with Brett Stoddard putting the Polar Bears on the board at 11:54 and Katie Leininger doubling the lead three minutes later.
• Williams tied the game with two goals in the first ten minutes of the second, but Bowdoin regained the lead with a power play tally from Leininger with 4:07 to play in the frame.
• Izzi Stoddard pushed the Bowdoin lead to 4-2 midway through the third.
• Two minutes later, the Ephs made it 4-3 with a power play goal. With six skaters on the ice, Williams scored with 20 seconds to play forcing overtime.
• Surgenor capped her first weekend back on the ice with a game-winner 13 seconds into overtime.

By the Numbers

• Dani Marquez kept the Polar Bears in the game with 38 saves.
• Marissa Anderson made eight stops for Williams.
• Bowdoin had multiple multi-point scorers. Brett Stoddard was 1-2-3 and Leininger was 2-1-3. Surgenor was 1-1-2.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears play at Salem State on January 28 at 7:00 p.m.