BRUNSWICK, Maine – Fresh off a convincing first round victory over Eastern Connecticut on Wednesday evening, the Bowdoin College field hockey team travels to Baltimore, Md., this weekend for an NCAA Regional hosted at John Hopkins University.
The Polar Bears (15-4) will play Centre (Ky.) College in a second round match at 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Links to live coverage of the match, along with ticket prices, parking information and a complete schedule of weekend play is available at the
NCAA Regional Homepage.
About the Polar Bears
The Polar Bears are making their 14th NCAA Division III Tournament appearance, but first since 2015…Bowdoin has won four NCAA Championships (2007, '08, '10, '13) overall and owns a 31-9 record all-time in tournament play, including an 18-0 record all-time in NCAA games at Ryan Field following their 9-0 win over Eastern Conn earlier this week…the nine goals against the Warriors was the most-ever for Bowdoin in an NCAA Tournament match…after beginning the year 2-2, the Polar Bears rolled off a 12-1 run leading up to the NESCAC title game loss to Middlebury, outscoring opponents 45-7 over that 13-game stretch…the Polar Bears enter the tournament as the fifth-ranked squad in the latest NFHCA Division III poll…
Faith Jennings is Bowdoin's leading scorer this fall, totaling 42 points on 17 goals and eight assists…goaltender
Maddie Ferrucci leads a stellar defensive unit along with
Georgie Coetzer, allowing just 0.99 goals per game…Jennings, Ferrucci and Coetzer were all named First Team All-NESCAC this week while midfielder
Abby Bashaw was named Second Team All-Conference…Bowdoin had a league-high four players honored in NESCAC postseason awards…in her 25th season at Bowdoin, NFHCA Hall of Famer
Nicky Pearson enters the NCAA Tournament with a career mark of 366-81 (.818).
Series History vs. Potential Regional Opponents
Bowdoin has never played Centre College (15-3) in field hockey…the Colonels shocked 17
th-ranked Christopher Newport in overtime, 2-1, in Wednesday's opening round…Bowdoin will be highest ranked opponent of the season for Centre, who last played a top-ten team in the 2017 NCAA Tournament (TCNJ)…among the other regional teams, the Polar Bears have also never played Johns Hopkins in field hockey…Bowdoin has faced Salisbury twice all-time, in the 2014 NCAA Semifinals and 2013 NCAA Championship game, coming away with one-goal wins in both matches.
Up Next
The winner of Saturday's match will advance to play the winner of Salisbury/Johns Hopkins at 1 p.m. on Sunday in the regional final. The winner of that contest advances to the national semifinals the following weekend in Hartford, Conn., on the campus of Trinity College.
