SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Bowdoin College men's lacrosse team scored its most goals in a game since 2008 in a 23-16 shootout at Western New England on Wednesday afternoon. The 19^th-ranked Polar Bears, who rallied from an early deficit, improve to 6-0 on the season with the win as Will Byrne tied the school's single game record with 11 points.
 
Game Highlights

• The Golden Bears came out firing, jumping to a 4-1 lead in the early going on Wednesday afternoon.
• Western New England extended their lead to 7-3 midway through the second quarter before the Polar Bears began their comeback.
• Bowdoin scored five goals in a span of 3:34 to tie the game at 7-7 and then took their first lead of the game on a Jason Lach goal just 10 seconds before the break.
• The squads traded goals to open the third quarter before a 6-1 run, sparked by a pair of Zach Chandler goals, gave Bowdoin some breathing room, 17-11, heading to the fourth quarter.
• The Polar Bears held off a late flurry by the Golden Bears, scoring six times in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.

By The Numbers

• Bowdoin's 23 goals are the most in a game by the Polar Bears since a 27-goal effort in 2008 against Norwich University.
• Will Byrne's five-goal, six-assist effort tied the school record for points in a game, set by Kevin Rahill in 1979 and matched by Judd Newkirk in 1995.
• Donal Mullane and Zach Chandler had four goals and two assists each for Bowdoin.
• Ethan Barnard won 29 of 41 faceoffs for the Polar Bears, collecting 10 ground balls. Zack Goorno also added eight ground balls in the victory.
• Robert Hobbs made 10 saves in net for the Polar Bears.

Up Next

• Bowdoin will return to action on Saturday when they head to Connecticut to play ninth-ranked Wesleyan at 1:00 p.m.