BRUNSWICK, Maine – Tufts' Caroline Conaghan scored five goals in the fourth quarter to lift the Jumbos women's lacrosse team to an 11-10 comeback win over Bowdoin in both team's regular season finales on Wednesday night at Ryan Field. The 16^th-ranked Polar Bears finish at 9-6 (4-6 NESCAC) and will head to Colby for a NESCAC quarterfinal game on Saturday. Ninth-ranked Tufts improves to 12-3 (7-3 NESCAC).
 
Game Highlights

• In challenging windy, rainy conditions, the teams battled throughout a closely-fought contest with neither team taking more than a two-goal lead at any point.
• Down 4-2 midway through the second quarter, Bowdoin got a pair of late goals from Annabelle Gersch to deadlock the score at 4-4 at intermission.
• Bowdoin outscored Tufts 4-2 in the third quarter, spurred on by two more goals from Gersch, and got a goal from Fiona Bundy one second before the end of the period to take their biggest lead of the contest, 8-6, heading to the fourth.
• Caroline Conaghan took over from there for Tufts, scoring four goals in a span of 7:35 to reclaim the lead, 10-8, with 7:25 to go.
• Bowdoin responded with scores from Fiona Bundy and Sophia Schaefer in a span of 20 seconds later in the frame, to tie the game again at 10-10 with 5:08 remaining.
• After the teams traded possessions, Conaghan put it away for Tufts, scoring with 2:53 remaining that proved to be the game-winner.

By The Numbers

• Annabelle Gersch scored four goals to lead Bowdoin in scoring while Fiona Bundy and Sophia Schaefer added two each.
• Sophia Rutman was outstanding in goal for the Polar Bears, stopping 13 shots. Defensively Anna Paulmann had a pair of caused turnovers.
• Emelia Krakora led Bowdoin with six draw controls while Maddie Corsetti had three ground balls.

Up Next

• Bowdoin will be the seventh seed for the upcoming NESCAC Tournament and will play at Colby on Saturday in the quarterfinals at noon.