BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin men's lacrosse team will battle Amherst in the NESCAC Semifinals on Saturday at Tufts University, looking to return to the conference title game for the first time since 2018.
 
Game time is set for 3:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. The winner will advance to the NESCAC title game Sunday at 12:00 p.m. Complete coverage of the game will be available on GoUBears.com and on the Northeast Sports Network.
 
The Polar Bears are in the semifinals for the first time since 2018 and have reached the championship game three times in program history (2006, 2015, 2018). Bowdoin defeated No. 7 Hamilton, 13-11, in the quarterfinal round to tie the program record for single-season wins (15), matching the mark set by the 1989 and 1990 squads.
 
Senior Donal Mullane has 94 points on 54 goals and 40 assists in 13 games to lead Bowdoin while sophomore Will Byrne has tallied 46 goals and 26 helpers for 72 points. Sophomore Ethan Barnard leads the NESCAC with 144 ground balls (9.00 pg) and owns a .637 faceoff percentage at the X. First-year Robert Hobbs has made a league-leading 219 saves in the Bowdoin net, an average of 13.69 saves per game, and owns a .548 save percentage to go with a 11.85 goals against average.
 
Amherst is in the semifinals for the third straight tournament and ninth time overall following an 11-7 victory over archrival Williams in the quarterfinals. The Mammoths' two championship game appearances occurred in back-to-back years, 2014 and 2015. The Polar Bears defeated the Mammoths, 15-12, in Brunswick, Maine on April 2 this season.