GORHAM, Maine – The Bowdoin softball team split a low-scoring midweek series with the University of Southern Maine on Tuesday evening.
 
The Polar Bears are 18-14 following a 1-0 setback in game one and 5-2 victory in game two. The host Huskies are 11-15.
 
Game One Highlights

• Both sides were retired in order in the first inning. Katryna Dukehart and Shea Sullivan each hit singles to right in the second, but the Polar Bears could not plate a runner.
• The Polar Bears and Huskies returned to one-two-three innings in the bottom of the second and the entirety of the third.
• Chloe Garcia reached second in the fourth with a double to left center. In the fifth, the Polar Bears were able to push Sydney Lang to third following a leadoff walk, but stranded the runner.
• The bottom half of the fifth was where USM found the game's lone run. A leadoff walk and a sacrifice bunt put a runner on second. A groundout pushed the runner to third and she scored on a passed ball.
• The remainder of the game saw three batters per inning.
• Bowdoin outhit Southern Maine 4-1. Ava Biasotti pitched three innings with no hits allowed. Maddie Current pitched the final three innings and allowed one hit.

 
Game Two Highlights

• The Huskies struck first with an RBI single in the bottom of the third.
• Bowdoin exploded for three runs in the fifth and didn't look back. Lilly Armstrong tagged an RBI double to right center and Angelina Mayers plated Armstrong with a single to right. Mayers later scored on a wild pitch.
• Kyla Gary drove in a pair of runs with a slap double to left in the top of the fifth.
• USM scored a final run in the last inning but could not rally to force extra-innings.
• Dukehart, Garcia, and Gary all had two hits.
• Abby Allen earned the win in the circle with four innings of work and four hits. Allen struck out three. Anna Halliday pitched three innings with a pair of K's and three hits.

 
Up Next

• The Polar Bears continue a Maine out of conference schedule with a doubleheader at Husson on Sunday.