BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College women's lacrosse team surrendered an eight-goal lead to fall to Tufts in its regular season finale on Wednesday night, 18-15, at Tufts University.
 
The Polar Bears finish their regular season with a 6-9 mark (3-7 NESCAC) and will head to top-seeded Middlebury for the NESCAC Quarterfinals on Saturday at noon.
 
Game Highlights

• Bowdoin was in complete command in the opening half, and seemed moments away from putting the game into running time with a 10-2 outburst to open the game.
• Fiona Bundy and Sophia Sudano each had two goals in the run, as the Polar Bears opened a 10-2 edge that was trimmed to 10-4 at halftime.
• Including the two goals shortly before halftime, Tufts rolled off a seven-goal run to start the third and use that 9-0 surge to take an 11-10 lead with 3:05 to go in the third quarter.
• The teams traded the lead into the fourth quarter, when Fiona Bundy's goal at 10:55 gave the Polar Bears a 13-12 edge.
• But Tufts closed the game on a 6-2 run, as Emma Joyce scored three big goals down the stretch to seal the win.

By The Numbers

• Fiona Bundy scored four goals and had ten draw controls for Bowdoin.
• Sophia Sudano had four goals and three assists while Sophia Schaefer had a pair of scores and four ground balls.
• Sophie Brett made four saves in 42:57 while Izzy Cisneros made two saves in 17:03.

Up Next

• Bowdoin will play at Middlebury at 12:00 p.m. Saturday in the NESCAC Quarterfinals.