CLERMONT, Fla. – The Bowdoin softball team continued its hot start to the season with a pair of wins over Manchester University and Ramapo College on Sunday.
 
The Polar Bears are 8-2 following a 6-2 win over Manchester (2-2) and a 9-5 win over Ramapo (3-2).
 
Manchester Game Highlights

• Elise Siciliano drove in both of Bowdoin's early runs in the first and third innings. The first-year tallied an RBI single and an RBI double.
• Manchester cut the lead in half with an unearned run in the fifth.
• Bowdoin opened up its advantage with a four-run sixth. Shea Sullivan recorded a sacrifice fly, while Anna Halliday and Penelope Fong-Picariello each had RBI singles. A fielding error later in the inning allowed Halliday to score.
• Manchester got one more run in the bottom half of the inning, but couldn't find any more offensive support.
• Sydney Lang went 2-for-4 at the plate and Siciliano was 2-for-3.
• Halliday pitched five innings, allowing four hits and one earned run. Kathleen Hester added two innings of work with five strikeouts.

 
Ramapo Game Highlights

• Ramapo jumped out to an early two-run lead off a homerun in the first inning.
• Bowdoin answered with a pair of runs of a Siciliano RBI single and a bases-loaded walk for Halliday.
• The Polar Bears got four more runs in the second to take a quick 6-2 lead.
• The Roadrunners found a run in the fifth and two in the seventh, but Bowdoin's offense was too much to overcome.
• Ewert was 2-for-3 with the runs scored.
• Kyle Gary went 3-for-4 with three runs scored.
• Siciliano went 3-for-4 with a double and four RBIs.
• Sydney Lang also tagged a double in a 2-for-3 day at the plate with an RBI.
• Halliday recorded a pair of RBIs.
• Maddie Current pitched seven innings and allowed eight hits and five runs. Current struck out five batters.

 
Up Next

• Bowdoin plays Keuka and UW-River Falls on Tuesday.