BRUNSWICK, Maine – For the third consecutive season, the top four seeds advanced in the 2025 NESCAC Women's Basketball Championship. The Bowdoin Polar Bears, the No. 1 seed, will host the remaining rounds of the tournament for the second straight season. The semifinals and finals will be played on March 1-2 at Morrell Gymnasium.
 
There are a limited number of advance tickets available online, and a limited number of tickets will be available at the door on Saturday beginning at 1:00 p.m. Tickets for the semifinal games are $8 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for students/children 3 and older, and children under 2 are free. One ticket is good for admission to both semifinal games. Tickets for Sunday's final will go on sale at 7:30 p.m. Saturday here.

Bowdoin will face No. 4 Amherst in the first semifinal at 2 p.m., followed by No. 3 Trinity versus No. 2 Colby at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1. The semifinal winners will meet in the NESCAC Championship game on Sunday, March 2 at Noon.

All three games will be streamed via the NESCAC Network and can be viewed on mobile devices, computers, or Roku, AppleTV, and Amazon FireTV via the NESCAC Network app. Visit the app store on your favorite device and search for NESCAC Network, download the app, and start watching.
 
No. 1 Bowdoin Polar Bears (25-0) vs. No. 4 Amherst Mammoths (19-6)

• Bowdoin, the defending NESCAC Champion, extended its perfect record to 25-0 with a 71-46 victory over No. 8 Williams in the quarterfinal round. Sydney Jones led all scorers with 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Teammate Callie Godfrey chipped in 12 points and six boards.
• The Polar Bears are one of two Division III women's basketball teams with an unbeaten record (NYU, 23-0).
• Bowdoin is making back-to-back trips to the semifinals and its 22nd appearance in 24 tournaments.
• The Polar Bears have won games by an average of 20 points per game, but this semifinal matchup versus Amherst pits the NESCAC's top two defenses against each other. Bowdoin is allowing a league-low 48.5 points per game, while the Mammoths are second, giving up 51.1 points per game to opponents.
• Jones ranks among the top-10 leaders in scoring (15.8 ppg), field goal percentage (48.3%), and assists (3.7 apg).
• Trailing 34-29 at the half, Amherst limited Bates to 17 second-half points, outscoring the Bobcats 32-17 over the final two quarters to lock up a spot in the NESCAC Semifinals for the 17th time in program history and the first time since 2022.
• Annie McCarthy led three Amherst players in double figures with a team-high 17 points and nine rebounds.
• Laura Mendell (14.1 ppg) and Kori Barach (11.5 ppg) rank 1-2 in scoring for Amherst. Teammate Maya Cwalina ranks among the NESCAC rebounding leaders with a team-best 7.3 caroms per contest.
• The NESCAC Tournament series is knotted at 5-5. The Polar Bears evened the series with a 74-60 win over Amherst in the 2020 semifinals en route to their ninth NESCAC crown. Bowdoin posted a 65-54 win at Amherst this season on February 1.
• The two teams have combined to win 18 of the league's 23 championships: Bowdoin (10), Amherst (8).

No. 2 Colby (14-10) vs. No. 3 Trinity (18-7)

• In the highest-scoring game and first double-overtime game in NESCAC Women's Basketball Championship history, the second-seeded Colby Mules pulled out a 100-97 win over seventh-seeded Middlebury. The Mules advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 2017. Amelia Hanscom scored six points in the second overtime and finished the game with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Kate Olenik added a team-high 29 points and eight assists.
• Sophomore Kate Olenik ranks second among the conference scoring leaders at 19.5 points per game. Hanscom is shooting 49 percent from the field, good for second in the league, and chipping in 10.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
• Down by seven with 4:14 left in regulation, the Bantams climbed back to force overtime and earned an eventual win against No. 6 Tufts in double-overtime, the second double-overtime game of the quarterfinals and in NESCAC Women's Basketball Tournament history.
• Olivia Vick's 3-pointer at the first overtime buzzer forced a second extra session. She scored the final four points for the Bantams and finished the game with 25 to lead all scorers. Madi Forman added 13 points and 13 rebounds for Trinity.
• The Bantams are in the semifinals for the fourth consecutive season and were the NESCAC Runners-Up in 2023.
• Trinity is the highest-scoring offense in the league at 70.6 points per game, and Colby ranks third (66.5 ppg).
• Vick is the top 3-point shooter in the NESCAC, shooting 45.2 percent from long range, and ranks second from the free throw line (82.7%). Forman ranks fifth in the NESCAC in rebounding (9.0 rpg).
• Trinity evened the NESCAC Tournament series against Colby to 1-1 with a 51-35 win over the Mules in the 2024 quarterfinals. The Bantams earned a 67-60 win over Colby on February 14 at Oosting Gymnasium.