LEWISTON, Maine – The Bowdoin softball team split a pair of low-scoring games in its series at Bates on Friday afternoon.
 
The Polar Bears (15-17, 4-10 NESCAC) dropped a tight 3-2 game one. Bowdoin defeated the Bobcats (16-14, 7-7 NESCAC) 3-0 in game two.
 
Game One Highlights

• Bowdoin went up 2-0 in the third inning as Chloe Garcia hit a bases-loaded single to right that plated two runners.
• Bates responded with two runs to tie the game in the bottom half of the inning.
• The go-ahead run came in the fifth inning. With the bases loaded, a single up the middle allowed one run to score.
• Bowdoin could not find the offense to rally and tie the game in the final two innings.
• Ellie Sullivan went four innings and allowed six hits and no earned runs.
• Ava Biasotti pitched one inning with two hits allowed and one run.
• Kathleen Hester pitched the final inning and gave up no hits with one strikeout.
• Reilly Parga was the lone Polar Bear with multiple hits, one of which was a double.

 
Game Two Highlights

• Garcia got the Polar Bears on the board in the first inning with an RBI double to left center.
• Maddie Paschke added a sacrifice lineout in the fifth.
• Garcia's output continued with another RBI double down the left field line in the fifth inning to make it 3-0.
• Maddie Current pitched five shutout innings with five hits and three strikeouts.
• Hester pitched the final two innings, allowing one hit with three more K's.
• Kyla Gary joined Garcia with a two-hit game.

 
Up Next

• Bowdoin hosts UNE on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.