_BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College men's lacrosse team will play in the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals for the third time in four years on Saturday when they play Christopher Newport on the campus of Tufts University at 7:30 p.m.
Complete game notes are available below.
REGIONAL INFORMATION - new Saturday game times
Saturday, May 17 – Quarterfinals
4:00 p.m. – Tufts (20-0) vs. Gettysburg (15-4)
6:45 p.m. – Bowdoin (15-3) vs. Christopher Newport (18-3)
Sunday, May 18 – Semifinals
7:30 p.m. – Saturday's winners
BROADCAST INFORMATION
All games will be carried live on
NCAA Champs Pass, with live stats
available here.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets will be available at the door at Bello Field. Prices are $10 for adults, $5 for students and children age 3-12. Children under 2 are free. Directions and parking information can be
found here.
THE ROAD TO MEDFORD
Bowdoin finished its regular season with a 12-2 mark, placing second in the final NESCAC standings following a double-overtime loss to Tufts in the season finale on April 23. Six Bowdoin players were
recognized in conference postseason honors, including Coaching Staff of the Year led by head coach
Bill Mason and Defensive Player of the Year
Jed Hoggard. The Polar Bears earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and hosting rights for a regional last weekend, where they posted a pair of blowouts over Rivier (28-3) and Amherst (16-5). Bowdoin's plus-36 goal margin is the best for any remaining team in this year's tournament.
RECORD BREAKING SEASON
This has been another record-breaking campaign for numerous Polar Bears, which continued heading into NCAA Tournament play.
Head Coach
Bill Mason has led the Polar Bears to 58 wins in his first four seasons as head coach of Bowdoin, which is the most successful four-year stretch in the history of the program.
Senior
Jason Lach broke the program's 28-year old career goal scoring mark of 177 (set by Judd Newkirk '97) and, with exactly 200 career goals, is the only player in program history to reach that plateau (so far).
Attackman
Patrick Fitzgerald shattered the school's single-season goal scoring mark this year (69, also held by Newkirk in 1995), totaling 76. Fitzgerald, who missed most of the 2024 campaign with an injury, has been closing in on Lach's career goals mark over the last few weeks and enters the CNU contest with 199 career goals.
Goaltender
Robert Hobbs, who already ranks first in Bowdoin history with 58 career wins, became the team's all-time saves leader, surpassing Will Casella '00 (917), and currently has 928 in his career.
Jed Hoggard has 32 caused turnovers this spring, just three off the single-season mark (35 by Matt Egan, 2012) and, with 61, is six back of the career record held by Ben Brewster '14 (67).
BOWDOIN vs. REGIONAL OPPONENTS
Bowdoin has never played Christopher Newport
Bowdoin has played Gettysburg once (
Only meeting: 13-4 Gettysburg win in 1996)
Bowdoin has played Tufts every season since 1959 (
Tufts has won eight straight in the series dating back to 2017 NESCAC Tournament. Bowdoin's last win came in the regular season of 2017, and Bowdoin's last win in Medford was in 2006).
