BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin women's ice hockey team suffered a 3-1 loss to visiting Amherst on Friday night.
 
The Polar Bears sit at 9-7-0 (3-6-0 NESCAC) as the second-ranked Mammoths climb to 13-1-3 (6-0-3 NESCAC).
 
Game Highlights

• The Mammoths scored on the game's first power play, with the 1-0 tally coming at 6:42. Maeve Reynolds set up the goal with a feed from the left side to Gretchen Dann in the high slot. Dann fired off a one-timer that beat Bowdoin goalie Abby Matusovich.
• Amherst doubled its lead after Sami Lester put a shot on pads and Junfei Zhu cleaned up the rebound with under five minutes remaining in the first.
• Bowdoin came out and scored three minutes into the second period to cut the lead in half. Meghan Britt intercepted a puck along the back boards and found Luna Lu in front of the crease. Lu ripped a one-timer past Natalie Stott.
• Amherst iced the game with an unassisted empty-net goal in the final 30 seconds of the game.

 
By the Numbers

• Bowdoin went 0-for-1 on the power play as the Polar Bears were unable to convert on a five minute major.
• Amherst went 1-for-3 on the power play.
• Matusovich stopped 30 shots for Bowdoin.
• Scott stopped 18 shots.
• Amherst held a 30-22 faceoff win advantage.

 
Up Next

• The two teams return to the ice at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.