MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Bowdoin softball team split its series at Middlebury on Saturday with a game one 4-3 extra-innings win and 4-2 setback in game two.
 
The Polar Bears are 20-5 (6-4 NESCAC) while the Panthers sit at 21-3 (5-1 NESCAC).
 
Game One Highlights

• Middlebury got on the board in the third inning with an RBI triple and RBI bunt.
• Bowdoin took the lead with a fifth inning rally. Penelope Fong-Picariello hit an RBI single to center and Sammie Wright added an RBI single to left. Maddie Paschke drove in Wright with a double to right center.
• The Panthers tie the game in the bottom half of the inning with an infield single.
• Fong-Picariello came up with the eighth inning heroics, singling to right, and driving in Ella Davies for the eventual game-winner.
• Fong-Picariello, Wright, Paschke, and Chloe Garcia all had two hits.
• Maddie Current pitched six inning and allowed six hits with three strikeouts. Kathleen Hester got the win in the circle pitching the final two innings with no runs allowed and a pair of hits.

 
Game Two Highlights

• Anika Ewert scored for Bowdoin in the third inning to put the Polar Bears on top 1-0. Ewert put the ball back to the pitcher and a throwing error on the play at first gave the speedy senior a chance to round the bases and score.
• The Panthers did all their scoring in the fourth inning. An RBI single, stolen base, and two-run double was all the offense Middlebury would need.
• Bowdoin got one run back in the fifth off Baylie Wong's RBI single.
• Sophia Hahn suffered the loss with four innings of work and five hits allowed with a matching number of strikeouts. Hester pitched the final two innings without giving up a run and fanning one.

 
Up Next

• Bowdoin plays at Willaims starting at noon on Sunday.