BEVERLY, Mass. - Katie Stewart and Katy Dissinger combined for
10 goals as the Bowdoin College women's lacrosse team took a 15-10
win at Endicott on Sunday afternoon. The 16th-ranked Polar Bears
improve to 8-4 and have won seven of their last eight outings.
Endicott falls to 11-4 with the loss.
Bowdoin got the scoring started as McKenna Teague gave the Polar
Bears a 1-0 lead with a bounce shot in the first 2:01 of game
action. Carolyn Gorajek extended the Bowdoin lead to 3-1 before
Endicott knotted the game at three goals apiece on back-to-back
goals from 
Kristen Micho and Morgan DeShaw. The Polar Bears promptly scored
the next five goals, including a pair from Dissinger, to stretch
its lead to five with just under eight minutes to play in the
opening half. The Gulls got three goals back before the half as
DeShaw and Micho each tallied scores with Carin Czerniawski adding
the other goal to make it an 8-6 game at the break.
Katie Stewart scored the first two goals of the second half for a
10-6 lead before Valerie Feldman stopped the bleeding with her
first goal of the day. Stewart and Feldman traded goals and
Endicott’s Lauren Todd scored on a feed from Kellie
Cunningham to make it a two goal game, 11-9.
Stewart scored her fifth goal of the game nearly four minutes
later to make it a three goal lead. Michelle Loizzo tallied the
last goal for EC with 12:54 remaining but the Polar Bears scored
the final three goals of the game, as Dissinger slammed the door
shut with back-to-back goals a mere 1:11 apart to send Bowdoin home
with a 15-10 non-conference win.
Bowdoin was led by the 12 combined points, including five goals
each, from Stewart and Dissinger. Liz Clegg also added a pair of
scores while Katie Herter had a goal with a game-high eight
groundballs and five draw controls. Tara Connolly picked up the win
in net, making seven saves on 21 shots faced.The Gulls were led by
three goals from Kristen Micho. Leah Neff suffered the setback,
allowing 15 goals while making eight saves.
Photos courtesy of Brian Beard and Creative Images Photography.