Saturday was definitely a great day to be a Bant! We headed back to Maine for the second consecutive weekend, facing the Bowdoin Polar Bears, on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Our Bants came out ready to turn things around after Wednesday's performance against Amherst. Determined to get back in the win column, we knew our hands would be full with the fiesty play of the polar bears. It took a few minutes after the initial whistle to get in our groove, but after going down 2 goals we finally started to take control. Caite Irvine got us on the scoreboard after almost 10 scoreless minutes. Disa and Remer chipped in after a few more minutes ticked off the clock to give us a one goal lead. Bowdoin responded, knotting the score at 3-3. The rest of the half belonged to CJ and Rachel, each finding the net twice before the half. Bowdoin rallied in the waning seconds of the half, notching a late goal with only four seconds to go before the half, making it a 7-5 game.
Our Bants came out with increased intensity to open the second stanza. With the exception of a quick goal by Bowdoin 13 seconds into the half, we controlled the play for the opening minutes of the half. After giving up the quick goal, our offense responded and went on a 4-0 run, capped off by a nice drive and finish from Alisen. Our offense continued to possess the ball for most of the half, firing off several shots in the next 10 minutes of play. After letting some time tick off the clock, Alisen found Rachel open in front of the net and Rachel converted to make it a 12-8 score. Bowdoin, again, not willing to quit, quickly responded to close the game to 3 goals with 14 minutes to play. Again, our attack did a nice job of possessing the ball, taking the pressure off our defense. Finally, after controlling the ball for another 10 minutes on attack, the Bowdoin defense grew restless and started to extend. Rachel took this opportunity to take the ball to net, scoring with just over 2 minutes to play. After a brief timeout by Bowdoin, we spent the last two minutes trying to kill the clock. Both teams traded lates goals to make the final score 14-10.
Pecks had a fantastic game on the defensive side of the ball and in transition. Pecks, Alisen and Remer did a nice job of controlling the ball in transition and limiting our number of turnovers. The defense did a great job of stalling the Bowdoin attack late in the game when they were trying to mount a comeback. It was a total team effort.
We are excited and ready to take on non-conference rival Springfield College on Wednesday night. We'll be on the road - game is at 7pm.
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