CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Members of the Bowdoin College track and field team competed at the Open New England Championships last weekend at MIT.

In a field that included several Division I schools, Bowdoin’s Anna Ackerman posted the top finish for the Polar Bears by earning a third-place showing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:00.01).

Erin Silva finished 11th overall in the pole vault, but continued her record-breaking season by eclipsing her own school record again with a height of 11-07.75.

On the men’s side, James Boeding finished eighth in the 3,000 steeplechase (9:26.60) while Mason Moss earned ninth in the javelin with a throw of 189-04.50.

Baseball honors

Three Bowdoin College pitchers and head coach Mike Connolly have been honored in All-NESCAC awards.

Junior pitcher Oliver Van Zant was named the NESCAC Pitcher of the Year and a First Team All- NESCAC selection. Senior Tim Welch and sophomore Christian Martin were tabbed as Second Team choices. Head Coach Mike Connolly was recognized by his peers as the conference’s Coach of the Year.

The trio of hurlers has contributed to one of the best seasons in program history for the Polar Bears, as they combined for a 14-5 record, 2.59 ERA and 172 strikeouts over 156 innings this spring for Bowdoin.

Van Zant (5-2) led the league in innings pitched (65.1) and strikeouts (89) by 21 batters. Among qualifying pitchers, he was third in the league with a 2.20 ERA and second in opposing batting average (.203). His 89 whiffs this season are a program record.

Welch, a senior southpaw who missed all of 2011 due to surgery, returned with a 4-2 record over seven starts. He posted a 2.74 ERA over 46.0 innings, having allowed one or fewer runs in five of his seven starts and holding opposing batters to a .226 batting average.

The 2011 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, Martin posted another stellar season on the mound for Bowdoin. The sophomore lefty went 5-1 with a 3.00 ERA over 45.0 innings. He struck out 49 batters over the season (9.8/game) and improved to 11-2 in his career at Bowdoin with 120 whiffs in 111.0 innings over the last two years.

Connolly collected his second NESCAC Coach of the Year honor thanks to the second-most wins in program history (25) and the program’s second-ever NCAA Tournament berth this spring. Entering NCAA play, Connolly has a 265-223-1 record over his 14 seasons and has led the Polar Bears to 20 wins in seven of the last nine years. Connolly also earned the award in 2006.

Men’s lacrosse

Three members of the Bowdoin’s lacrosse program have been recognized in All-New England honors handed out by the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.

A pair of seniors, defenseman Matthew Egan and midfielder Mark Flibotte, were recognized as First Team All-New England performers. Head coach Tom McCabe was honored as the New England Division III Coach of the Year.

An exceptional man-to-man defender, Egan started all 20 games, caused a team-high 35 turnovers this spring and paced all Bowdoin defenders with 54 ground balls. The senior captain from Belmont Hill was outstanding in postseason play, averaging 3.8 ground balls and 2.6 caused turnovers per contest in NESCAC and NCAA Tournament action.

Flibotte has enjoyed an excellent season out of the Bowdoin midfield, leading the team with 29 goals and finishing second on the team with 37 points. Unable to play due to injury in Bowdoin’s last four contests, he collected a point in 14 of his 16 games this season and scored a hat trick on six occasions.

In his 22nd and final season at the helm of the Polar Bears, head coach Tom McCabe earned his first NESCAC Coach of the Year honor and has followed it up as New England Coach of the Year. McCabe, who announced his intended retirement prior to the beginning of the campaign, led Bowdoin to the second-most wins in a single-season in program history in 2012. The Polar Bears posted a 14-6 record, finished as runners up in the NESCAC Tournament and reached the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in school history. The winningest coach in Bowdoin men’s lacrosse history, McCabe ranks 15th all-time in Division III history with 229 wins.

Softball honors

Five members of the Bowdoin College softball team have been recognized in All-Conference honors announced by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Junior first baseman Gen Barlow leads the way for the Polar Bears with a First Team Al-NESCAC nod. Four Polar Bears were named to the Second Team — senior second baseman Amy Hackett, sophomore catcher Casey Correa, sophomore pitcher Melissa DellaTorre and senior outfielder Caroline Dewar.

Barlow earned her first First Team selection following a record-breaking campaign that saw her lead the conference in RBIs (49) and doubles (14), while ranking second in runs (46) and walks (20), and third in home runs (seven) and total bases (96).

Dewar and Hackett close out sensational careers. Dewar was the catalyst for the Bowdoin offense this spring, batting .378 and ranking among the top 10 in the conference in hits (54) and runs scored (34). Dewar finished her career as Bowdoin’s all-time leader in hits (169) and is tied with Hackett for first all-time with 100 career runs.

Hackett hit .347 with a team-record seven triples and 36 RBIs this spring, and closed out her career eighth alltime at Bowdoin with 139 hits. In addition to the runs scored mark of 100, her 16 career triples and 52 career walks are both school records, while her 47 stolen bases are second all-time and 92 RBIs are fourth.

DellaTorre was Bowdoin’s ace this season, finishing the year with 14 victories to rank third in the conference. Her 146 innings pitched were the most by a hurler in the conference this season, while her 137 strikeouts were third. She tossed a league-high 18 complete games, while boasting a 2.16 earned-run average.

Correa also earned her first All-NESCAC honor after a breakout sophomore campaign that saw the backstop bat .394 with seven home runs, tying the school record. Her 40 RBIs are the third in a single-season in school history, while her 82 total bases are fourth all-time. She also caught 10 runners stealing this spring.