MEDFORD, Mass. — Junior Scott Blumenthal’s goal in the 84th minute gave the Tufts University men’s soccer team a 2-1 victory over Bowdoin in New England Small College Athletic Conference men’s soccer action on Wednesday afternoon at Bello Field.

The win improved the Jumbos to 8-3-3 overall and 5-2-3 in the NESCAC. It also gives fourth-seeded Tufts homefield advantage in Saturday’s NESCAC quarterfinals against fifth-seeded Bowdoin (8-4-2, 4-4-2 NESCAC). Kick-off is slated for noon.

Bowdoin scored first in the 17th minute off a 40-yard blast by Andrew Jones that went up over the outstretched fingers of Tufts keeper Wyatt Zeller. The chance came after the Polar Bears pinned the ball deep after a corner kick. Alex Thomas earned the assist. For Jones, it was his fourth goal of the season.

The Jumbos evened the score 20 minutes later when Kento Nakamura passed the ball ahead from midfield, reaching Kayne at the top of the box. Kayne chipped it over the head of Bowdoin keeper Will Wise for his third tally of the year.

Each team had two shots on goal in the first half, with each goalie picking up one save. The Polar Bears had three chances on corners, while Tufts had a pair.

Bowdoin won the shot battle 12-8. Both goalies finished with four saves for the day.

Field hockey

The Polar Bears permitted a season-high three goals in a 3-1 loss to Tufts in its regularseason finale on Wednesday.

In a battle of top-10 squads, the third-ranked Polar Bears (12-2, 8-2 NESCAC) fell for just the second time this season and will be the third seed in the upcoming NESCAC Tournament.

Eighth-ranked Tufts (13-1, 9- 1 NESCAC) has won 13 straight since losing its season opener to Middlebury. The Jumbos will be the second seed for the conference tourney.

Bowdoin will host sixthseeded Williams in a NESCAC quarterfinal match on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Polar Bears took a 3-0 win in the team’s regular-season meeting on October 7.

Dakota Sikes-Keilp scored her first collegiate goal for Tufts, redirecting a blast by Maggie Chapman during a corner attempt to put Tufts up 1-0 17 minutes into the game.

Bowdoin goalie Kayla Lessard made four saves in the first half.

Just two minutes into the second half, the Jumbos took advantage of another penalty corner. Lia Sagerman was at the post to knock in the rebound of a shot by Cannon to give the Jumbos a 2-0 margin.

Bowdoin cut into the lead in the 42nd minute when Lauren Schroeder drove a perfect ball from the far right side of the field into the middle where senior co-captain Cathleen Smith rapped it home to pull the Polar Bears within 2-1.

Volleyball

Bowdoin rallied from a oneset deficit to take a 3-1 victory at Colby on Tuesday night.

The 22nd-ranked Polar Bears stand at 24-2 overall and have won 12 straight matches, while the Mules fell to 12-10 overall. The Polar Bears took a 20-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-19 victory.

Tory Edelman and Hillary Cederna both had 11 kills for Bowdoin, while setter Sophia Cornew finished with 44 assists, 12 digs, and two aces. Melissa Haskell posted nine kills for the winners and Taylor Vail had 20 digs.