The Bowdoin College men’s soccer team played Rutgers-Newark to a scoreless draw, but saw its season come to an end in penalty kicks, 3-2, in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday at Brandeis University.

The Polar Bears ended their 2017 campaign with a 10-4-4 record.

The Scarlet Raiders advanced.

In the 30th minute, Scarlet Raider Fabio de Sousa cut through a pair of defenders and booted a left-footed shot towards the left post. The ball curled just wide, leaving the teams scoreless.

Shortly after, de Sousa bounced a shot off the crossbar from close range on the right post.

In the 35th minute, Levi Morant headed Bowdoin’s best shot of the half just over the crossbar on a feed from Drake Byrd. Morant rang a shot off the crossbar less than 10 minutes into the second half.

Throughout the game, Bowdoin controlled the majority of play but was unable to put together scoring opportunities.

The Scarlet Knights had their most sustained pressure in the first overtime frame, never allowing the Polar Bears to control beyond midfield.

Bowdoin possessed the ball more in the second overtime, but neither team was able to muster any offense.

Rutgers-Newark went up 1-0 following the first round of penalty kicks, but Stevie Van Siclen made a diving stop on the second one he faced.

Matty McColl and Moctar Niang both converted on rounds three and four, combining with another Van Siclen stop, to tie the shootout at 2-2 going into the final round.

After a successful conversion by Hubert Dul, Andres Medina dove to his left and turned away Bowdoin’s final shot of the season.

Bowdoin held a slight 12- 10 edge in shots, but Rutgers- Newark managed the only shots of either overtime frame. The Scarlet Knights held a 6-3 edge in corner kicks.

Van Siclen ended the game with three saves and two PK stops. Medina turned away three shots in regulation.

Cross country

The Bowdoin men placed ninth, while the women raced to 12th at the New England Division III Championship, hosted at Gorham Country Club on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bear men were led by Ben Torda’s seventh place individual finish, while the women’s team saw Sarah Kelley’s 19th-place showing.

In the men’s meet, Bowdoin finished with 280 points as MIT took the team title with 81. The Polar Bears’ average time on the 8K course was 26:27 with a total time of 2:12.19 from their scoring finishers. Torda recorded Bowdoin’s top individual finish at New England D-III’s since Coby Horowitz took fourth at the 2013 championship, ending with a time of 25:40. Sean MacDonald was 24th for Bowdoin (26:00.6.

The women’s squad collected 354 points to take 12th overall, with MIT completing the sweep by winning with 58 points. The Polar Bears averaged 22:49 on the 6K track with a total time of 1:54.06.

Sarah Kelley’s 19th-place finish led the way in 21:45.9, followed closely by Caroline Shipley’s 27th-place showing in 22:10.5. Julia O’Rourke took 71st (22:55.7), while Anne McKee finished 105th (23:24.5).

Bowdoin will await to see if individual qualifiers are chosen for the Division III Championships, scheduled for this upcoming Saturday in Elsah, Ill.

Women’s rugby

The University of New England came away with the Northeast Intercollegiate Rugby Association Tier 2 Championship on Saturday with a decisive 57-14 over Bowdoin.

The Polar Bears ended their fall with a record of 7- 2.

The Nor’easters scored the first 22 points of the contest before Bowdoin got on the board. The Polar Bears strung together several attack phases with both forwards and backs, but with the defensive pressure, were unable to maintain possession long enough to score in the early going.

Bowdoin was able to get on the board when Safiya Osei scored from 5- meters out, off an assist from Kendall Schutzer, who then notched the conversion kick to cut the lead to 22-7.

Bowdoin trailed 32-7 at intermission and UNE continued to build its advantage in the second half.

Bowdoin’s second-half score came from a Liz D’Angelo kick over the UNE backline from midfield. Fielding her own kick off a nice bounce, Bowdoin’s fly-half cut through the Nor’easter defense and dove over the line. D’Angelo converted her own try.

Leading the team in tackles were Schutzer and D’Angelo with 12 each, while back row forwards Jackie Jaques and Satya Kent had eight apiece. Anarelis Ramirez and Amber Ramos enjoyed a strong contest with seven tackles of their own.