BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College baseball team picked up the NESCAC East series sweep over Colby with a 9-1 win on Sunday afternoon.

The Polar Bears climbed to 3-14-1 (3-3 NESCAC) and swept the Mules (6-9, 0-3 NESCAC) for the second consecutive season.

The Mules took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Ryan Hecht sent the ball back to the mound and a throwing error allowed Matt Mitchell to score.

Bowdoin took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third. Former Mt. Ararat High School standout Nick Merrill tied the game for the Polar Bears on a wild pitch and Jack Wilhoite launched a two-run blast over the left-field fence.

Connor Lee drove in another run in the following inning, singling down the left-field line.

Gavin Cann tagged a double to right-center field in the fifth, driving in Colby Joncas, and Eric Mah plated Cann with a single to center. Branden O’Neil double to right in the sixth for another Bowdoin RBI. Brandan Lopez capped the scoring with a two-run triple to center.

Bowdoin combined for 15 hits to the Mules’ six. Lee went 3-for-4, while Mah and Wilhoite were both 2-for-5. Austin Zakow and Cann both went 2-for-4. 

Keenan Iuliano came in to pinch hit and led the Mules, going 2-for-2 with two doubles.

The Polar Bears host UMaine-Farmington on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Women’s tennis

Bowdoin cruised to a 9-0 sweep of Hamilton on Sunday afternoon.

The Polar Bears completed an important NESCAC weekend with a pair of league wins and improved to 9-2. 

The Polar Bears swept doubles and didn’t lose a set in singles action to shut out the Continentals on Sunday.

Sarah Shadowens/Fleming Landau posted an 8-0 win at No. 3 doubles, while Julia Marks/Devon Wolfe and Izzy Essi/Tasha Christ collected 8-2 wins at the top two spots.

In singles play, Bowdoin got tidy 6-0, 6-0 wins from Wolfe at No. 3, Sasa Jovanovic at No. 5 and Landau at No. 6.

Marks, Christ and Essi also earned straight-set wins to complete the day for Bowdoin.

Bowdoin earned a big 5-4 win over Amherst on Saturday. 

The Polar Bears claimed a 2-1 doubles lead, and split singles. 

Amherst (6-2) led 4-3 before Essi tied the match with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles. 

Coming down to No. 6 singles, Bowdoin’s Landau captured a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win for the match. 

The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday when they host Brandeis at 1 p.m.

Women’s lacrosse

Eleven different players scored to lead Bowdoin to a 16-2 non-conference win over Plymouth State on Sunday afternoon.

The 14th-ranked Polar Bears have won four straight games, having outscored their opponents, 69-22, during that stretch, and improved to 6-4 on the season. 

Plymouth fell to 4-4 as their four-game winning streak is snapped.

Bowdoin scored the first 12 goals of the game and pushed the contest into running time late in the opening frame.

Seven different players scored in the first 17:11 for Bowdoin as the hosts built an early lead. The Polar Bears got a pair of goals late in the period from Fiona Bundy to take a 10-0 edge at halftime.

Elizabeth Growney and Kate Kelly scored early in the second half to extend the lead to 12-0 before Plymouth got on the board courtesy of Kimberly Zuccara with 20:32 remaining.

Bowdoin rolled off four straight goals in response to extend the lead to 15 before a late Plymouth goal cut the final margin to 14 goals.

Katie Miller, Hailey Berglund, Amanda Anderson and Bundy had two goals apiece for Bowdoin. Natalie Rudin had a goal and two assists for the Polar Bears.

Plymouth State split time in goal with Meaghan Allard (nine saves) and Emilee Wargo (eight saves), each playing a half. Bowdoin’s Erin Morrissey played a perfect first half, allowing no goals and making four saves in 30 minutes before giving way to Aaliyah Biondo (one save).

The Polar Bears held a 44-10 edge in shots and forced 24 Plymouth turnovers.

Bowdoin will host Colby on Wednesday evening in a key NESCAC match-up at Ryan Field. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

Men’s lacrosse

BOSTON, Mass. – Bowdoin returned to the win column with a 12-8 non-conference win over Southern Virginia on the campus of Boston University on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears moved to 6-5 with the victory, while the Knights fell to 5-8. 

Jimmy Young got the scoring started for Bowdoin as the Polar Bears built a 3-1 lead after one quarter of play.

SVU closed the gap to 3-2 with a goal to open the second quarter, but Jeff Powers sparked a 4-1 Bowdoin run before halftime, scoring three times to give the Polar Bears a 7-3 edge at intermission.

Bowdoin got third quarter scorers from Bradley Ingersoll and Jake Crossman to push the lead to six goals, 9-3.

Donal Mullane, Reed Baker and Young secured the win with fourth quarter insurance markers as the Knights scored the final two goals of the game to trim the final margin to four, 12-8.

Powers led Bowdoin with four goals in the win. Young had two goals and an assist. Mullane had a goal and two assists for the Polar Bears.

Bowdoin returns to NESCAC play on Wednesday night in Waterville with a big conference game against Colby at 7 p.m.

Track & Field

Bowdoin competed in its home-opening Bowdoin Invitational on Saturday at Whittier Field and Farley Field House.

The Polar Bear men took first place overall, while the women took a close second to Southern Maine. 

The Bowdoin men earned 155 points to easily out-distance Colby (30 points), along with several other schools. 

A number of Bowdoin wins included Owen Tuck (200-meter), Mateo Rivera (400) and Jack Richardson (800) on the track. The Polar Bears won both the 4 x 100 (Mason Freeman, Tuck, Troy Green, Yaw Sekyere) and 4 x 400 (Lyndbergh Simelus, John Dana, Richardson, Reed Foster) relay events.

Bowdoin took first in every field event on Saturday, including Ryan Durkin (pole vault), Reed Foster (long jump), Reid Brawer (triple jump), Amir Parker (shot put), Michael Donovan (discus), Ronmel Rugama-Montenegro (hammer throw), and Noah Clack (javelin).

The University of Southern Maine women edged Bowdoin, 104-98, for the win, with Colby (60 points) in third. 

The Polar Bears dominated middle distances, claiming wins in the 800 from Abigael Osmanski, 1,500 from Julia O’Rourke and 5,000 from Megan Dustin. Bowdoin also got a victory from Sara Ory in the 400 hurdles and swept the relays, claiming the 4 x 100 (Morgen Gallagher, Brittney McKinley, Angela Wallace, Samantha Schaefer) and 4 x 400 (Fiona Ralph,Leah Matari, Angela Wunderlich, Claire Traum).

In the field events, Belinda Saint Louis won both the hammer throw and shot put for Bowdoin. Sophia Slovenski won the pole vault and Serena Jonas claimed the discus.

The Polar Bears will head south to compete at the Silfen Invitational at Connecticut College on Saturday. 

Women’s rugby

Bowdoin opened its spring campaign with a trio of wins, going 3-1 at the New England Collegiate 7’s Tournament on Saturday.

Bowdoin defeated UNH (34-10), Maine (19-15) and Wesleyan (32-15) before falling to Boston Univerity in the finals (20-10).

For the tournament, Molly Petronzio scored seven tries, while Brooke Barry had four and Sophie Karris had three.

Alice Hawkins had a pair of tries while Liz D’Angelo posted six conversion kicks on the day. 

Bowdoin heads to Vermont to face St. Michael’s on Saturday. 

Men’s tennis

Bowdoin rallied from a deficit in doubles play to defeat Brandeis, 6-3, on Saturday afternoon.

The fifth-ranked Polar Bears opened their outdoor season at Pickard Courts with a win, improving to 10-1 with the victory over the 10th-ranked Judges.

Brandeis took a 2-1 lead in doubles play, but Bowdoin stayed within striking distance thanks to an 8-2 win from Justin Patel/Oscar Yang at No. 3.

Bowdoin got right back into the match with straight-set wins from Grant Urken (6-2, 6-2) and Jerry Jiang (6-1, 6-4).

The Polar Bears sealed the victory with a trio of key three-set wins, courtesy of Oscar Yang (5-7, 6-2, 7-5), Justin Patel (6-2, 3-6, 6-2) and Evan Fortier (6-3, 4-6, 6-2).

On Friday at Maine Pines, Bowdoin rolled to a 6-3 win over MIT. 

The Polar Bears dominated doubles play for a 3-0 lead. 

Bowdoin is off until Wednesday when the Polar Bears head to Waterville to play at Colby at 4 p.m.

Softball

Bowdoin split its Saturday doubleheader with Tufts, winning the first game, 6-2, before falling, 8-0, in the second.

The Polar Bears returned to Brunswick with a 13-9 (2-4 NESCAC) mark. The Jumbos are 19-4 (5-1 NESCAC).

Bowdoin took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the opener off a two-run double by Allison Rutz.

Rutz drove in another run in the third, singling up the middle, plating Caroline Rice.

The Jumbos pushed a pair of runs across the plate in the fourth. Alexis Abouldafia doubled to left and put Tufts on the board.

Samantha Valdivia answered with a two-run single in the bottom half of the inning.

Former Mt. Ararat High School standout Katelyn Cox added a sacrifice fly in the fifth to conclude the game’s scoring.

Kasey Cunningham had two stolen bases and Ruby Siltanen had one. Siltanen pitched all seven innings with eight hits allowed and four strikeouts. Rice and Rutz both went 2-for-3.

The Jumbos rolled behind the pitching of Kristi Van Meter, who tossed a no-hitter with eight strikeouts. 

Tufts edged Bowdoin, 5-4, on Friday. 

Kate Hoadley pitched 5 1/3 innings for the Polar Bears, allowing nine hits and picking up two strikeouts.

The Polar Bears are scheduled to play Thomas College today (doubleheader) at Pickard field at 3:30 p.m.