BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College field hockey team scored five times in the first half to cruise to a 5-0 win over visiting Husson University on Thursday evening.
The fourth-ranked Polar Bears climbed to 11-1 on the season. The Eagles dropped to 5-6.
Bowdoin scored all five goals on penalty corners. The first came at 5:30 as Peyton Jackson received an insert and passed left to Kara Finnerty, who took a one-time slapshot to direct the ball into the net.
Jackson scored on a direct from the top of the circle 2:25 into the second quarter off an insert from Elle Brine.
Finnerty tallied her second goal of the game as she deflected a drive from Manveer Sandhu a minute later.
The goals continued to come as Brine finished a ball on the left post off a far side cross from Abby Bashaw.
Jackson scored off another Brine insert, blasting a drive from the top of the circle into the cage with under three minutes remaining in the frame.
Bowdoin held a 22-2 shot advantage and 16-2 edge in corners.
Kimmie Goddard made 10 saves for the Eagles. Maddie Ferrucci played the first half. Eva Verzani played 25:51 and made the only save of the night for Bowdoin. Julia Arsenault also saw time in net.
The Polar Bears host Colby on Monday at 6 p.m.
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