Bowdoin Women's Lacrosse Jumps Ahead Early, Coasts To Win at Endicott

Emma Beecher had three of her four goals in the first half as Bowdoin jumped to an early lead at Endicott

BEVERLY, Mass. - The Bowdoin College women's lacrosse team scored the first six goals of the game and never looked back in an easy 14-5 non-conference win at Endicott on Wednesday night.
The Polar Bears improve to 3-3 and are ranked 18th in the latest IWLCA Division III poll. The Gulls fall to 1-6 on the season with the loss.

Game Highlights

• Bowdoin left little doubt to the eventual outcome, scoring five goals in the first 12 minutes and grabbing a 7-1 halftime advantage
• Emma Beecher netted three first-half goals while Megan O'Connor had a pair
• Endicott trimmed the lead to 8-3 early in the second period, but Bowdoin quickly put the game away with a four-goal spurt in a span of 3:43 to push the lead to 12-3 with 16 minutes to go

By The Numbers

• Bowdoin won 15 of 21 draw controls and held a 36-10 advantage in shots
• The Polar Bears forced 18 Gull turnovers in the game
• Beecher led all players with four goals and two assists
• O'Connor finished with three goals while Lindsay Picard had three assists and four draw controls
• Goaltenders Kayli Weiss (one save, one goal allowed) and Erin Morrissey (four saves, four goals allowed) each played a half for Bowdoin
• Maura Grady made 17 stops for Endicott in the loss

Up Next

• Bowdoin will travel to Middlebury on Saturday for an important NESCAC contest. Face-off is scheduled for noon