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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA – Junior Brianna Wolfson scored three
times Saturday to help top-seeded Williams College to a 6-1 victory
over fifth-seeded Bowdoin in the semifinals of the NESCAC
Tournament at Cole Field.
Williams (15-0-1) advances to Sunday's NESCAC championship
game against second-seeded Amherst (11-1-3), which beat Middlebury
1-0 Saturday. Game time is 12 p.m.
Williams, the defending NESCAC champions, tied a single-game
NESCAC Tournament record with its six-goal output. Wolfson also
tied a single-game tournament record with her hat trick.
Bowdoin falls to 7-5-4 overall.
The Ephs outshot Bowdoin 21-9 and took a 1-0 lead just one
minute and 46 seconds into the contest when midfielder Jackie Russo
sent a long through ball down the middle of the field. Wolfson ran
onto it, dribbled twice and slipped a shot underneath Polar Bear
keeper Kelly Thomas and into the lower left-corner of the goal. It
was the second fastest goal to start a game in NESCAC Tournament
history.
Just under 15 minutes later, Russo and Wolfson teamed up again,
producing a carbon copy of the first goal. Only 52 seconds later,
Williams sophomore Sara Wild scored off an assist from Gabrielle
Woodson for a 3-0 lead with 27:40 remaining in the half.
"Bowdoin's back four was playing rather high early in the game
and we found a way to get behind it and take advantage," Eph coach
Michelyne Pinard said. "Overall, I thought it was a great team
effort and we're looking forward to tomorrow."
Bowdoin did not go away, countering with a score of its own with
10:08 left in the half. Ellery Gould played a ball back to freshman
Anna Tachau at the top of the 18 and Tachau's shot snuck in
under the crossbar to cut the Bowdoin deficit to 3-1.
Wolfson's third goal came out of a goal-mouth scramble
only 1:26 into the second stanza and made it 4-1.
Thomas made four saves in goal for Bowdoin. Lauren Sinnenberg
made two for Williams.
