BOX SCORE
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA- In a stunning second
half surge, Williams (10-6, 4-5 NESCAC) defeated number four
Bowdoin (10-6, 6-3 NESCAC) to advance to the semifinals of the
NESCAC tournament. The Eph victory was revenge for their
heartbreaking regular season loss to the Polar Bears. Williams will
travel to Trinity on May 8 to play in the NESCAC semifinals.
Sophomore duo Katie Ellis and Margie Fulton led the Eph offense
with four goals, and three goals respectively. Julia Schreiber
played the entire 60 minutes, and made twelve saves.
Fulton and Ellis got the game going, scoring a goal each
in the first six minutes. Bowdoin put one away a minute later, but
senior Tina Nawrocki maintained the Ephs' two goal lead a
minute later, scoring off a pass from Fulton. The Polar Bears
scored two more goals, to tie the game before freshman Nicolle
Perry, assisted by Ellis, helped the Ephs reclaim the lead. Bowdoin
then went on a scoring spree, putting away five goals in the second
quarter. Williams did have the final word of the half when freshman
Sam Weinstein scored to make the score 8-5 in the Polar
Bears' favor.
In an inversion of the first half, Bowdoin scored the
first goal before Williams went on a spree of their own. The Ephs
put away six goals in ten minutes. Ellis scored two goals, while
Nawrocki, Weinstein, and Fulton scored one more each. Senior
co-captain Whitney Thayer got on the board with 22:24 left in the
half, scoring off a pass from fellow senior Nawrocki. Head Coach
Chris Mason said that “We had good intensity in the first
half, but we really turned it up in the second half. We handled the
ball really well.” Polar Bear McKenna Teague interrupted the
Eph stampede with her goal at 12:13, but Ellis responded with her
fourth goal of the game. Weinstein scored two minutes later to
bring the score to 13-10 in Williams' favor. Bowdoin scored
two more goals, interrupted by Fulton's third, making the
final score 14-12.
Mason attributed the win to a “good team
effort.” She said that “everyone worked hard together.
In the first game, we gave up a lot of fast breaks and free
position shots, but we didn't do that this time. We played
well and we're really excited about the
win.”
Williams will travel to Hartford to play Trinity at 12pm
on May 8.
