Women’s Tennis: The women’s tennis team continued its fall tournament schedule this weekend at the ITA New England Regional Championship hosted by MIT.
Women’s Volleyball: After falling in the first set, the Tufts women’s volleyball team came back and topped Bowdoin, 3-1, in four extremely close sets at Cousens Gym Saturday afternoon. Tufts edged the Polar Bears 19-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23.
Men’s & Women’s Cross Country: The men’s cross country team took first while the women took second at a home invitational Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bear men ran away from the field with a team score of 21, easily out-pacing second-place Wentworth (60). The women’s squad totaled 28 points and was just edged out for the win by Wellesley (27).
Women’s Golf: The women’s golf team finished 10th of 14 squads at the Mount Holyoke Invitational this weekend at The Orchards Golf Club. The Polar Bears carded a two-day total of 703. Williams finished first at the tournament with a team total of 601.
Men’s Golf: The men’s golf team placed 13th of 15 teams this weekend at the Williams Fall Invitational at Taconic Golf Club. The Polar Bears posted a team score of 651 over the two days. Williams came away with the title with a 599 total over action on Saturday and Sunday.
Sailing: The sailing team competed in several regattas around the region. The Polar Bears sailed to a fourth-place finish in their best performance of the weekend at the Chris Loder Trophy hosted by the University of New Hampshire. Bowdoin also took a seventh-place finish at the Hood Trophy hosted by Tufts and posted an 11th-placing showing at the Amanda Trophy at Roger Williams.
Women’s Rugby: The women’s rugby team dominated en route to 57-17 win over Molloy College in their season-opening match Saturday afternoon.
Women’s Soccer: Anna Mellman scored the game’s only goal late in the first half to give the women’s soccer team a key 1-0 NESCAC win at Middlebury Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears (5-1, 3-1) scored just 33 seconds before halftime and made it stand for the final 45 minutes on Dragone Field. Middlebury falls to 4-2(1-2 NESCAC) with the loss.
Men’s Soccer: The Middlebury men’s soccer team needed an overtime penalty kick goal by Kirk Horton to slip past Bowdoin 2-1 Saturday. (( sunday ))
Field Hockey: Third-ranked Middlebury scored a pair of quick goals in the first half en route to a 3-2 NESCAC victory over top-ranked Bowdoin Saturday on Kohn Field. The victory kept the Panthers (4-0, 3-0) undefeated on the season, while the Polar Bears fall to 5-1, 4-1 in league play.
Football: The football team suffered a season-opening 40-3 defeat at the hands of Middlebury Saturday afternoon at Youngman Field. The Panthers, who gained 517 yards of total offense in the win, improve to 1-0. Bowdoin drops to 0-1 on the year with the loss.