The Bowdoin Polar Bears outscored the Husson Eagles 11-1 in a pair of non-conference softball games Sunday afternoon to pick up a doubleheader sweep at the Winkin Complex in Bangor.
In the first game Bowdoin used a five run third inning to break open a scoreless game, and rolled to a five inning mercy rule shortened 9-1 win.
In the third the Polar Bears got RBI singles by Caroline Rice, Allison Rutz, Samantha Valdivia, and a two run double by Maddie Rouhana to make it 5-0. Rice added an RBI groundout and Kasey Cunningham scored on a wild pitch in the fourth to extend to a 7-0 advantage. Morgan Coleman got Husson on the board with an RBI double in the home half of the fourth, before Natasha Fingar hit a two run homer to left field in the fifth to give Bowdoin an eight run lead. The Eagles couldn’t come up with anything in the bottom half ending the game by mercy.
Samantha Roy (7-2) got the pitching win for the Polar Bears allowing just one run, seven hits, with one walk, and four strikeouts in 5.0 innings. Rice, Rouhana, and Fingar all had two hits a piece. Alyssa Prest (0-1) suffered the loss in the circle for the hosts allowing five runs (none earned), seven hits, no walks, and two strikeouts in 3.0 innings. Whitney Bess had a pair of hits for the Eagles.
In the second game two Husson errors in the fourth inning allowed two Bowdoin runs to score unearned as the Polar Bears finished off the sweep with a 2-0 win.
Ruby Siltanen (6-2) did the rest in the circle for Bowdoin allowing no runs, three hits, with no walks, and five strikeouts in the complete game 7.0 inning performance. Karlye Pallotta, Rice, and Rouhana all had two hits a piece for the Polar Bears. Bri Brouchu, Olivia Smith, and Kylie Cunningham had the Husson hits in the loss. Jen Jones (6-5) went the distance in the circle for the Eagles allowing two runs (none earned), seven hits, with two walks, and 12 strikeouts.
Husson committed four errors in the two games and allowed only four earned runs of the 11 that Bowdoin scored on the day. Bowdoin improves their overall record to 19-10. Husson drops to 12-8. The Eagles will be at Plymouth State for another non-conference doubleheader Wednesday beginning at 3:30 pm.
