Williams Field Hockey: Ephs Fall To Defending Champions
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Bowdoin, who have won the NCAA championships three times in the last four years, kept the ball consistently on the Eph's side for the first half of the match. The Polar Bears managed six shots to Williams' one in first thirty-five minutes. Bowdoin's Cathleen Smith, assisted by Elizabeth Clegg, scored at 1:50, followed by unassisted scores by her teammates Katie Herter and McKenna Teague at 13:38 and 27:20, respectively.
Williams did not have a shot on goal until twenty-five minutes in, when senior Katie Ellis made a bid for the net. In the second half, first-year standout Caitlin Conlon had four shots on goal. Fellow first-year Katie Jolin had one shot on goal, as did senior co-captain Margie Fulton - bringing Williams' total shots up to eight to Bowdoin's nine.
The Ephs stepped up their play considerably in the second half, however, garnering their first penalty corner on the Polar Bears in three years.
It was on the last of the three penalty corners earned by Williams that Sivalingam, assisted by sophomore Emily Jablonski and first-year Cary Hairfield, was able to make her successful bid on goal. Bowdoin ended the game with a total of eight penalty corners to Williams' three.
Conlon was injured 61:17 into the game.
Williams' goalkeeper Ariana Spiliotes recorded four saves and allowed three goals, while Bowdoin's Kayla Lessard recorded three saves and allowed one goal. Each spent the full seventy minutes in the net.
The Ephs will go on the road Wednesday to play Springfield College at 7 p.m.
