Women’s Hockey Bested by No. 14 Bowdoin, 5-3

BRUNSWICK, Maine – Suffolk women's hockey put up a fight in the third period but came up short against No. 14 Bowdoin Friday night at Sidney J. Watson Arena.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | No. 14 Bowdoin 5
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-7-0) | No. 14 Bowdoin (9-0-0) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Down 3-0 after the first 20 minutes Suffolk struck 1:30 into the middle period. Cassie Borowski played the puck off the boards to Bella Schmidt, who took it from the Rams' zone down the ice for a one-on-one with Abby Matusovich. Suffolk's sophomore snuck the puck by Matusovich, the first player to do so this season, to put the blue-and-gold on the board.  

Bowdoin responded to Schmidt's strike with a pair of strikes of its own to send the Rams into the second intermission chasing four, 5-1.  

Suffolk made things interesting in the third as it potted a pair of pucks over 21 seconds within the first five minutes. First, Borowski found the back of the net with help from Maddie Gagliano before Kate Pohl potted a marker on the blue-and-gold's next possession to cut the deficit down to 5-3.  

Ten minutes later, Anya Nichipor had a chance to trim the gap even further, but her shot hit the post and the 5-3 margin remained at the final buzzer. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Katelyn Michals took the loss with a 20-save effort. 
• Matusovich registered eight saves in the victory.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Borowski logged a pair of points on one goal and one assist. 
• Pohl and Schmidt scored one goal each. 
• Gagliano, Alexia Hill, O'Brien all dished out one assist. 
• The Polar Bears outshot Suffolk, 25-11, and held an upperhand in face-offs, 26-23. 

NOTEWORTHY

• The Rams played at Bowdoin for the first time in program history. 
• There has never been a shutout in the all-time series with Suffolk and Bowdoin.
• The three goals scored versus the Polar Bears are the most by Suffolk in a single game in the all-time series. 
• Borowski had her second multi-point game of her collegiate career. 
• O'Brien logged her first point of the season.
• Hill stretched her point streak to seven games. In that span the freshman has three goals and four assists.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk remains on the road Tuesday, Jan. 7 when it visits Connecticut College for a 2:00 p.m. tangle.