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Bowdoin BOWDOIN (7-3, 2-3)
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Winner Amherst AMHERST (8-2, 5-2)
Bowdoin BOWDOIN
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Amherst AMHERST
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Score By Periods
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Bowdoin BOWDOIN 0 1 0 0 1
Amherst AMHERST 0 1 0 2 3

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

#7 Mammoths Freeze Out Polar Bears, 3-1, for 7th Straight Win

AMHERST, Mass. -- Senior Beth Williamson scored a tie-breaking goal on as penalty stroke in the fourth quarter Sunday, helping the #7-ranked Amherst College field hockey team to a 3-1 victory over visiting Bowdoin College on Senior Day at Hill Field.

The win was the Mammoths seventh victory in a row and improved their record to 9-2 overall, 6-2 in the conference. The Polar Bears fell to 7-4 overall, 2-4 in the conference. Amherst will host Springfield Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. in its final regular-season home game of 2022. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Junior Muffie Mazambani scored a goal for the fourth straight game, giving Amherst a 1-0 lead in the second quarter. Junior Gwen Allen's entry pass into the circle off a designed penalty corner play was headed for Mazambani but was picked off by a Bowdoin back, but her clearing pass was intercepted by Kat Mason, who took the ball into the right side of the circle before delivering a pass across to Mazambani stationed in front of the goal. The junior one-timed a shot into the top right corner of the goal for the lead with 5:30 remaining in the half. 

* The score remained tied until the fourth quarter. With 7:44 remaining, Amherst was awarded a penalty stroke and Williamson converted, firing a shot out of the reach of the Bowdoin keeper for a 2-1 advantage. It was Williamson's fourth goal of the season. 

*  Just 2:12 later, the Mammoths made it 3-1 on a great effort from senior Natalie Hobbs. Hobbs dribbled into the circle a the top right, cut back to her left, was stopped by a defender, circled around and fired off a shot toward the goal. Sophomore Sam Maynard extended her stick and tipped a shot past the keeper for a 3-1 lead with only 5:32 left in the contest. 

* The Mammoths played strong defense once again, not allowing Bowdoin a shot on goal in the second half, and giving up just one penalty corner opportunity.

BY THE NUMBERS: 

* Amherst took 16 shots to Bowdoin's four. The Mammoths put five shots on goal to the Polar Bears two. Amherst had six penalty corners in the game, four coming in the fourth quarter, while Bowdoin had three. 

* Keeper Sara Nidus made one save for the Mammoths. 
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