Field Hockey Survives Double Overtime To Defeat Colby 2-1

10/18/2026 | Field Hockey | Box Score

BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin field hockey team rallied late and powered through double overtime to earn a 2-1 win over visiting Colby on Sunday afternoon.

The Polar Bears (11-2, 6-2 NESCAC) completed a perfect weekend of home action and picked up their seventh straight win while dropping the Mules to 7-6 (2-6 NESCAC).

Game Highlights

• Both teams tested the defenses early with a combined ten shots in the first quarter and eight penalty corners.
• Play settled in the second quarter as Bowdoin managed a pair of corners and three shots.
• Colby amped up the pressure coming out of halftime and scored the game’s first goal 10:20 into the frame. Following a corner, the ball rattled around to the right post where Ruth Collins banged home the go-ahead.
• Bowdoin found its offensive pressure in the fourth and tied the game with under ten minutes remaining in regulation. Ella Davies inserted to Clara Noyes at the top of the circle, Noyes swept a shot toward the net and the diving Emily Ferguson tipped the ball past Gina Jacoby.
• Bowdoin dominated the first overtime period with three shots and the majority of possession in the midfield.
• Eva Filipponi kept the Polar Bears alive in the second overtime with three consecutive point-blank saves moving across the goal face.
• Noyes secured the game winner with 2:49 remaining in double overtime. Ferguson passed Ella Davies low along the right side and Davies centered to Noyes at the stroke line. Noyes pulled back to create space and get strong positioning before flicking a shot past Jacoby.

By The Numbers

• Bowdoin held a 20-18 edge in shots, but Colby proved more accurate with a 15-12 shots on goal edge.
• The Polar Bears lined up 11 corners while allowing nine. Neither team earned a corner in overtime.
• Filipponi made a career high 13 saves. Davies added a defensive save.
• Jacoby made nine saves for Colby and was helped by Hadley Swenson’s defensive save.

Up Next

Bowdoin hits the road for a game at Connecticut College on Saturday at 11:00 a.m.