Box Score FARMINGTON, Maine -- Bowdoin College struck for five second-half goals as the Polar Bears put away the University of Maine at Farmington 7-1 in non-conference women's soccer action this afternoon at Prescott Field.
The Beavers (3-5-3) are scheduled to host Castleton State College in North Atlantic Conference competition Saturday at 1 p.m. Bowdoin (3-3-2) is slated to host Colby College Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in New England Small College Athletic Conference action.
Ellery Gould (East Sandwich, Mass.) established a Bowdoin women's soccer record for career goals with 39. Gould's record-setting score, breaking the 27-year-old record held by Marte Holden, came at 48:37 to ignite the Polar Bears' second-half scoring spree.
Casey Blossom (Concord, N.H.), Carolyn Gorajek (Hightstown, N.J.), Becky Krakora (Scotch Plains, N.J.), Caroline Logan (Tiburon, Calif.), Molly Popolizio (Rexford, N.Y.) and Alexa Yurick (New York, N.Y.) each netted a goal for the Polar Bears.
Bowdoin outshot the Beavers 31-6 in the match, but struggled to shake the hosts in the opening half. Gorajek blasted in a rebound at 14:48 to give the Polar Bears a 1-0 lead, but UMF's Alida Peake (Penobscot, Maine) tied the game at 1-1 less than six minutes later. Bowdoin keeper Louise Johnson (New York, N.Y.) beat Peake to her dribble with a dive, but the ball skipped away and Peake punched it in for the tying score.
UMF keeper Beth Lebel (Lewiston, Maine) made a leaping attempt on a misplayed ball to save an own goal and snubbed Gould with a diving save to keep the match at 1-1 for the next 20 minutes.
Krakora took advantage of a turnover in the UMF backfield to beat Lebel at 41:02 to give Bowdoin a 2-1 lead at intermission.
Gould's goal out of the break came off a midfield feed from Becky Stoneman (Faribault, Minn.). Gould took a stride and fired the ball in for the record-setting score and a 3-1 Bowdoin lead.
Blossom and Popolizio expanded the lead to 5-1 at 61:55 with Logan adding a penalty kick and a Yurick header finishing off the scoring for a 7-1 win for the Polar Bears.
Lebel finished with eight saves for the Beavers.
Johnson and Maddie Lane (Topsham, Maine) split netminding duties. Lane recorded two saves in the second half.
