BRUNSWICK, ME -– The UMaine-Farmington field hockey teams falls 4-0 to top-ranked Bowdoin College on Thursday evening.

The Beavers go to .500 on the year with a 3-3 record while the top-ranked Polar Bears extend their consecutive home win streak to 44.

Bowdoin took the early lead off the stick of Adrienne O'Donnell just 2:52 into the contest. Picking the ball off a Farmington defender in the circle, O'Donnell charged towards the net and flipped a shot past UMF goalie Alyssa Arsenault for the 1-0 lead.

O'Donnell earned an assist on Bowdoin's second goal of the game ten minutes later. Carving the end line, she dished a pass to Emily Simonton as she cut into space struck her shot into Farmington's cage. 

Simonton stormed down the field for her second goal of the game less than a minute later. Receiving a feed at the top of the circle and beating a UMF defender on her right, Simonton took a low angle shot from the right side which snuck between Arsenault and the post.

The Polar Bears held on to their 3-0 lead through the majority of the second half until Liz Znamierowski added Bowdoin's final goal of the night with 7:40 to play. O'Donnell collected her second assist of the night sent a cross cage pass towards Znamierowski. The pass was deflected by a Beaver defender but Znamierowski connected mid-air and put away her first of the season. 

Alyssa Arsenault started the game in the net for the Beavers, collecting six saves, in her first start of the year. Patty Smith played the second half and saved eight shots in the relief appearance.

UMaine-Farmington (3-3) will begin conference play on Saturday at 11:00am when the Beavers travel to Castleton.