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Date: September 16, 2006
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

LePage leads Bowdoin field hockey past Colby, 2-0

WATERVILLE, Maine Burgess LePage (Cumberland, Maine) had both goals and Kate Leonard (Eliot, Maine) posted the shutout as the eighth-ranked Bowdoin College field hockey team took a 2-0 victory over Colby College in a New England Small College Athletic Conference game Saturday at Bill Alfond Field.

LePage tallied off a penalty corner with 21:10 left in the first half off an assist from Katherine Gormley (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) for a 1-0 lead at the break.

LePage got an insurance goal with 8:43 remaining in the game from a pass by Lindsay McNamara (Milton, Mass.).

Leonard stopped five shots as Bowdoin improved to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the league.

The Mules (0-2, 0-2 NESCAC) got 17 saves from goaltender Jamie Enos (South Hamilton, Mass.) to keep Colby in the game.

Bowdoin 2, Colby 0

Bowdoin 1#1---2

Colby 0#0---0

Scoring

1st half: Bowdoin: Burgess LePage (Katherine Gormley), 21:10 left

2nd half: Bowdoin: Burgess LePage (Lindsay McNamara), 8:43

Shots: Bowdoin 34, Colby 7. Penalty corners: Bowdoin 12, Colby 3. Goalies: Kate Leonard (Bowdoin, 70 minutes, 5 saves); Jamie Enos (Colby, 70 minutes, 17 saves).