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BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Babson College field hockey team saw its magnificent 2010 season come to an end on Saturday, as the Beavers fell to nationally-ranked Bowdoin College, 6-0, in the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament at Bowdoin's Howard F. Ryan Field. With the win, the Polar Bears (17-1), ranked fourth in the country by the NFHCA, advance to Sunday's Sectional Final against either SUNY Cortland or Lebanon Valley, while the Beavers end their year with a stellar record of 16-6.

Bowdoin dominated from the start, scoring three unanswered goals in the first half. Sophomore Kassey Matoin (Springvale, Maine) scored the Polar Bears' first goal off a turnover deep in the own zone at 4:58, senior Ingrid Oelschlager (Roanoke, Va.) netted the second on a penalty stroke at 10:07, and sophomore Cathleen Smith (Larchmont, N.Y.) tallied the third at 11:11.

Babson had its two best scoring chances late in the first half. The first came when first-year Morgan Lockwood (Feeding Hills, Mass.) found herself open on the left side on the Beavers' first penalty corner of the game in the 19th minute, but senior captain Colleen Kelly's (Milton, Mass.) pass from the top of the circle deflected off her stick and was cleared by a Bowdoin defender. Lockwood then posted Babson's only shot of the game on another penalty corner with five minutes left in the half, but Polar Bears' senior goalie Emily Neilson (Chatham, Pa.) made her lone save of the contest to keep the visitors off the board.

The Polar Bears continued to pour on the offense in the second half, tacked on three more scores to complete the 6-0 win. Smith scored her second of the game off an Oelschlager assist at 37:57, Matoin tipped in a drive by junior Ella Curren (Roxbury, Conn.) at  56:51, and senior Michaela Calnan (Melrose, Mass.) capped off the Bowdoin victory when she converted a Matoin feed at 62:29.

Junior Jess Pashos (Winchester, Mass.) went the distance and finished with 14 saves in net for Babson, while Neilson made the only save for Bowdoin before giving way to sophomore Kayla Lessard (Enfield, Conn.) for the final 7:31.

This was Babson's second appearance in the NCAA Tournament, as well as the second time the Beavers advanced as far as the second round.