Box Score BRUNSWICK, Maine-- The Skidmore College field hockey team threw all it had at defending national champion Bowdoin College, before losing 2-1 in overtime in an NCAA Division III quarterfinal.
 
The Thoroughbreds finish with an 18-4 record, while the Polar Bears take an 18-2 mark into next weekend's final four. It will be the eighth final four trip in the last 10 years for Bowdoin.
 

Skidmore put Bowdoin in a quick hole, scoring 5:05 into the opening frame, following pressure in the circle off a penalty corner. Leading scorer Dani DeGregory connected with a loose ball as it came across cage to the right post and put her team up 1-0.  Seeley Fancher almost added another Thoroughbreds goal in the 20^th minute as she had an open look from the left post with Hannah Gartner out of the play. Meredith Tibbals came up with the big mid-air defensive save to keep Skidmore from doubling its lead.
 
Bowdoin leveled the score 21:24 into the second half, finally besting Skidmore keeper Amy Beck after twelve total attempts. Pam Herter broke away down the left side of the field, chasing the ball down as it was inches from the end line, and made a reverse stick pass to Kennedy who one-timed it for the equalizer. Bowdoin continued to apply pressure with several threatening scoring opportunities, including a give and go between Kennedy and Adrienne O'Donnell that was broken up by a diving Beck with under ten to play. Skidmore came right back down the field, earning a penalty corner with four minute remaining, only to have Colleen Finnerty stop a line drive at the goal mouth.
 
With the teams knotted at 1-1, fifteen minutes were put on the clock for a sudden victory overtime period. Bowdoin pressured early, earning a penalty corner only one minute into play, and saw another shot bounce off the post at 10:38 from O'Donnell. Again, the Thoroughbreds stormed back down the field and earned six consecutive penalty corners and directed three shots on Gartner. Finally earning the call for a sixteen yard hit, Finnerty connected with Kennedy at midfield. With no Skidmore defenders between herself and the circle, the junior forward kicked into gear and drew Beck into a one-on-one. The senior goalie played the situation perfectly and laid out, forcing Kennedy to make a big pull wide to the right. Kennedy maintained control and slid a hard shot to the far left corner as the Bowdoin bench erupted 11:13 into overtime.
 
Beck had a career-high 17 saves for the Thoroughbreds, including 11 in the second half. Gartner stopped six total shots for Bowdoin, coming up big with three saves in overtime. The Polar Bears outshot Skidmore 29-11, with the Thoroughbreds holding an 11-10 edge in corners.