THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 9 Bowdoin College 22, MIT 13
 
- Records: MIT (2-4); Bowdoin (5-1)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Roberts Field at Steinbrenner Stadium)
 
- The Lead: No. 9 Bowdoin College outscored MIT, 7-3, in the second quarter en route to a 22-13 win in a non-conference men's lacrosse game on Tuesday night. Sophomore Zach Bleil (New Canaan, Conn.) paced the Engineers with four goals and one assist while Casey Ryan amassed six goals and five assists for the Polar Bears.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Oliver Bernstein put Bowdoin on the board after 36 seconds elapsed and then Ryan increased Bowdoin's lead just over four minutes later. MIT replied with goals from senior Bennett Stankovits (Rumson, N.J.) and Bleil to tie the game at the 7:53 mark. The deadlock held until the Polar Bears generated three goals during the final 4:18 of the frame. Ryan set up Sam Raye-Steiner and Jason Lach for the first two goals while Raye-Steiner earned an assist on a strike by Bernstein with three seconds left.
 
- Bowdoin gradually pulled away in the second quarter as it entered halftime with a 12-5 advantage. Will Byrne produced two goals and two assists while Ryan and Lach both contributed two goals and one assist.
 
- A man-up goal by Bleil early in the third quarter led to both teams trading goals as a blast by senior Heath Nilsen (Carlsbad, Calif.) that was set up by sophomore CJ Sanchez (New Rochelle, N.Y.) made the score 14-8 with 6:25 on the clock.
 
- The Polar Bears responded with seven unanswered goals which resulted in a 21-8 cushion at the 10:18 mark of the fourth quarter. The Engineers closed the game with a 5-1 run as sophomore Garrett Campagna (Lancaster, Pa.) tallied one goal and two assists.
 
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Nilsen finished with three goals, one assist, and four groundballs while Campagna posted one goal and three assists. Senior Luke Chapman (Houston, Texas) produced four groundballs and four caused turnovers as graduate student Andrew Palleiko (Hopkinton, Mass.) collected eight groundballs. Junior Brennan Hoppa (Hampstead, N.H.) contributed two caused turnovers while graduate student David Vapnek (San Diego, Calif.) made 11 saves.
 
- Lach notched five goals and one assist as Bryne registered four goals and two assists. Raye-Steiner chipped in one goal and three assists while Beau Burns won 20 of his 30 faceoff attempts and corralled five groundballs. Zach Goorno and Kevin Sandor had five and four groundballs, respectively, as Robert Hobbs totaled eight saves and three groundballs.
 
- This was the first meeting between both teams since 2001. The Engineers are now 10-13 all-time against the Polar Bears in a series that began in 1961.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- Both teams host conference opponents on Saturday, March 23 at 1:00 p.m. MIT will take on NEWMAC foe Babson College while Bowdoin will play NESCAC rival No. 12 Amherst College.
 
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