Middlebury defeated Bowdoin 16-9 in a hard fought game in beautiful weather

in Brunswick, ME. We just pulled in after a 6 hour trip (minor bus

trouble), so just a quick note tonight for anyone who checks this weekend

and is curious about the score.

We were up 7-4 at the half and 10-7 after 3 quarters. They made a couple

runs at us, but we kept holding them off and getting the lead back. They

were the best team we have played other than Gettysburg. They battled us

and their goalie played extremely well. They beat us up there two years ago

with the same goalie, but in that game we pelted him with shots. He made a

bunch of great saves in this one.

The entire defense played great. Jed Raymond played great against their #1

guy at attack who is a very good attackman. The attack led the way in

scoring with Seeley, Herbert and Hopkins all getting multiple goals. Our

4th attackman, Greg Carroll, also had a huge goal in the 3rd on a strong 1

v. 1 dodge.

Our middies did a nice job generating offense and running the field. They

also kept their middies from getting the ball very often. Three unsung

heroes on this team are our defensive midfielders, Derek Esposito, Scott

Leach and John Rice. They play great defense, do a great job breaking out

upfield to start transition goals and expend tons of energy denying the

other team's middies the ball. They are all excellent on-ball defenders,

but have sacrificed the "glory" of on-ball defense for the arduous task of

shutting off all game.

Dave Campbell was huge in the goal and got some great fast breaks started.

Quite a few of the goals were fast break/transition goals.

My hat is off to Bowdoin for how they battled, but it is a proud day to be a

Panther!

St. Lawrence on Tuesday at home, then Trinity next Saturday.

Best Wishes,

Erin

P.S. Thanks to Jim Taylor and Will Graham who were both in attendance!