BRUNSWICK, Maine — Colby College helped its New England Small College Athletic Conference playoff chances with a 0-0 overtime tie at Bowdoin College on Tuesday in men's soccer.

The Mules move to 3-7-3 overall and 1-5-2 in conference play. Bowdoin is 6-3-3 overall and 2-3-3 in the league. Colby likely needs wins in the final two regular season games at Hamilton College (Saturday, 1:30 p.m.) and home to Bates College (Oct. 28 at 8 p.m.) to make the conference playoffs.

Bowdoin and Bates also played to a 0-0 tie earlier this season. The Mules can win a second straight Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) title with a victory against the Bobcats.

Colby threatened to score seconds into the game when Dan Vogel launched a shot at the top left corner, forcing Bowdoin's Stevie Van Siclen to leap to his side and deflect the ball away 41 seconds into play.

Neither team would truly challenge the keepers on either end through the remainder of the first half. Van Siclen and John Pappas each made two more saves in the half, but no challenge ever matched Vogel's in the opening minute.

Colby's most promising look in the second half came just 2:37 into play. Brandon Fahlberg took a shot from close to the right post, beating Van Siclen, but Patrick Kearon cleared the ball from behind the goalie to deny Fahlberg.

Bowdoin's offense stepped up the pressure in the second half, with several promising sequences. Levi Morant headed a shot to redirect a feed, but Pappas was in position to absorb the shot 15 minutes into the half.

Moctar Niang looked to put Bowdoin on the board two minutes later, connecting with a header off a corner kick from Ben Citrin. Niang's ball hit the crossbar and deflected back into the field of play.

Pappas extended the game into a second overtime period by denying a short side shot attempt from Cedric Charlier as time expired in the first extra frame.

Each goalie ended the game with four saves in 110 minutes of scoreless play. Bowdoin outshot the Mules by a 17-6 margin and held a 10-3 edge in corner kicks.

Colby 0, Bowdoin 0, 2 OT

Colby         0#0#0#0—0

Bowdoin   0#0#0#0—0

Shots: Colby 6, Bowdoin 17. Corner kicks: Colby 3, Bowdoin 10. Total fouls: Colby 8, Bowdoin 12. Goalies: John Pappas (Colby, 110:00, 0 GA, 4 saves); Stevie Van Siclen (Bowdoin, 110:00, 0 GA, 4 saves).