BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Colby Softball team dropped two midweek New England Small College Athletic Conference games to Bowdoin College on the road on Tuesday night. The Polar Bears won the opening game 5-4 and cruised to a 9-1 five-inning win in game two.

GAME ONE: Bowdoin 5, Colby 4

Trailing 5-0 after five innings, Colby (11-16, 5-5 NESCAC) scored four times in the sixth inning off four walks, two sacrifice flies and a wild pitch. Senior Erika MacLeod led off the inning with a walk, advanced to second when junior Emma Burnham was issued a walk. A fielder's choice off the bat of sophomore Caroline DeSimone loaded the bases. Junior Carissa Cassidy drew a bases-loaded walk that allowed MacLeod to score the Mules' first run of the game. A sacrifice fly to right field by junior Victoria Ramirez plated Burnham, making the game 5-2 before DeSimone crossed the plate with Mules' third run on a wild pitch during sophomore Ela Wilcox's at-bat. Wilcox took advantage of the next pitch she saw to fly out to center that resulted in a sacrifice fly that allowed Cassidy to score the game's final run.

Junior KC DeSarno (3-4) took the loss after allowing four earned runs off three hits with one strikeout in three innings. Freshman Sophia Meade pitched three innings in relief, allowing one earned run off three hits with a career-high six punch-outs.

Burnham, DeSimone, Cassidy and MacLeod all recorded hits in the setback.

GAME TWO: Bowdoin 9, Colby 1 (5 Innings)

Colby took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Ramirez hit an RBI single down the right field line.

Bowdoin (14-16, 3-9 NESCAC) answered in the bottom of the first inning by tying the game with an RBI single before taking the lead on an RBI ground out. The Polar Bears added two runs in the fourth and three runs in the fifth to earn the mercy-rule victory.

Sophomore Ashley Correll (4-6) suffered the loss for the Mules inside the circle after allowing eight runs (six earned) off 13 hits with one strikeout. Meade yielded one earned off two hits with a strikeout in 0.2 innings.

Burham, Ramirez, sophomore Juliana Kiley and junior Kelsey Sullivan each had a hit apiece for the Mules in game two.

The Mules continue their road trip on Saturday when they travel to Middlebury College for a NESCAC doubleheader beginning at 1 & 3 p.m.