NESCAC CHAMPIONS

Capturing its first conference title in nine years, the seventh-seeded men’s hockey team completed an impressive and improbable run through the NESCAC Tournament with a 3–2 overtime win over Williams College. It is the third NESCAC championship for Bowdoin, which previously won back-to-back championships in 2013—when they also defeated Williams in the championship game—and 2014. On top of bragging rights over this year’s title, the Polar Bears became the first seventh-seed team in conference history to win the league title. With the win, Ben Guite, in his first year as a head coach, joins Bowdoin graduate Dave Cataruzolo ’98 (Trinity in 2008) as the only two rookie coaches to win the NESCAC championship.