BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Cielle Collins supplied Bowdoin with a pair of RBIs, including the game-ending run, as the Polar Bears downed the Bates softball team 9-1 in six innings on Friday.

Bowdoin rose to 20-11 (6-3 NESCAC) while dropping the Bobcats to 8-18 (2-8 NESCAC).

Emily Griffin had a pair of stolen bases in the outing, with Adriane Krul, Hanna Wurgaft, and Marisa O'Toole all taking one. Melissa DellaTorre pitched six innings for the Polar Bears, allowing just three hits and one earned run.

Krul led off for the Polar Bears with a double in the bottom of the first, scoring a quickly on an RBI single from Griffin. Bowdoin added another run in the following inning as Tracy Shirey drove in Marisa O'Toole from third.

Bates cut the Polar Bears lead in half in the top of third. Sophomore Alex Eliopoulos (Akron, Ohio) tagged a one-out double and scored later as sophomore Karen Lockhart (East Greenwich, R.I.) singled to short.

Bowdoin answered with a four-run outburst, starting with the leadoff single from Griffin. Katie Gately reached on a single to center, and the Polar Bears loaded the bases as O'Toole walked. Griffin scored and Gately scored on consecutive plays as Griffin took home off a bases loaded walk, and Gately crossed on a wild pitch. Bowdoin filled the bases again, allowing Shirey and Krul to notch back-to-back RBIs. The Polar Bears went up 8-1 in the fourth off RBI singles from Wurgaft and Collins. With a runner on second following a leadoff double by Julia Geaumont, Collins' single up the middle allowed Bowdoin to take the 9-1 victory. 

Junior Kelsey Freedman (Falmouth, Maine) started in the circle for Bates, allowing seven hits with four walks and a strikeout. Junior Brenna Callahan (Milton, Mass.) finished out the game with three hits and one strikeout against 14 batters.

Saturday's scheduled twinbill between the Bobcats and Polar Bears has already been postponed due to anticipated poor weather. The teams are likely to play on Sunday, with an exact schedule to be determined.