BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Senior Maddie Inlow batted 4-for-6 with three doubles on the day, but the Bates softball team couldn't avoid the series sweep as Bowdoin won both games in Saturday's doubleheader at Pickard Field, 8-1 in Game 1 and 5-1 in Game 2.

Bates (10-16, 1-9 NESCAC East) will conclude the season Sunday with a final NESCAC East Division doubleheader at Tufts, makeup games from earlier this season.

The Polar Bears (27-8, 9-3) are the top seed in the NESCAC East and earned hosting rights in the NESCAC Championship for the first time in program history.

Game 1 Recap

Bowdoin jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Marisa O'Toole and Claire McCarthy each tagged RBI singles and Lauren O'Shea added a two-run single.

The Bobcats crept back into the game on an RBI groundout from sophomore pitcher Sam Fellers (Mendham, N.J.) in the following inning. McCarthy responded in the bottom half of the inning with a similar play, giving Bowdoin a 5-1 lead.

Caroline Rice drove in two more runs for the Polar Bears in the fourth, singling to left, and O'Toole added another RBI in the sixth.

Fellers suffered the loss in the circle for Bates, allowing 10 hits and eight runs.

Emily Griffin pitched all seven innings for Bowdoin and allowed just four hits. The senior struck out four and walked three.

Inlow (Falmouth, Maine) went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double.

Game 2 Recap

Jordan Gowdy put Bowdoin on the board in the bottom of the second with a triple to right center that brought McCarthy home.

With Rice standing on second in the following inning, Allison Rutz cleared the fence in left center to add two more runs to Bowdoin's tally.

Sophomore Mimi Crowley (Barnstable, Mass.) gave the Bobcats their first run of the game with single to center that drove in Inlow.

Bowdoin added two more runs in the fourth. Miller scored from third on a wild pitch and O'Toole plated Griffin with a single to left.

Rutz pitched four innings for Bowdoin and allowed four hits with as many strikeouts. Samantha Roy pitched the final three innings and allowed just one hit with six strikeouts.

Bates first-year Kirsten Pelletier (Sidney, Maine) surrendered seven hits and three runs in three innings. Fellers pitched the second half of the game and allowed five hits and a pair of runs.

Inlow went 2-for-3 again, with a pair of doubles.

Griffin was 3-for-4 at the plate with a triple for Bowdoin. McCarthy was 3-for-3 with a double.