STANDISH, ME - St. Joe's lost to Bowdoin 10-3 and 2-1 last night in games that had been rescheduled from Friday. The Monks (24-17) were coming off an action-packed weekend in which they captured the DIII Independents Northeast Championship with wins over Maine-Presque Isle, Green Mountain and Mitchell Colleges.

Game one was much closer than indicated by the 10-3 final score with only one run separating the teams until the top of the seventh.

St. Joe's got on the board first as FY Kristi Albert (Farmingdale, ME) singled and scored on a sacrifice fly by FY Gabrielle Burrola (Gallup, NM).

Bowdoin (18-22) evened the game with a run in the fourth on two singles and an RBI-double and took a 3-1 lead with two runs in the fifth.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Monks tied the game on a two-RBI single by FY Colby McKenney (Saco, ME) that scored Albert and FY Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME).

Bowdoin took a one run lead in the sixth but pulled away in the seventh with six two-out runs.

St. Joe's was led by Ludwig (2/3, 1 run) and Albert (1/3, 2 runs) while sophomores Deb Drown (Gorham, ME) and Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) and senior Leanne Morton (Gorham, ME) added singles. Burrola (11-9) took the loss for St. Joe's.

Junior Colleen Delahanty (Warren, ME) (13-8) struck out five for the Monks in game two but Bowdoin held on for a 2-1 victory.

After three scoreless innings, the Polar Bears took the lead with a two-run homer in the fourth.

Junior Amanda Roy (Winslow, ME) hit a two-out RBI double in the seventh, but Bowdoin ended the rally with a strikeout.

St. Joe's plays two games at Babson College (MA) on 5/3 beginning at 3:00 p.m.