GORHAM, Maine -- Senior Sinisa Bajic (Belgrade, Serbia/Portland) scored a pair of second half goals and had an assist to lead the University of Southern Maine men’s soccer team to a 3-1 victory over Bowdoin College in a non-conference match Wednesday afternoon at the
USM Soccer Field.

The two goals give Bajic 44 for his career and moved him past Don Franzese (1979-82) into second place on the all-time goal scoring list. With the five points, Bajic became just the second USM player to reach 100 points (44 g, 12a) for his career.

Southern Maine grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute when junior Peter McHugh (Portland, Maine/Scarborough) redirected a low cross from Bajic past Bowdoin junior goalkeeper Garrick Sheldon (Cabin John, Md./Walt Whitman) for his fifth goal of the season. That was only goal of the opening 45 minutes as USM had a 5-2 advantage in shots.

Bajic got his first goal of the match, and the eventual game winner, in the 58th minute when he blasted a 10-yard shot from a bad angle off a Bowdoin defender. He got his second goal in the 67th minute converting on a free kick from about 25 yards out.

Bowdoin got on the board with 13:40 left to play when junior Hugh Fleming (Lansdale, Penn.) buried a penalty kick for his second goal of the season.

USM junior goalkeeper David Kreps (Agawam, Mass./Wilbraham & Monson) had a strong game in goal. He and Sheldon each were credited with two saves.

The win snapped a two-match losing skid for the Huskies and improved their overall record to 4-2-1. It was the first win for the Huskies against the Polar Bears since 2004, and just the fourth in 28 tries all-time. The Polar Bears dropped their second straight to fall to
1-2-0 overall.

Southern Maine opens Little East Conference play this Saturday (1:00 p.m.) when it travels to Keene State College. Bowdoin will travel to Williams College on Saturday (11:00 a.m.) for a NESCAC match.