Middletown, Conn. - Trinity College got a hat trick from junior Britney McKenna (Rye, N.H.), all on redirections in front of the Wesleyan net during power-play situations, as the visiting Bantams opened the 2008-09 season with a 7-1 road victory at Wesleyan University in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's ice hockey action this afternoon.  It was Trinity's third straight shutout win over Wesleyan and fourth victory in a row over the Cardinals.  Trinity has won eight of the last nine meetings against Wesleyan.

The teams played even over the first 10 minutes of the contest before McKenna posted her first goal of the game at the 10:19 mark, redirecting a point shot by senior Kelley McCarthy (Kingston, Mass.) while Trinity had the extra skater.  Sophomore Sarah Kohn (Winchester, Mass.) added a second power-play goal for Trinity with :36 left in the period as she received a pass from sophomore Kim Weiss (Potomac, Md.) and tipped in the puck from the right post.

Weiss began a four-goal Trinity run in the second period for a 6-0 lead when she picked up a loose puck at center ice and skated in for a breakaway, beating Wesleyan senior netminder Rachel Stemerman (36 saves) low to the glove side at 8:40.  At 14:12, McKenna put in her second goal of the contest on the power play before sophomore Jill Roloff (West Seneca, N.Y.) scored the first of her two goals in a 24-second span, each time assisted by freshman Hannah Harvey (Silverthorne, Colo.).

Wesleyan broke the shutout of Bantam junior goalie Isabel Iwachiw (New York, N.Y.), who totaled 14 saves, at 19:28 of the second period on junior Izzy Huston's shot from in close on the left after a point shot from senior Julia Cohen found its way to her through a maze of players in front.  McKenna polished off her hat trick with 2:39 to go in the game, redirecting a point shot by freshman Domi Di Dia (Studio City, Calif.) past Stemerman for the 7-1 final and Trinity's fourth power-play marker. 

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