Hartford, Conn. - Freshman defender Dominique Di Dia (Studio City, Calif.) tallied a goal and an assist, including the gamewinner with 7:34 remaining in the third period, to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 3-2 win over the visiting Manhattanville College Valiants in women's ice hockey action this evening at Williams Rink.  Trinity improves to 9-5-2 with its second win in a row, while the Valiants drop to 14-3 with their first loss against a Division III team this season.  The Bantams avenge a 14-0 loss to Manhattanville in the last meeting between the teams eight years ago.

Di Dia scored the clincher on a blistering slapshot from 40 feet away in the center of the ice that sailed over Valiant junior goalie Sophia Kokkonis' (East Meadow, N.Y.) left shoulder.  Sophomores Sarah Kohn (Winchester, Mass.) and Kim Weiss (Potomac, Md.) each provided her second assist of the game on the play.  Manhattanville had tied the game midway through the third frame when junior forward Monique Rafferty (Clifton Park, N.Y.) advanced the puck down the left side and snuck the puck into the lower left corner of the Bantam net past junior backstop Isabel Iwachiw (New York, N.Y.).

Trinity opened the scoring 8:34 into the contest and seven seconds into its first power play on a hard shot by sophomore blueliner Laura Komarek (Plymouth, Minn.), and took a 2-0 lead early in the second stanza on a rebound by junior forward Britney McKenna (Rye, N.H.).  The Valiants pulled within a goal on a scoring shot by senior forward Alex Blackwell (Brewster, N.Y.).  McKenna joined Di Dia with a goal and an assist, Iwachis finished with 24 saves for Trinity.  Kokkonis totaled 30 saves for Manhattanville.

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