Brunswick, Maine - Trinity College sophomore Rachel
Romanowsky (Hampstead, N.H.) scored five goals and added
three assists as the visiting Bantam women's lacrosse team held off
te Bowdoin College Polar Bears on Saturday, 13-12. The
Bantams, ranked No. 14 in the nation, improve to 4-0
overall and 2-0 in the NESCAC, while the No. 20-ranked Polar
Bears fall to 2-2 overall and 0-2 in the league with their first
loss in three games.
Trinity never trailed Saturday, scoring three goals in the
opening 7:21 to take an early advantage. Romanowsky scored three
times in the first half, extending their lead to 6-2 with 10:33
remaining in the first period. Bowdoin rolled off goals in a 1:08
span, courtesy of Liz Clegg, Katie Stewart and McKenna Teague to
trim the gap to 6-5 with 2:44 left before intermission. Trinity
junior Jen Calver (Barnard, Vt.) was able to find
the back of the net shortly before the half to give the visitors a
7-5 lead at the break.
Trinity scored three straight goals to open the second period as
senior Carrie Disa (Wilbraham, Mass.), Romanowsky
and Calver scored to extend the lead to 10-5 just 3:14 into the
half. Bowdoin responded with a trio of scores from Teague, Stewart
and Katie Herter to cut the lead to 10-8. The Polar Bears were able
to cut the lead to a single goal on three occasions, 11-10, 12-11
and 13-12, with under 10 minutes to play, but could not find the
equalizer as Trinity won a draw control with a minute to go and was
able to run out the clock.
Clegg and Teague scored three goals apiece for the Polar Bears,
who got 15 saves from Stephanie Collins-Finn. Trinity received two
goals apiece from Calver and sophomore Caitlin Irvine
(Westwood, Mass.) in addition to Romanowsky's five.
Freshman Gina Dinallo (West Hartford, Conn.)
stopped 13 shots for the Bantams, who held a 36-29 edge in shots
and 16-11 lead in draw controls.
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