Williamstown, Mass. - Sophomore attacker Caitlin Irvine
(Westwood, Mass.) scored her fourth goal of the game to
snap a 12-12 tie with 7:02 remaining and lead the visiting Trinity
College Bantams to a 14-13 win over the Williams College Ephs in
New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's
lacrosse action at Renzie Lamb Field. Trinity improves to 6-1
overall and 3-1 in the NESCAC, while Williams dropped to 4-2
overall and 2-2 in the conference.
Trinity led by as much as six goals twice in the game, the final
time with 22:52 remaining after junior Jennifer Calver scored
off a feed from Rachel Romanowsky. The Ephs scored seven of the
game's next eight goals to tie the score at 12-12 when senior Britt
Spackman fired a shot past Bantam goalie Gina Dinallo with 8:47 to
go. Trinity controlled the ensuing draw control and Irvine
was awarded a free position shot she converted. The Bantams Lauren
Peck added an important insurance goal with 3:24 remaining, as an
Eph left the field due to a yellow card infraction.
Williams Whitney Thayer scored with 1:49 left to make things
interesting at 14-13, and the Ephs had one possession to tie it,
but Trinity senior Jesse Schultz created a turnover before a
shot was taken.
Trinity came out of the gates on fire, scoring six times in the
first 16 minutes to build a 6-1 lead. Calver scored twice in the
early going, once right off the draw and the other off a rebound
opportunity after the initial save was made by Eph keeper Julia
Schreiber.
The Bantams led at the half, 9-4. Romanowsky had four goals
and three assists in the victory, and three of the scores came in
the opening 30 minutes. Irvine finished with four goals and one
assist, while Calver had three goals and an assist. Trinity
outshot Williams, 36-26 in the game. Dinallo made 10 saves in net
for the Bantams. Julia Nawrocki and Whitney Thayer each had
three goals and one assists for the Ephs. Spackman had two goals
and two assists, while first-years Margie Fulton and Taylor
Fleishhacker each scored twice. Schreiber finished with 17 saves,
12 in the second half.
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