Hartford, Conn. - First-year goalkeeper Gina Dinallo
(West Hartford, Conn.) made 16 saves and sophomore
Caitlin Irvine (Westwood, Mass.) and first-year
Liz Bruno (Andover, Mass.) scored two goals apiece
to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 11-7 win over the visiting
Amherst College Lord Jeffs in New England Small College Athletic
Conference (NESCAC) women's lacrosse action this evening on
Sheppard Field. Trinity, ranked No. 11 in the nation,
improves to 10-3 overall and 6-3 in the league win the win, while
the Lord Jeffs fall to 6-7 and 3-6 to close their regular
season.
Amherst jumped out to a 1-0 lead five minutes into the game
after a Trinity goal got called back, but it was the last lead the
Lord Jeffs would see, thanks to several key stops in net by Dinallo
and a consistent offensive pace.
Bruno tied the game at 1-1, and Rachel Romanowsky
(Hampstead, N.H.) scored the eventual game-winning goal to
put the Bantams up 2-1. Trinity increased their advantage to 6-3 by
halftime, a lead that Amherst would immediately threaten in the
opening moments of the second half. The Lord Jeffs scored two
goals in the first three minutes of the final half, closing the gap
to 6-5 in Trinity's favor. The Bantams distanced themselves
from the Lord Jeffs, by answering with four consecutive goals to
increase their lead to 10-5.
Amherst scored with 6:33 remaining in the game in a last ditch
effort to make a comeback, but Bruno would close the match how she
started it for the Bantams, with a goal, officially putting the
game out of reach for the Lord Jeffs. Amherst, who outshot
the Bantams 29-27, would add a late goal, but nothing more.
Senior Amy Craig (Denver, Colo.) tallied three
goals and first-year Lindsey Moran (Upper Montclair,
N.J.) scored two to lead the Lord Jeffs offense. Trinity
senior Jesse Schultz (Troy, N.Y.) scored a goal
and collected two assists in the game.
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