Hartford, Conn., July 28, 2009 - The Trinity College women's basketball team, coached by Wendy Davis (4th Season), posted its best regular season record since 1999-00 at 17-8 and finished tied with Wesleyan and Colby for fifth in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) at 4-5.  The Bantams advanced to the NESCAC semifinal game for the first time in College history with a 76-71 quarterfinal triumph at Bates before succumbing at Bowdoin, 74-56.  Trinity finished third in the NESCAC in scoring defense with 55.8 points allowed per game. 

Junior co-captain guard Claire Arnstein (Hicksville, N.Y.) started every game at guard and led Trinity in scoring with 12.1 ppg (302, 11th in NESCAC), assists (84, 7th in NESCAC), and steals (53, 5th NESCAC), while shooting .370 percent from the field (112-303), .303 from three-point range, and .622 from the foul line (51-82).  Arnstein also averaged 4.6 rebounds per game. Classmate Tess Donie (Worcester, Mass.) started every game at the swing position for the Bantams and averaged 7.2 ppg (180) and 1.9 rpg (47) while notching 46 assists (3rd on team) and 17 steals.  Donie, who came back from an injury that forced her to miss 13 games as a sophomore, shot 27.7 percent from the field (52-188), 28.3 percent from three-point range (13-46), and finished second on the squad and ninth in the NESCAC with a 77.8 free throw percentage (63-81, 2nd on team in FT and FTA).  Both were selected to the all-tournament team in the Cardinal Classic at Plattsburgh State, while Arnstein represented the Bantams on the All-NESCAC Second Team, and Donie graced the NESCAC All-Academic squad. 

Junior forward Christine Card (Waterbury, Conn.), the Plattsburgh Tournament MVP and Trinity's representative on the NESCAC All-Sportsmanship Team, also started all 25 games.  Card averaged 9.6 ppg (241) and a team-high 7.5 boards per game (188, 3rd in NESCAC), with a team-best .427 field goal percentage (106-248) and a team-best .806 free throw shooting percentage (29-36).  Card added 43 assists, 31 steals (3rd on team), and a team-high 31 blocked shots (5th in NESCAC).  Sophomore center Molly McGlynn (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.) played in every game with 24 starts, scored 6.1 ppg (152), and pulled down 5.4 boards per game (135, 2nd on team) with 11 blocks (2nd on team), while shooting .407 from the field (57-140) and .679 from the charity stripe (38-56).  Junior co-captain forward Jessica Sims (Peabody, Mass.) played in 23 games at forward and averaged 1.3 ppg (29) and 3.6 rpg (82) while notching 37 steals (2nd on team) and 14 assists.  Sims earned NESCAC All-Academic honors. 

Sophomore guard Kristen Fahey (Cumberland, R.I.) and freshman guards Kaitlin Ciarleglio (Waterbury, Conn.) and Michelle Royals (Torrington, Conn.) were solid in the backcourt this winter.  Fahey, playing both guard spots, appeared in every game, and started three times, while averaging 4.3 ppg (108), 2.0 rpg (51) and 2.1 apg (53, 2nd on team) with 12 steals.  Fahey shot 35.6 percent from the field (36-101), a team-best 45.7 percent from three-point range (21-46), and .652 from the foul line (15-23).  Ciarleglio started the first 14 games at point guard before suffering a season-ending injury and averaged 8.7 ppg (122), 3.2 rebounds per game (45), and 2.6 apg (37) with 20 steals.  She shot .392 from the field (47-120), made nine three-pointers in 32 tries, and shot 73.1 percent from the foul line (19-26).  Royals averaged 11.6 ppg (291, 2nd on team, 13th in NESCAC), 3.1 rebounds per game (78) with 32 steals (2nd on team), while shooting .425 from the field (102-240), .256 from three-point land (22-86), and .739 from the line (65-88, led team in FT and FTA).  The top scoring freshman in the NESCAC, Royals was selected as the league's player of the week once this season.

Senior forward Catherine Doyle (Cambridge, Mass.) played in 18 games, sophomore forward Rebecca Cohn (San Francisco, Calif.) appeared in 21 games, first-year forwards Brianne Cowden (Jamison, Pa.) and Meghan Mahder (Fairfield, Conn.) played in 25 and 20 games, respectively, and rookie guard Alison Wettstein (Shelburne, Vt.) saw action in 11 games.  Doyle had nine points and grabbed 20 rebounds, while Cohn tallied 18 points and 19 boards, Cowden averaged 2.3 ppg (58) and 2.2 rpg (55) while making 18 free throws in 30 attempts, Mahder recorded 11 points and 36 rebounds, and Wettstein scored five points.  Doyle, who gave Trinity three players on the NESCAC All-Academic Team in 2008-09, finishes her Bantam career having played in 71 games and started three times with 46 points and 86 rebounds.