Hartford, Conn. -  Sophomore Joe Tierney (Reading, Mass.) scored the eventual game-winning goal and collected an assist to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 4-1 win over the No. 10 Williams College Ephs this afternoon in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's ice hockey action at the Koeppel Community Sports Center.  Trinity improves to 7-4-2 overall and 4-2-2 in the NESCAC, while Williams falls to 7-2-1 and 5-3 in the league. 

Williams jumped ahead in the first period after freshman Cody Skinner (Katy, Texas) found the back of the net to put the Ephs up 1-0.  Trinity senior co-captain Richard Hollstein (Pembroke, Mass.) answered early in the second period to tie the game at 1-1 before Tierney gave the Bantams the lead for good with 6:36 remaining in the period. 

In the final stanza, freshman Michael Blake (Wakefield, Mass.), playing in just his fifth career game, scored his first collegiate goal with 2:26 remaining on the clock to give the Bantams a 3-1 edge.  Williams pulled sophomore goalkeeper Ryan Purdy (La Jolla, Calif.) until junior Adam Houli (Howell, N.J.) scored an empty net goal, his team-leading seventh goal of the season, and Trinity's fourth of the afternoon.  Houli and junior Matthew Quigley (Pittsburgh, Penn.), who collected an assist this afternoon, are tied for the team lead in points with 12 apiece. 

Purdy finished the game with 31 saves while allowing three goals, and junior Wesley Vesprini (Lexington, Mass) made 25 stops in net for the Bantams.

Trinity will visit ECAC East rival St. Michael's on Fri., Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.

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