Women's Ice Hockey 1/9/2010 12:00:00 AM

Trinity Women's Ice Hockey Wins Against Williams

Hartford, Conn. - Freshman defender Britney Ryan (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) notched a goal and an assist to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Williams College Ephs in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's ice hockey action this afternoon at Williams Rink. Trinity, ranked No. 8 in the nation, improves to 9-1-2 overall and 4-1-2 in the NESCAC with its sixth win in a row, while the Ephs fall to 4-4-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the league.

The Trinity defense, led by Ryan, junior Laura Komarek (Plymouth, Minn.), sophomore Dominique DiDia (Studio City, Calif.), and freshman Hillary McNamara (Milton, Mass.) held Williams to just four shots on goal in each of the first two periods and without a shot for the opening 11:38 of the game. Bantam senior tri-captain Isabel Iwachiw (New York, N.Y.) needed to make just 14 saves between the pipes, while the Trinity offense peppered Williams senior tri-captain goaltender Sara Plunkett (Barrington, R.I.) with 44 shots.

Trinity scored 3:44 into the contest on a slapshot from the left wing by sophomore forward Payson Sword (Princeton, N.J.) and added another first-period goal on a rebound by junior forward Alexa Guglielmi (Rocky Hill, Conn.) at theb16:42 mark. Ryan wristed in her first career tally from the left wing on a power-play opportunity to give Trinity a 3-0 lead midway through the second frame, but Williams sophomore forward Kristen Tubbs (Garden City, N.Y.) deflected the initial shot by classmate Kate Foley (Billerica, Mass.) past Iwachiw to put the Ephs on the board with 4:28 left before the final break. The Bantams put the game out of reach immediately after the second intermission on a goal by junior forward Jill Roloff (West Seneca, N.Y.) and freshman forward Chelsea Campbell (Surrey, British Columbia) added her first career tally late in the third to round out the scoring. Komarek and junior tri-captain forward Kim Weiss (Potomac, Md.) collected a pair of assists apiece for Trinity, while Plunkett finished with 39 stops in goal for Williams.