Hartford, Conn. – Senior co-captain Robyn Williams (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) scored two goals, including the game winner, with less than six seconds remaining in overtime to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 2-1 victory over the Tufts University Jumbos in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's field hockey action on Robin Sheppard Field this afternoon.  Trinity improves to 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the conference, while Tufts, ranked No. 1 in the nation, suffer their first loss of the season and fall to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the league.

 
(Video courtesy of Ismael  Rivera)

Williams gave the Bantams a 1-0 lead midway through the first half before Tufts closed the opening frame with a game-tying goal from senior Melissa Burke (Walpole, Mass.).  After a scoreless second half, the teams headed to overtime, and Trinity needed almost every second of it to secure their fourth straight victory.  Junior Caroline Snite (Philadelphia, Penn.) came up with a rebound on the right side of the Tufts goal, before finding Williams on her left, who put the game-winner into the bottom right corner of the cage with just 5.5 seconds remaining on the clock, as her team stormed the field in celebration.    

Tufts outshot Trinity 20-6, but Trinity junior goalkeeper Gina Dinallo (West Hartford, Conn.) came up with a season-high 13 saves to frustrate a red-hot Jumbos offense that had scored 23 goals in its previous four games.  Tufts junior goalkeeper Marianna Zak (Concord, Mass.) finished the game with two saves for the Jumbos. 

Tufts is 41-2 in regular season games since Oct. 6, 2007, both losses coming to Trinity.  In that span, the Jumbos have outscored their opponents 185-28, and 100-12 in the past two regular seasons. The Jumbos had allowed just three goals in nine games this season prior to today, shutting out six of their opponents along the way.   Trinity and Tufts have gone to overtime in four of their last five contests.    

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