Waterville, Maine - Sophomore forward Celia Colman-McGaw
(Manchester, Conn.) scored two goals in the final 4:30 of
the second period and classmate Dominique Di Dia (Studio
City, Calif.) had three assists to lead the visiting
Trinity College Bantams to a 5-3 win over the Colby College Mules
in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's
ice hockey action this afternoon at Alfond Rink.
Trinity, ranked No. 5 in the nation, improves to 17-3-2 overall
and 9-3-2 NESCAC with its third win in a row and clinches a home
game in the opening round of the NESCAC Championship Tournament two
weeks from today. The Bantams led, 3-0, at one point and
took a 3-1 lead at the first intermission. Junior tri-captain
forward Kim Weiss (Potomac, Md.), junior forward
Jill Roloff (West Seneca, N.Y.), and freshman
defender Britney Ryan (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) had
the goals for the Bantams, with two scores coming on the power
play.
The Mules fall to 3-14-5 and 1-10-3 in the league.
Colby got a power play goal of their own with just 58 seconds
left in the first period when Marissa Simmons (Chestnut
Hill, Mass.) scored. Kaitlyn Conway, playing in her final
home game with the Mules, then tallied short-handed at 9:18 of the
second period to make it a 3-2 game. Kathy Shei (Iverness,
Ill.) had assists on both goals. Colman-McGaw added
the insurance goals at 15:30 and 18:41 of the second period for
Trinity. The Mules scored the final goal off the stick of
Ally Kane (Montpelier, Vt.) at 12:28 of the final
period.
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