Hartford, Conn. -  Sophomore forward Celia Colman-McGaw (Manchester, Conn.) notched two goals for the third consecutive game to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 3-0 victory over the visiting Hamilton College Continentals in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's ice hockey action this afternoon at Williams Rink.  Trinity, ranked No. 5 in the nation, improves to 19-3-2 overall and 11-3-2 in the NESCAC with its fifth consecutive victory, while the Continentals drop to 11-10-3 overall and 5-8-3 in the league. 

First-year Britney Ryan (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) scored less than three minutes into the game to give senior tri-captain Isabel Iwachiw (New York, N.Y.) and the Trinity defense all the support they would need, as Trinity was able to blank their opponent for a record ninth time, Iwachiw's seventh shutout of the season.   

The second period belonged to Colman-McGaw, who found the back of the net twice in just over two minutes, for her fifth and sixth goals in her last three games.  Colman-McGaw finished the regular season with a team-high 16 goals, eight of which coming in the final five games of the season.

Iwachiw finished the game with 31 saves for the shutout while Hamilton goalkeeper, first-year Becca Hazlett (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.) made 20 saves and senior Meghan Shine (Duxbury, Mass.) made seven saves for the Continentals.

With the win, Trinity breaks yet another school record - for wins in a season (19) - and will head into the NESCAC Championship Tournament as the No. 2-seed.  Trinity will face No.7-seed Connecticut College on Sat., Feb. 27 at 3 p.m.  The game will be webcast live on athletics.trincoll.edu. 

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