Hartford, Conn. -  Sophomores Celia Colman-McGaw (Manchester, Conn.) and Hannah Harvey (Silverthorne, Colo.) scored goals and senior tri-captain Isabel Iwachiw (New York, N.Y.) made 33 saves between the pipes to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Connecticut College Camels in the quarterfinals of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Women's Ice Hockey Championship Tournament this afternoon at Williams Rink.  Trinity, ranked No. 5 in the nation, reaches 20 wins for the first time in the program's history at 20-3-2 and advances to the NESCAC Semifinals against the No. 10-ranked Middlebury College Panthers on Saturday, March 6 at 4 p.m. at Amherst College.  Connecticut College closes the year with an 8-15-2 record.  Trinity had lost, 2-1, to the Camels at home in the NESCAC Quarters last season, but managed a third victory this season against them this afternoon.    

Middlebury won, 8-1, against Hamilton in its quarterfinal game this afternoon, while top-seeded and No. 2-ranked Amherst, which won, 10-1, against Colby in its quarterfinal game today, will host Bowdoin College, which won at Williams today, 4-2, in the other NESCAC Semifinal game, next Saturday at 1 p.m.  Trinity, playing in its fifth NESCAC Tournament and its fourth in a row, will be making its second appearance in the NESCAC Semifinals in next weekend.  The Bantams won the first post-season game in its history, 5-1, against Hamilton two seasons ago in the NESCAC Quarters, but lost, 2-1, against Amherst at Middlebury in the NESCAC Semifinals.

Trinity controlled the puck early and scored the game's first goal 12:13 into the contest when Harvey one-timed a pass from right to left in front of the goal by senior forward Britney McKenna (Rye, N.H.) that beat the diving Connecticut College senior goalie Sara Christopher (Andover, Mass.) on a two-on-one opportunity.  The Bantams added to their lead 15 minutes into the second frame on a beautiful individual move on by Colman-McGaw on a one-on-one breakaway. Both Trinity goals came on power-play opportunities, as Connecticut College was whistled for seven penalties in the game and five in the second period.

The Camels were the aggressors in the third period, peppering Iwachiw with several early shots during a power play that carried over from the final minute of the second period, and converted the opportunity with 18:56 on the clock when junior defender Kourtney Brim (Shawnee, Kansas) smacked in a rebound after an initial shot by junior forward Celia Medeiros (Portsmouith, R.I.) was blocked.  Connecticut College continued its pressure throughout the final stanza in its attempt to tie the score, although Trinity remained disciplined and did not commit a penalty over the last 20 minutes.  Junior captain Brigid O'Gorman (Eden, N.Y.) sent a wrist shot from 20 yards away into traffic in front of the goal, with Christopher pulled in favor of an extra offensive Camel player, with seven seconds left, but Iwachiw stopped the shot for her final save to preserve the victory.  Trinity juniors Sarah Kohn (Winchester, Mass.) and Alexa Guglielmi (Rocky Hill, Conn.) recorded assists for the Bantams, while Christopher finished with 26 stops.

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