Hartford, Conn. – Junior attacker Caitlin Irvine
(Westwood, Mass.) tallied four goals and one assist to
lead the Trinity College Bantams over the Bowdoin College Polar
Bears in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
women's lacrosse action this afternoon on Sheppard
Field. The Bantams, ranked No. 9 in the nation, improve to
3-0 overall and 2-0 in the NESCAC, while Polar Bears fall to 1-3
with their third defeat in a row by an opponent ranked among the
nation's top ten teams.
Sophomore goalkeeper Stephanie Fisher (Brunswick,
Maine) and the Bantam defense kept Bowdoin scoreless until
4:09 into the second half, as Fisher totaled seven of her 10 saves
before the break. Irvine, junior midfielder Rachel
Romanowsky (Hampstead, N.H.) and freshman midfielder
Megan Leonhard (Summit, N.J.) each scored two of
Trinity's eight goals in the first half.
Trinity increased its advantage to 9-0 on a free-position goal
by senior attacker Kristin Phelps (Sudbury, Mass.)
in the opening minutes of the second stanza, before Bowdoin
sophomore Elizabeth Clegg (Hudson, Ohio) broke the
drought with a free-position tally at the 25:51 mark. After
two scores by Irvine and another by Leonhard, Bowdoin rallied to
scored five unanswered goals, including a pair by sophomore
midfielder McKenna Teague (Cohasset, Mass.) to cut
the Trinity lead to 12-6 with eight minutes on the clock.
Phelps ended a 12:21 Bantam scoring drought with 7:13 left in the
contest and scored again at the 2:07 after neither team could put
any points up for a 5:06 stretch. Bowdoin ended the game with
three goals in the final two minutes to account for the 14-9 final.
Phelps matched Irvine with four goals, while Leonhard finished
with three scores, and Romanowsky notched two goals and one
assist. Sophomore midfielder Liz Bruno (Andover,
Mass.) helped the Bantam cause with three draw controls
and four caused turnovers. Clegg, Teague, and two other
scored twice for Bowdoin, and freshman Tara Connolly
(Simsbury, Conn.) stopped 11 shots in the Polar Bear goal.
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