Schenectady, N.Y. - Junior midfielder Rachel
Romanowsky (Hampstead, N.H.) scored three goals
and the visiting Trinity College Bantams came back
from an early 3-0 deficit to pull out a 6-5 victory over the union
College Dutchwomen in women's lacrosse action at Frank Bailey Field
this evening. The Bantams, ranked No. 4 in the
nation, remain undefeated at 6-0, while the No. 13-ranked
Dutchwomen fall to 2-4. Each of Union's four losses have come by
one goal against ranked teams, including the last game, a 9-8 loss
at #1 Salisbury.
Kristin Joyce (Longmeadow, Mass.) opened
the scoring with 27:43 left and scored again with 22:40
left to give Union a 3-0 advantage. But the Bantams got
goals by Romanowsky at 14:37 and 13:32, and then she assisted on
the tying tally by Kaitlin Hildebrand (Berwyn,
Pa.) with 12;49 left. Romanowsky's 15th of the season with
9:29 left in the half provided the 4-3 Trinity lead.
In the first 5:14 of the second half, the Bantams opened up a
6-3 advantage. Senior captain Sarah Remes (Silver Spring,
Md.) and junior Caitlin Irvine (Westwood,
Mass.) scored for Trinity during that span. Cuozzo scored
#5 of the season on a free position with 3:25 left to make it 6-4,
and Lizzy Moran (Unionville, Pa.) scored her third
of the year with 1:09 left from Hine to make it a one goal contest.
Union had a chance to send the game into overtime with a free
position shot by Allie Cuozzo (Norfolk, Mass.)
with six seconds remaining. But the shot went wide and the Bantams
held on, as the Dutchwomen, who had trailed 6-3, scored two goals
in the final 3:25 to pull to within one. Trinity had a 24-17
shot advantage on the day, while the Dutchwomen had a 31-29 ground
ball advantage. The Bantams forced 24 turnovers while Union won
seven of the 13 draw controls. Cat Ruggiero (Huntington,
N.Y.) made 13 save in net while Stephanie Fisher
(Brunswick, Maine) stopped two shots.
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