Hartford, Conn. – Junior attacker Caitlin Irvine
(Westwood, Mass.) amassed five goals and an assist to go
with three ground balls and three draw controls to lead the Trinity
College Bantams to a 16-6 victory over the visiting Bates College
Bobcats in the quarterfinal round of the New England Small College
Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Women's Lacrosse Championship
Tournament this afternoon on Sheppard Field. The Bantams,
ranked No. 4 in the nation, improve to 13-2 and will host the
NESCAC Semifinals and Finals for the first time next weekend.
Trinity will play Williams College on Saturday, May 8 at noon and
Colby College plays Amherst College in the other seminal at 2:30
p.m. on the same day. The finals will be Sunday, May 9 at
noon. Bates' season comes to a close at 7-8.
Trinity had won the regular-season game between the squads last
Saturday, 10-5.
Trinity dominated the game statistically with 37 shots to just
11 for Bates, a 19-to-10 ground ball advantage, and a 15-to-9 edge
on the draw. The Bantams forced 14 turnovers and six failed
clears by the Bobcats. Scoring came slowly for both teams
early, but with the game tied at 2-2 after 15 minutes, Trinity used
a 12-2 run over the next 18-plus minutes, including eight in a row
to close the first half and open the second, to put the game out of
reach early. Irvine scored four of her five goals in the
first half, while senior tri-captain Jenn Calver (Barnard,
Vt.) notched all four of her points for the day on three
goals and an assist during the 8-0 Bantam spurt.
Six different players scored the Bates goals, including early
tallies by sophomore Joan O'Neill (Westwood,
Mass.) and freshman attacker Jenn Brallier
(Chambersburg, Pa.) to support a 2-1 Bobcat lead 10:31
into the game. O'Neill also had a pair of assists,
while senior Molly Radis (Peaks Island,
Maine) caused three turnovers, sophomore midfielder
Jenna Dannis (Milford, N.H.) scored once and added
three draw controls, and junior Mara Krueger (St. Louis,
Mo.) stopped 16 shots in the Bates goal.
Trinity senior tri-captain midfielder Sarah Remes
(Silver Spring, Md.) added four goals and an assist, while
junior midfielder Alisen Urquhart (Redding, Conn.)
scored twice, and senior attacker Kristin Phelps (Sudbury,
Mass.) had one goal and one assist. Calver also
finished with a game-high four draw controls, while senior
Anne Cook (Washington, D.C.) contributed three
ground balls and three caused turnovers, and sophomore Liz
Bruno (Andover, Mass.) registered an assist, two
grounders, two draw controls, and three caused turnovers.
Sophomore goalkeeper Gina Dinallo (West Hartford,
Conn.) needed to make just three saves to earn the victory
and improve to 8-2 for the spring.
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