KOMAREK BLAST IN OVERTIME GIVES TRINITY WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY WIN AT HOLY CROSS

Hartford, Conn. – Senior captain defender Laura Komarek (Plymouth, Minn.) scored the game-winning goal on a power-play slap shot 41 seconds into overtime to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 3-2 victory over the College of the Holy Cross Crusaders in women's ice hockey action this evening at the Hart Center.  Trinity ranked No. 8 in the nation, improves to 9-1-2 and extends its unbeaten streak to eight games with its second win in a row over the Crusaders.  Holy Cross drops to 9-4 with its second consecutive defeat.

Holy Cross committed a costly penalty attempting to slow down a Trinity breakaway with 14 seconds left in the third period, setting Komarek up for her clinching rocket from eight feet inside the blue line on the left wing.  Bantam sophomore blueliner Britney Ryan (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) assisted on the game-winner.  The Crusaders had tied the game with 5:42 left in the third period on a wrap around the right post by junior captain forward New Boston, Mich.).  Trinity nearly went back ahead in regulation on another power play, but Holy Cross junior goalie Carly Dominick-Sobol (Syracuse, N.Y.) dove to stop a shot in traffic by Trinity rookie forward Emily Kleidon (Oakdale, Minn.).

After killing off an early penalty, Trinity had the first close chance at a goal just over seven minutes into the game when a high wrister on a one-on-one breakaway from senior captain defender Alexa Gugleilmi (Rocky Hill, Conn.) was stopped on by Dominick-Sobol.  Trinity freshman backstop Alexa Pujol (New Canaan, Conn.) returned the favor at the 7:50 mark of the first period, snaring a hard shot at from close by Holy Cross sophomore forward Rebecca O'Quinn (Arlington, Mass.). 

Bantam junior forward Payson Sword (Princeton, N.J.) scored the game-s first goal on a power play 4:04 into the second stanza, and senior captain forward Kim Weiss (Potomac, Md.) tallied just 46 seconds later to give Trinity a 2-0 lead.  O'Quinn beat Pujol one-on-one after stealing the puck at her own blue line to cut the Trinity lead to 2-1 midway through the second frame.  Both goalies made impressive saves to keep the scoring to a minimum, as Dominick-Sobol recorded 13 of her 24 stops in the second period and Pujol had 10 of 23 saves in the third period.

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