Brunswick, Maine - The visiting Trinity College Bantams succumbed to the Bowdoin College Polar Bears, 2-0, in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship Semifinals this afternoon on Ryan Field.  No. 5-seeded Trinity, playing in its fourth straight NESCAC Final Four, falls to 11-5 and hopes to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament, while top-seeded Bowdoin remains flawless for the fall at 16-0 and will The Polar Bears remain unbeaten this season at 16-0 and will play Middlebury in the title match tomorrow at noon.

Bowdoin, which outshot Trinity, 30-0, and held an 18-0 edge on penalty corners, scored twice in the final 17 minutes of the contest. The first goal came off a Trinity turnover, as Katie Herter controlled the ball on the left wing and centered it to Cathleen Smith, who slapped the feed inside the right post with 16:50 remaining.  Herter doubled Bowdoin's nine minutes later, knocking home a rebound off an Ella Curren slapshot with 5:42 left.  Trinity senior captain Gina Dinallo (West Hartford, Conn.) kept the Bantams in the contest, stopping 14 shots in the setback. Kayla Lessard was not forced to make a save in the victory, Bowdoin's ninth shutout of the year.

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