Middlebury, Vt. – The visiting Trinity College Bantams lost at the No. 3-ranked Middlebury College Panthers in women's ice hockey this afternoon at Kenyon Arena.  Trinity falls to 1-4 overall and 1-3 in the NESCAC with its fourth defeat in a row, while Middlebury improves to 5-0-1 overall and 4-0 in the league with a two-game sweep of Trinity for the weekend.

Sara Ugalde scored twice in the game, netting the game winner in today's game as well as last night's.  Following a scoreless first period, the Panthers took a 1-0 lead just 1:09 into the second frame. Maggie Woodward carried the puck down the right side to the face-off circle, before centering a pass to Ugalde for the quick wrister. Trinity had a chance to knot the game at the 6:00 mark, but goaltender Lauren Pinsent (14 saves) denied sophomore forward Emily Kleidon on a breakaway.

The Panthers made it a 2-0 game just under a minute later, with Ugalde finishing off her own rebound on the power play after the initial shot was saved by sophomore netminder Alexa Pujol (New Canaan, Conn.) who finished with 28 saves.  The Bantams got on the board with a power -play tally of their own at the 9:24 mark. Senior forward Payson Sword (Princeton, N.J.) let a blast go from the right point that hit a defender and changed direction, with the puck sliding past Pinsent to make it a 2-1 game.

Leading, 14-12, in shots after two periods, the Panthers outshot Trinity, 17-3, in the final stanza.  Middlebury gained some breathing room late, with its second power-play goal of the game with just 42 seconds remaining. After an initial shot by Hannah Bielawski was stopped, Madeline Joyce pounced on the rebound and finished with her fourth of the year.

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