Clinton, N.Y. - Freshman forward Emily Kleidon
(Oakdale, Minn.) scored the game-winning goal to lead the visiting
Trinity College Bantams to a 3-1 win against the Hamilton College
Continentals in a New England Small College Athletic Conference
(NESCAC) women's ice hockey game at Russell Sage Rink this
evening. Trinity, ranked No. 8 in the nation improevs
to 16-3-4 overall and 9-3-3 in the NESCAC with its fifth
consecutive victory, while Hamilton falls to 10-13 overall and 5-10
in the league. The teams will meet again in the NESCAC
Championship Quarterfinals at Trinity on Saturday, February
26. Both teams close the regular season tomorrow with the
Bantams visiting NESCAC rival Connecticut COllege and the
Continentals hosting league foe Wesleyan.
The Bantams led, 1-0, and held a 10-to-2 shooting edge at the
end of the first period. Hamilton tied the game early in the
second, but the Bantams took the lead for 1:34 later.
Senior forward Jill Roloff (West Seneca, N.Y.) and senior captain
Kim Weiss (Potomac, Md.) chipped in one goal apiece, and rookie
Alexa Pujol (New Canaan, Conn.) stopped 24 shots in goal for
the Bantams. Trinity junior Celia
Colman-McGaw (Manchester, Conn.) and senior captain
defender Laura Komarek (Plymouth, Minn.) each passed out one
assist. Abby Runyon was credited with one goal and Becca
Hazlett made 30 saves for the Continentals.
Roloff gave the Bantams a 1-0 lead during a power play at 6:35 of
the first period. Colman-McGaw passed the puck to Roloff, who
shot a one-timer that deflected off a Hamilton player into the back
of the net. The Continentals picked up the intensity in the
second period and caught Pujole out of the net to tie the
game, 1-1. As Pujol went behind the net to settle the puck, Runyon
gained control and scored before the goalie could get back in
position. The Bantams quickly answered when Komarek found
Kleidon for the clincher. With 32 seconds left in the
third period the Continentals pulled Hazlett for an extra player.
Hamilton had one scoring opportunity before Trinity stretched their
lead 3-1 on an empty netter with two seconds on the clock.
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