NEW LONDON, Conn.-- Laura Komarek (Plymouth,
Minn.) scored a goal and assisted on another to lead the
Trinity College women's hockey team to their sixth straight
win in a 4-2 triumph at Connecticut College Saturday. The
Bantams, ranked No. 8 in the latest USCHO Division III Poll,
improve to 17-3-4 and close out the regular season with a 10-3-3
mark in the NESCAC. Trinity finished third in the league standings
and will host Hamilton College for a NESCAC Quarterfinal game in
Hartford, Sat., Feb 26, at 3 p.m. The Camels close out the
regular season with a record of 12-10-2 and are 8-7-1 in league
play. Connecticut College is seeded fifth in the Championship and
will visit fourth seeded Bowdoin for a 4 p.m. game on the same
date.
With 13:19 remaining in regulation, the Bantams took a 3-2 lead
when Lauren Glynn (Arlington, Mass.) stuffed home
a rebound on a Komarek slap shot from the
point. Hillary McNamara (Milton, Mass.)
earned the second assist.
The Camels emptied their net with 3:28 remaining in regulation
but could not score the equalizer and Kim Weiss (Potomac,
Md.) added an empty netter with 1:14 left when the puck
deflected off of her stick on a face off and found the open goal.
It was her team leading 22nd goal of the season.
Rookie netminder Alexa Pujol (New Canaan,
Conn.) stopped 19 shots in the victory for the Bantams.
Amy Leichliter (West Chester, Pa.) made 24 saves
for the hosts.
The Camels vaulted out to a 1-0 lead with 13:17 left in the
first period. Murray fired a low shot from the left point for the
score. Trinity responded with eight minutes remaining in the
first when Celia Colman McGaw (Manchester, Conn.)
skated in from the blue line and went to her backhand for a score
from the left circle.
In the middle period, the Bantams grabbed a 2-1 edge after
Komarek followed her own shot and tipped in a rebound from her
backhand 3:17 into the frame. The Camels answered with
3:50 to play in the second. Farrell collected a rebound in
traffic and found the back of the net for the fifth goal and
21st point of her rookie season, before Trinity would
ice the win in the third.
for more information on the upcoming NESCAC Championship
Tournament, visit: http://www.nescac.com/sports/wice/2010-11/championship/index.
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