Hartford, Conn. – Senior co-captain attacker
Rachel Romanowsky (Hampstead, N.H.) stole the ball
and scored the game-winning goal in the final minute to lead the
Trinity College Bantams to an 8-7 win over the visiting Springfield
College Pride in women's lacrosse action this evening on
Sheppard Field. Trinity, ranked No. 3 in the nation, improves
to 10-0, while the Pride drops to 7-4.
With the score tied at 7-7 and Springfield holding the ball in
its end for over five minutes, Romanowsky knocked the ball loose
from behind a Pride player, and quickly picked itup and advanced it
down the field, eventually getting the ball back and scoring the
clinching goal with 52 seconds left from close on the left
side. Romanowsky controlled the draw after the goal, allowing
the Bantams to run the clock to zero. Trinity sophomore
midfielder Megan Leonhard (Summit, N.J.) had tied
the game at 7-7 with 5:41 remaining, one-timing in a pass from the
right wing by junior midfielder Liz Bruno (Andover,
Mass.) for Trinity's first goal in nearly 15 minutes
that snapped a 3-0 Springfield run.
Trinity built an early 4-1 lead, as junior midfielder
Alisen Urquhart (Redding, Conn.) scored twice
during the spurt. The Pride answered late in the first half
when senior tri-captain Meagan Dobson (Longmeadow,
Mass.) assisted on back-to-back tallies by classmate
Nicole Soucie (Southington, Conn.) and junior
Brittany LeGuelaff (Simsbury, Conn.).
Sophomore attacker Hadley Duncan (Rye, N.Y.)
shifted the momentum back to the Bantams just before half with a
scoring shot as she fell from Urquhart with one second remaining
before the break.
Springfield outscored Trinity, 4-1, over the first 24:19 of the
second half, receiving a goal and an assist apiece during the run
by Soucie and junior midfielder Jackie Moscardelli
(Weymouth, Mass.). Springfield tied the game at 6-6
at the 12:30 mark on a lofted pass over the Trinity defense by
Moscardelli to freshman attacker Kelly Gallo (Westfield,
Mass.) who quickly shot past Trinity sophomore goalkeeper
Olivia Whitney (Danvers, Mass.) from point-blank
range, and took its only lead of the game on a goal from LeGuelaff
to Soucie with 7:49 left in regulation.
Trinity outshot Springfield, 29-13, and held a 19-10 edge on
ground balls and a 10-6 edge on the draw. Bruno, Leonhard,
and Urquhart each finished with two goals and one assist, while
Leonhard added a game-high four ground balls and two draw controls,
and Whitney made all four of her saves in the first half.
Soucie totaled three goals and one assist, and oscardelli added one
goal and two assist for the Pride offense, while freshman goalie
Anne Versprille (Franklin, Mass.) made 10 stops
for the Pride.
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