Gorham, Maine – Junior Brittany Soar (Boxborough, Mass.) scored the clinching  goal with 11:57 remaining in the third period to give the University of Southern Maine Huskies a 2-1 victory over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in women's ice hockey action this evening at the USM Ice Arena.  Trinity slips to 3-2-2, while the Huskies improve to 3-3-2.  The two teams will play again tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m.

Soar picked up a loose puck in the left wing circle and fired a turnaround shot that changed direction and beat Trinity junior goaltender Kristen Maxwell (Nashville, Tenn.).  Senior Ashley Grenier (South Berwick, Maine) and freshman Kaleigh Heath (Jericho, Vt.) picked up the assists on the play.The Huskies killed off a Bantam power play later in the period, and freshman goalie Jenn Fuller (Houston, B.C.) kicked out all eight Bantam shots in the final period to preserve the win.  Fuller finished the night stopping 20 of 21 shots to earn her first collegiate victory.

The teams traded goals in the first period, before playing a scoreless second frame. Southern Maine took a 1-0 lead at 5:37 as sophomore Maggie Lane (Burlington, Mass.) scored potted a rebound of a shot by classmate Talya Bent (Cranston, R.I.). Maxwell stopped Bent's bid in tight, but the rebound slid out to Lane 15 feet out front. Lane deposited the puck past Maxwell into the right side of the net. Sophomore forward Lucy Robinson (Toronto, Ontario) drew the Bantams even at 11:41 with her third goal of the season. Junior forward Emily Kleidon (Oakdale, Minn.) and senior defender Rebecca Rosen (Syosset, N.Y.) earned the assists. Kleidon kicked the puck to Rosen at the left point who fired a shot towards goal that Robinson deflected past Fuller. Maxwell, who was lifted for the extra attacker with 42 seconds to play, recorded 21 saves.

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