Amherst, Mass. - Geneva Lloyd (Calgary, Alberta) and Barrett McBride (Glenview, Ill.) each netted a first period goal as the Amherst College Lord Jeff women's hockey team earned a 2-1 win over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's ice hockey action at Orr Rink this afternoon.  Trinity, which ended a 14-game winless streak against Amherst with a 3-2 road win yesterday, fall to 12-10 overall and 7-7 in the NESCAC.  Amherst, ranked No. 3 nationally, improves to 18-4 overall and 12-2 in the league.

Hoping to get off to a fast start, Amherst recorded the game's first good scoring opportunity less than two minutes after the opening whistle when first-year Madeline Tank (Winnetka, Ill.) collected a rebound in front, before finding the pads of sophomore goaltender Alexa Pujol.  Moments later, Stephanie Clegg (Woburn, Mass.) linked up with classmate Ellen Swiontkowski (Minnetonka, Minn.), but Pujol again proved up to the challenge, making another big stop to keep it scoreless.  On the power play with 10:11 to go in the opening period, the Jeffs finally broke through when Lloyd blasted a shot from the point through a screen.  Looking to pad their lead with just over five minutes remaining in the first, McBride found open space in the middle of the ice and eluded a Bantam defender between the circles before lifting an off-balance shot over Pujols' shoulder to stake Amherst to a 2-0 cushion.

Still down two with 6:15 remaining in regulation, Trinity capitalized on a Lord Jeff miscue, intercepting a failed clearance near center ice. Coming in alone on goal, first-year Samantha Edelson (Northbrook, Ill.) beat Sinead Murphy (Rochester, Minn.) with a backhand to the near post, but the Amherst defense held steady the rest of the way to preserve the victory.  Murphy finished with 13 saves, while Pujol made 29 stops.

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