New London, Conn. - Junior Moriah Sweeney (Ramsey, N.J.) poured in a game-high 14 points with five rebounds and five steals to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantam women's basketball team to a 52-41 victory at the Connecticut College Camels this evening in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) opener for both teams.  The Bantams improve to 7-4 and the Camels slip to 5-7 with their third straight setback.  Junior guard Abigail Hancock (Casco, Maine) and sophomore forward Hannah Brickley (Melrose, Mass.) chipped in with nine points each for the winning side.  Connecticut College junior Tara Gabelman (Irvington, N.Y.) finished with 11 points, three rebounds and three assists in the setback. Aly Boyle (Westford, Mass.) netted eight points to go with a pair of steals. Kaitlyn Cresencia (New Providence, N.J.) contributed with a team-best eight rebounds, three assists and two points for the hosts.

The Bantams carried a 26-23 lead into the break. In the second stanza, Sweeney helped cap a 5-0 run to start the half when she induced a turnover at one end of the court and then drove end-to-end, laying down a perfect bounce pass to Hancock, who converted a hoop with some harm to make it a 31-23 game with 17:30 remaining.  The Camels did not go away and with 4:39 remaining, Boyle drove to the hoop for a field goal and one to trim the Bantam lead to 43-41. Brickley cashed in on an offensive rebound with 1:34 left to make it a 45-41 game and the visitors scored the final six points of the contest on the foul line to pull away for the 52-41 triumph.  Connecticut College out-rebounded Trinity 41-to-39 but the Bantams scored 24 points at the charity stripe, while limiting the hosts to eight points at the line.

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