Hartford, Conn. – Some timely scoring and clutch saves by senior goalie Alexa Pujol (New Canaan, Conn.) resulted in a 3-2 win for the Trinity College Bantams over the visiting Hamilton College Continentals in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's ice hockey action this evening on Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.  Trinity improves to 6-5-3 overall and 2-4-1 in the NESCAC with their second straight win and Hamilton drops to 5-7-2 overall and 0-5-2 in the league.
           
The teams exchanged two goals in the opening two periods before senior Abby Ostrom (Carlisle, Mass.) scored to break a 2-2 tie early in the third period.  Hamilton had opportunities to tie the game as the period progressed, but key stops by Pujol kept Hamilton out of the net in the third.  Hamilton sophomore Megan Fitzgerald (Great Falls, Va.) threatened to give the Continentals the lead early in the third on a power play, but a Pujol kick save kept the game tied.  Later in the period, after Trinity had taken the lead, Pujol protected the Trinity advantage with a noteworthy save on a shot by Hamilton's leading scorer, first-year Katie Parkman (Stratford, Ontario).   

Trinity had opened the game with a quick strike by Trinity's leading scorer, sophomore Emma Tani (Orange, Calif.).  Hamilton senior Nikki Haskins (Quincey, Mass.) responded in the second period to tie the game at 1-1, before Jessica Stowell (Hadley, Mass.) netted her first collegiate goal to give the Bantams a 2-1 lead.  Parkman netted her eight goal of the season with just 1:10 to play in the second period, tying the game at 2-2, setting the stage for an adventurous third period. 

Pujol finished the game with 28 saves, including 13 in the third period.  Hamilton senior goalie Tori Bogen (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) made 29 stops in a strong effort for the Continentals. 

Tonight's game was also a fundraiser for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center. The Trinity women's team has been raising funds leading up to the game, selling t-shirts throughout the week and hosting a silent auction with hockey and non-hockey related items, at the game.  Click here to donate.

The teams will square off again tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the Koeppel Community Sports Center at Trinity College.

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