Hartford, Conn. – Sophomore forward Cheeky Herr (Princeton, N.J.) scored twice to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Colby College Mules in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's ice hockey action this evening at Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.  Trinity improves to 9-5-3 overall and 4-4-1 in the NESCAC with its fifth consecutive win, while the Mules drop to 5-9-2 overall and 3-7-1 in the league with their third setback in a row.  The teams will close out the two-game series in Hartford tomorrow at 4 p.m.

Trinity senior forward Abby Ostrom (Carlisle, Mass.) opened the scoring with 3:46 left in the first period with a goal from junior forward Lauren Fitzgerald (Milton, Mass.).  The Bantams outshot Colby, 9-2, over the first 20 minutes, but Mule senior captain goaltender Brianne Wheeler (Brussels, Ontario) stopped eight of them.  The Mules got on the board at almost the midpoint of the second period, stealing the puck from the Bantams to the right of the Trinity crease and finishing the play on a quick wrister from close on the sam eside by freshman forward Jess Barkley (Tone, Ala.).  Trinity sophomore forward Emma Tani (Orange, Calif.) answered with the game-winning tally at 12:53 of the second, streaking along the right boards and flipping a shot in front of the net off a Colby player and past Wheeler.  Bantam senior captain forwards Lauren Glynn (Tucson, Ariz.) and Emily Kleidon (Oakdale, Minn.) provided helpers on the play.

Herr outhustled several players to a loose puck in front of the Colby goal for her first tally six minutes into the final stanza, and was credited with an empty-netter when a Mule player tossed her stick in the way of the puck on its way to the visiting net in the closing seconds.  Bantam senior goalie Kristen Maxwell (Nashville, Tenn.) finished with 14 saves, including a point-blank stop on a shot by Colby sophomore forward Elisa Rascia (Park Ridge, Ill.) with just over a minute remaining, to improve to 4-3-2, while Wheeler dropped to 5-8-2 despite 21 saves.