Hartford, Conn. – Senior forward Conor Coveney (Hingham, Mass.) and freshman forward Tyler Whitney (Wakefield, Mass.) had two goals and one assist apiece to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 9-1 victory over the visiting University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Corsairs in men's ice hockey action this afternoon at Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.  Trinity, ranked No. 8 nationally, improves to 4-0-1 and will host the No. 10-ranked Mass.-Boston Beacons tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.  The Corsairs fall to 1-5-2 with their second setback in a row.

Trinity led, 3-1, after the first period, receiving goals from rookies Anthony Sabitsky (Sicklerville, N.J.), Whitney, and Bradley Buvinow (Turnersville, N.J.) with Buvinow earning the first goal of his collegiate career 14:52 into the frame to give the Bantams the 3-1 lead.  Sabitsky scored 1:09 into the game from senior forward Jackson Brewer (Newton, Mass.) and junior forward Michael Hawkrigg (Toronto Ontario), and Whitney tallied the game-winner just 10 seconds later from first-year defenseman Michael Menter (Lake George, N.Y.).  Mass.-Dartmouth junior forward Mike Restuccia (Malden, Mass.) cut the Trinity lead in half at 2-1 from Shaun Walters (Plymouth, Mich.) 3:10 into the first, as the lone Corsair goal came on the first of just five shots in the period for the visitors.

Trinity found the back of the net five times in the second stanza, as Coveney started things with a goal 2:46 after the first break, and tallied the final marker of the middle frame with 54 seconds left.  Sabitsky netted his second of the game midway through the third period for the only goal after the second intermission. 

Trinity was penalized just once and not until the last period, and the Bantams scored on two of their three power plays.  Freshman Alex Morin (St. Hubert, Quebec) made 21 saves in his collegiate debut in the goal for Trinity.  Sophomore Nic Wackerly (Altadena, Calif.) had 45 saves and classmate J.J. Solloway (Derry, N.H.) stopped all 16 shots he faced in the third period for the Corsairs, as Trinity tied a school record with 70 shots on goal previously achieved against Iona in 1975 and against Quinnipiac in 1991.