Gorham, Maine - Rookie goalie Sydney Belinskas (Port Orange, Fla.) stopped 24 shots to earn her first career shutout, as the visiting Trinity College Bantams blanked the University of Southern Maine Huskies 5-0 in women's ice hockey this afternoon at the USM Ice Arena.  The win gave the Bantams a sweep of the teams' two-game weekend series, and improved their overall record to 3-2-1.  The Huskies dropped their third straight game and fell to 2-6-1 overall.  Senior Lucy Robinson (Toronto, Ontario) paced the Bantams offensively with two goals, including the game winner, and one assist.  Juniors Emma Tani (Orange, Calif.) and Cheeky Herr (Princeton, N.J.) and rookie Kelcie Finn (Weymouth, Mass.) had the other Bantam goals.  Trinity will return to action on January 2 when it travels to St. Paul, Minn. to play Marian University.           

Belinskas, making her second-straight start, stopped everything the Huskies threw her way en route to the shutout.  The rookie netminder got some help in the third period from the right post as USM junior Cassandra Sherman (North Smithfield, R.I.) banked a rebound off the iron after Belinskas stuffed her first attempt.  Belinskas had 12 saves in the middle period when the Huskies out shot the Bantams 12-10.  Junior Nia Kelly (Santa Rosa, Calif.) started in goal for the Huskies allowing three goals and registering six saves in 32:28 of action before giving way to rookie Courtney Davis (Woburn, Mass.).  Davis, making her collegiate debut, surrendered two goals and made 18 saves, including 15 in the final period.           

Robinson put the Bantams on top at 3:42 of the first period as she roofed a tough-angle shot up over Kelly's shoulder for her first goal of the season.  Sophomore Jessica Stowell (Hadley, Mass.) had the lone assist.  Tani increased the lead to 2-0 at 15:17 as she deflected a pass from rookie Delaney Harrop (Walpole, Mass.) by Kelly for her third goal.  Robinson tallied her second goal of the game from a scramble in front of the net at 10:26 of the second period. Finn picked up her third goal of the season at 17:49 beating Davis from the right-wing circle to make it 4-0 after two period.  Herr, who had two goals in Friday night's win, tallied the only goal of the third period with an assist from Robinson.  Trinity finished the game with a 29-24 advantage in shots on goal.  Neither team was able to convert with the man advantage.