St. Paul, Minn. - Junior forward Cheeky Herr (Princeton, N.J.) scored the fifth goal of the first period to break a 2-2 tie, as the Trinity College Bantams earned a 3-2 victory over the Marian University Sabres in women's ice hockey action this evening at Drake Ice Arena.  The Bantams returned from a 27-day layoff to win their third game in a row, improving to 4-2-1, while the Sabres drop to 3-9 with their fifth consecutive setback.  Trinity will visit No. 8-ranked St. Thomas tomorrow at 2 p.m. CST to close out its Minnesota trip.

Trinity senior forward Lauren Fitzgerald (Milton, Mass.) and sophomore forward Kate Fraley (Edina, Minn.) scored 30 seconds apart in the first period to give the Bantams a 2-0 lead 7:38 into the game.  Nina Laurie scored for the Sabres just 1:13 after Fraley's goal, and Brittany Syms tied it for Marian with 6:58 left in the first period.  Fitzgerald's and Laurie's goals were both on power plays.  

Bantam senior forward Lucy Robinson (Toronto, Ontario) fed Herr for the clincher with 1:48 remaining before the first break, and sophomore goaltender Claudia Escue (Carbondale, Colo.) turned away all 18 shots she faced in the next two frames to improve to 2-2-1.  Ali Glazer had 30 saves in a losing effort for the Sabres between the pipes.