Clinton, N.Y. - The visiting Trinity College Bantams fell, 10-9, in overtime against the Hamilton College Continentals in their women's lacrosse season finale this afternoon at Steuben Field. Trinity closes the year at 3-4, while the Continentals are 3-2. Eva Abel scored the clincher for Hamilton with 1:33 left in the extra session. Sophomore attacker
Lily Ives (Chappaqua, N.Y.) scored three goals to lead the Trinity offense. Trailing, 2-0, early, Trinity scored three in a row including the first by senior attacker
Sophie Berger (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) and the last from Berger to senior tri-captain
Katrina Angelucci (Weston, Mass.) with 10:02 on the clock. The game was tied, 4-4, at halftime thanks to an unassisted goal by Bantam sophomore
Isabelle Yonce (South Hamilton, Mass.) with four seconds left before the break. Hamilton took a 6-4 lead early in the second half, but Trinity used a 4-0 run to take its largest lead of the game at 8-6 with 14:52 remaining. Ives scored two of the four goals. The Continentals went back ahead, 9-8, with three-straight tallies, but Ives forced overtime with a player-up goal with just 29 seconds left in regulation. Trinity junior goalie
Gabriella Young (Raleigh, N.C. made two stops in the first three minutes of the overtime, but the Bantams turned the ball over on all three of their overtime possessions and the last in front of their own goal led to Abel's game-winner. Angelucci joined Ives as a multiple-goal scorer for Trinity with two goalies, while Berger finished with one goal and two assists. Junior
Emma Alpaugh (Darien, Conn.) collected three draw controls, while senior
Sydney Bell (Falmouth, Maine) recorded team-highs of three ground balls and four caused turnovers., and Young made 14 saves. Abel recorded three points with two goals and one assist while Olivia Seymour had one goal and two assists for Hamilton.