BRUNSWICK, Maine – The visiting Trinity College Bantams downed the Bowdoin College Polar Bears, 3-1, in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's ice hockey action this evening.  Trinity improves to 8-10-1 overall and 4-8 in the NESCAC, while the Polar Bears are now 9-8-1 overall and 5-7-1 in the league.  Trinity outshot Bowdoin, 26-12, and received goals from first-year Martina Exnerova (Nelahozeves, Czechia) and seniors Angelica Mushenko (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and Ellie Fellows (Westport, Mass.).  Sophomore goalltender Hannah Leclair (Kensington, Prince Edward Island) had 11 saves for Trinity.  The two teams face each other again tomorrow at 3 p.m.

Bowdoin went ahead 1-0 just 4:14 into the game. Ali Dougal had the puck on the right side and fed Allie Britt in the slot. Britt quickly transferred the puck left to Gia Massari who wristed a shot before Hannah Leclair could slide across the crease.  On a power play in the final minute of the first period, Exnerova evened the score from junior Claudia Capone (Foxboro, Mass.), taking a mid-range shot that slid under Dani Marquez's pad before she could drop to the ice.  Trinity took the lead on a power-play tally eight minutes into the third. Junior Olive Scull (South Strafford, Vt.) passed the puck from the half boards to sophomore Anne Levia (Bancroft, Ontario) on the right point. Levia went far post where Mushenko put it in net.  Fellows wrapped the game with a buzzer beating empty-netter from the Trinity zone.