HARTFORD, Conn. - Senior forward Ethel Wilhemsson (Stockholm, Sweden) scored the game's only goal with 3:36 left in the third period to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 1-0 win over the visiting Johnson and Wales University Wildcats in women's ice hockey action this evening at Williams Rink in thr Koeppel Community Sports Center.  Trinity improves to 6-7 and will host New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) rival Connecticut College, ranked No. 14 in the nation, for a two-game series in Hartford on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m.  The Wildcats drop to 2-10-2 and will visit Salem State on Friday at 6 p.m.

The teams were scoreless for over 56 minutes, although Trinity outshot the Wildcats, 34-11, prior to the goal and 36-11 for the game.  Trinity sophomore forward Paige Kehoe (Manasquan, N.J.) won a faceoff on the right wing during a Bantam power play, got the puck back from classmate Anne Levia (Bancroft, Ontario) and dropped it to Wilhelmsson near the boards, before the senior wristed the game-winning shot past Wildcat sophomore goalie Sophia Tamayo.  Tamayo made her 35th save before leaving the ice in the final minute, but the Trinity back line did not allow a shot while the Wildcats finished the game with an extra skater.  The Bantam defense was stellar all night, as Bantam junior netminder Hannah Leclair (Kensington, Prince Edward Island) needed to make just 11 saves and faced only one shot after the last break.

Trinity had an 11-3 shooting edge in the first period and saw a handful of close opportunities among its 15 shots in the middle frame.  Junior forward Hannah Feinberg (Summit, N.J.) rocketed a shot off Tamayo's blocker two minutes into the second period from the right wing, and sophomore defender Annika Dyczkowski (Milford, Mich.) sent a high attempt that Tamayo barely got her glove on to knock away with 7:15 left in the second frame.  Sara Cruise forced Leclair to make one of her more impressive saves moments after Dyczkowski's bid, and Bantam junior forward Corinne Bolding (Northfield, Vt.) found an opening to Tamayo's right side on a rebound with six minutes left in the third but shot just wide.  Both teams were penalized six times for 12 minutes and had four power plays each.  Senior captain Claudia Capone (Foxboro, Mass.) took a game-high five shots, Madi Fox blocked eight shots for Johnson and Wales, and Bantam senior Erin DeMarco (Westford, Mass.) won 17 of her 24 faceoffs.