HARTFORD, Conn. - Senior tri-captain
Harrison Ike (Allentown, Pa.) and junior goalkeeper
Cooper Yaccino (Kenilworth, Ill.) made 21 saves to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 12-10 victory over the visiting Connecticut College Camels in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's lacrosse action this evening on Jessee/Miller Field at Tunsill Muldoon Stadium. Trinity evens its record at 5-5 and improves to 2-3 in the NESCAC and 2-0 at home. Connecticut College drops to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the league.
Trinity scored four unanswered goals in the third quarter to turn a 7-7 tie into an 11-7 lead and held off the Camels in the fourth. Trinity senior midfielder
Ryan Werner (Weston, Conn.) scored the go-ahead goal from junior
Colin Sharp (Virginia Beach, Va.) at the 8:27 mark of the third and assisted on tallies by sophomore
Jon Krikorian (Windham, N.H.) and first-year
Jack Almeida (New Canaan, Conn.). Bantam junior attackman
Tyler DeSimone (St. James, N.Y.) closed out the 4-0 run with a goal from classmate
Andrew Bailey (Madison, N.J.) with 51 seconds on the clock. In the fourth frame, the Camels rattled off three goals in a row including the first two by Jared Rainville and the last by Liam Horkan with 9:01 left to play. Yaccino made a save moments later and Ike gave Trinity a 12-10 lead with the game's final goal at the 7:39 mark. Yaccino was stellar down the stretch with seven more stops including two in the final minute.
The game was tied 3-3 after one quarter, as Ike paced the Bantams with two goals. The Bantams led, 7-6, at halftime with Ike scoring twice more in the second. J.J. Ford scored for the Camels 1:28 before the break and Patrick Atkins scored for the visitors 1:47 after it to tie the game up at 7-all. Werner finished with two goals and two assists, while junior
Dane Crowley (Pelham, N.Y.) was solid on faceoffs with 14 wins in 24 attempts and five ground balls. Trinity sophomore LSM
John Cowdrick (Lexington, Mass.) added an assist, four ground balls, and two caused turnovers. Rainville had a hat trick, Nick McLaughlin caused four turnovers, and Will Rice made 12 saved for Connecticut College.
