Trinity Fights Past Connecticut College, 2-1, in Women's Ice Hockey Quarterfinals
Courtesy Trinity Sports Information
HARTFORD, Conn. – Sophomores Celia Colman-McGaw (Manchester, Conn.) and Hannah Harvey (Silverthorne, Colo.) scored goals and senior tri-captain Isabel Iwachiw (New York, N.Y.) made 33 saves between the pipes to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Connecticut College Camels in the quarterfinals of the 2010 NESCAC Women’s Ice Hockey Championship this afternoon at Williams Rink.
Trinity reaches 20 wins for the
first time in the program’s history at 20-3-2 and advances to
the NESCAC semifinals against Middlebury College on Saturday, March
6 at 4:00 p.m. at Amherst College. Connecticut College closes the
year with an 8-15-2 record. Trinity had lost, 2-1, to the Camels at
home in the NESCAC first round last season, but managed a third
victory this season against them this afternoon.
Trinity, playing in its fifth NESCAC tournament and its fourth in a
row, will be making its second appearance in the NESCAC semifinals
in next weekend. The Bantams won the first post-season game in its
history, 5-1, against Hamilton two seasons ago in the NESCAC
quarters, but lost, 2-1, against Amherst at Middlebury in the
NESCAC semifinals.
Trinity controlled the puck early and scored the game’s first goal 12:13 into the contest when Harvey one-timed a pass from right to left in front of the goal by senior forward Britney McKenna (Rye, N.H.) that beat the diving Connecticut College senior goalie Sara Christopher (Andover, Mass.) on a two-on-one opportunity. The Bantams added to their lead 15 minutes into the second frame on a beautiful individual move on by Colman-McGaw on a one-on-one breakaway. Both Trinity goals came on power-play opportunities, as Connecticut College was whistled for seven penalties in the game and five in the second period.
The Camels were the aggressors in
the third period, peppering Iwachiw with several early shots during
a power play that carried over from the final minute of the second
period, and converted the opportunity with 18:56 on the clock when
junior defender Kourtney Brim (Shawnee, Kansas) smacked in a
rebound after an initial shot by junior forward Celia Medeiros
(Portsmouth, R.I.) was blocked. Connecticut College continued its
pressure throughout the final stanza in its attempt to tie the
score, although Trinity remained disciplined and did not commit a
penalty over the last 20 minutes. Junior captain Brigid
O’Gorman (Eden, N.Y.) sent a wrist shot from 20 yards away
into traffic in front of the goal, with Christopher pulled in favor
of an extra offensive Camel player, with seven seconds left, but
Iwachiw stopped the shot for her final save to preserve the
victory. Trinity juniors Sarah Kohn (Winchester, Mass.) and Alexa
Guglielmi (Rocky Hill, Conn.) recorded assists for the Bantams,
while Christopher finished with 26 stops.
