No. 11 Colby Hands No. 12 Trinity First Loss
from press releases
Hartford, Conn. - Senior co-captain midfielder
Kate Sheridan (Hingham, Mass.) totaled five assists and sophomore
Sarah Warnke (Lakeville, Conn.) made 14 saves in goal to lead the
visiting Colby College Mules to a 10-7 win over the Trinity College
Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
women's lacrosse action this afternoon on Sheppard Field.
Trinity, ranked No. 12 in the nation, falls to 5-1 overall and 2-1
in the NESCAC, while the No. 11-ranked Mules improve to 4-1 overall
and 2-1 in the league. The game was a rematch of the 2008
NESCAC Championship Finals, which Colby won by a score of 14-12
last May.
The teams played to a 4-4 tie over the first 22 minutes of the
opening half, as Trinity sophomore attacker Caitlin Irvine
(Westwood, Mass.) scored twice in the first four minutes.
Junior attacker Jenn Calver (Barnard, Vt.) gave Trinity a 4-3 lead
at the 18:12 mark on a blistering shot from the circle on a free
position, but Colby answered three minutes later when Sheridan fed
senior attacker Becky Julian (South Windsor, Conn.) on the first of
three consecutive Mule goals that came as a result of her assists
with 8:21 left in the stanza.
Colby added a fourth unanswered goals by senior attacker Claire
Donegan (Great Falls, Va.) with 33 seconds before the break to give
the Mules a 7-4 lead.
Colby came out shooting in the second half, and Trinity freshman
goalie Gina Dinallo (West Hartford, Conn.) made three stops in the
first two minutes before Mule junior attacker Amy Campbell (North
Andover, Mass.) finally bounced one past with 28:09 on the
clock. The Mules increased their advantage to 10-4, but
Trinity rallied late beginning with the third goal of the game for
Irvine at the seven-minute mark.
Calver rocketed in another goal 1:15 later and sophomore midfielder
Alisen Urquhart (Redding, Conn.) streaked down the middle of the
field untouched for a third score to pull Trinity within three with
2:07 left to play. The Bantams gained possession again, but
failed to get off a shot when sophomore midfielder Rachel
Romanowsky (Hampstead, N.H.) was called for a charge while making a
move around the back of the Colby goal. The Mules held the
ball for the remainder of the contest until the closing
seconds.
Colby, which held the Trinity defense to six goals less than its
previous season-low, controlled 12 draw controls to against six for
the Bantams. Mule sophomore midfielder Casey Thomas (Needham,
Mass.) and Bantam freshman midfielder Liz Bruno (Andover, Mass.)
totaled five ground balls apiece. Dinallo finished with 13
saves for the Bantams, while Romanowsky notched a goal and two
assists. Four different players scored twice for Colby,
including Donegan who also assisted on a pair of scores.
