No. 9 Bantams Breeze Past Bowdoin, 14-9
from press release
HARTFORD, Conn. - Junior attacker Caitlin Irvine
(Westwood, Mass.) tallied four goals and one assist to lead the
Trinity College Bantams over the Bowdoin College Polar Bears in New
England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's lacrosse
action this afternoon on Sheppard Field, 14-9.
The Bantams, ranked No. 9 in the nation, improve to 3-0 overall and
2-0 in the NESCAC, while Polar Bears fall to 1-3 with their third
defeat in a row by an opponent ranked among the nation's top ten
teams.
Sophomore goalkeeper Stephanie Fisher (Brunswick, Maine) and the
Bantam defense kept Bowdoin scoreless until 4:09 into the second
half, as Fisher totaled seven of her 10 saves before the break.
Irvine, junior midfielder Rachel Romanowsky (Hampstead, N.H.) and
freshman midfielder Megan Leonhard (Summit, N.J.) each scored two
of Trinity's eight goals in the first half.
Trinity increased its advantage to 9-0 on a free-position goal by
senior attacker Kristin Phelps (Sudbury, Mass.) in the opening
minutes of the second stanza, before Bowdoin sophomore Elizabeth
Clegg (Hudson, Ohio) broke the drought with a free-position tally
at the 25:51 mark. After two scores by Irvine and another by
Leonhard, Bowdoin rallied to scored five unanswered goals,
including a pair by sophomore midfielder McKenna Teague (Cohasset,
Mass.) to cut the Trinity lead to 12-6 with eight minutes on the
clock.
Phelps ended a 12:21 Bantam scoring drought with 7:13 left in the
contest and scored again at the 2:07 after neither team could put
any points up for a 5:06 stretch. Bowdoin ended the game with three
goals in the final two minutes to account for the 14-9 final.
Phelps matched Irvine with four goals, while Leonhard finished with
three scores, and Romanowsky notched two goals and one assist.
Sophomore midfielder Liz Bruno (Andover, Mass.) helped the Bantam
cause with three draw controls and four caused turnovers. Clegg,
Teague, and two other scored twice for Bowdoin, and freshman Tara
Connolly (Simsbury, Conn.) stopped 11 shots in the Polar Bear goal.
