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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. It was cold and blustery at
Renzie Lamb field Wednesday night, but the weather did not get
Williams (4-4, 4-1 NESCAC) down as they put together an all-around
strong performance and came out just short of the victory. Despite
shooting 25 shots, more than twice as many as Trinity (8-0, 5-0
NESCAC), the Ephs just couldn't seem to connect the ball with
the net acquiring their first defeat in NESCAC for the season.
First half play was characterized by aggressive offense on both
ends of the field. Possession alternated between teams consistently
until 15:30 into the game when Bantam sophomore Payson Sword made
the first goal of the night unassisted. Bantam, a defensive player
for Trinity, also scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lead
trinity to a 3-2 overtime victory against Wesleyan last Friday
night to preserve their undefeated record. Williams led the way in
shots taking 17, 7 on goal, to Trinity's 6, 3 on goal. They
also took 6 penalty corners to Trinity's 2.
The Ephs refocused their game for the second half as their offense
set Trinity on their heels and kept Bantam goalie Gina Dinallo
working to keep up. Despite only taking one other shot on goal for
the half, the Bantams doubled their lead when sophomore Caroline
Snite made a pass in traffic to senior captain Carrie Wolcott for a
goal at 48:07 into the competition. The Ephs responded less than
four minutes later off an unassisted goal by senior captain Whit
Thayer (Lancaster, PA) to bring the margin back to one.
Williams played the remaining 25 minutes of the game with a sense
of urgency attempting to tie up the score, but were unable to tally
another goal before the final buzzer to take Trinity into overtime.
The Ephs finished the half with an impressive 9 shots and had six
more penalty corners for the period than the Bantams finishing with
7. Eph junior Alice Bearn (Bethlehem, PA) played an exceptional
game for the Ephs contributing consistently throughout the
competition on both ends of the field.
Dinallo finished the night with 13 saves and 1 goal allowed. Eph
goalie Katrina Tulla had three saves, with two goals allowed. Both
spent the full 70 minutes in the net.
“I'm not disappointed with our performance
tonight,” commented Coach Alix Burrale, “They got two
goals past us, but we came together and fought hard.”
The Ephs play again at home this Saturday against Bates at 11AM.
