BRUNSWICK, Maine - Trinity's Rachel Romanowsky scored five goals and added three assists as the Bantam women's lacrosse team held off Bowdoin on Saturday, 13-12. The Bantams are ranked 11th in the latest IWLCA poll.

Trinity never trailed Saturday, scoring three goals in the opening 7:21 to take an early advantage. Romanowsky scored three times in the first half, extending their lead to 6-2 with 10:33 remaining in the first period. Bowdoin rolled off goals in a 1:08 span, courtesy of Liz Clegg, Katie Stewart and McKenna Teague to trim the gap to 6-5 with 2:44 left before intermission. Trinity's Jen Calver was able to find the back of the net shortly before the half to give the visitors a 7-5 lead at the break.

Trinity scored three straight goals to open the second period as Carrie Disa, Romanowsky and Calver to extend the lead to 10-5 just 3:14 into the half. Bowdoin responded with a trio of scores from Teague, Stewart and Katie Herter to cut the lead to 10-8. The Polar Bears were able to cut the lead to a single goal on three occasions, 11-10, 12-11 and 13-12, with under 10 minutes to play, but could not find the equalizer as Trinity won a draw control with a minute to go and was able to run out the clock.

Clegg and Teague scored three goals apiece for the Polar Bears, who got 15 saves from Stephanie Collins-Finn. Trinity received two goals apiece from Calver and Caitlin Irvine in addition to Romanowsky's five. Gina Dinallo stopped 13 shots for the Bantams, who held a 36-29 edge in shots and 16-11 lead in draw controls.

Score by Period       1  2  Tot
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Trinity.............  7  6 - 13
Bowdoin.............  5  7 - 12
 
Attendance: 203
 
Trinity SCORING:
GOALS: Rachel Romanowsky 5; Jennifer Calver 2; Caitlin Irvine 2;
       Carrie Disa 1; Alisen Urquhart 1; Christy Bradley 1;
       Jesse Schultz 1.
ASSISTS: Rachel Romanowsky 3; Carrie Disa 1.
 
Bowdoin SCORING:
GOALS: Elizabeth Clegg 3; McKenna Teague 3; Katie Stewart 2;
       Lindsay McNamara 1; Ingrid Oelschlager 1; Katie Herter 1;
       Emily Straus 1.
ASSISTS: Katy Dissinger 1; Lindsay McNamara 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Trinity............. 20 16 - 36
Bowdoin............. 14 15 - 29
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  Tot
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Trinity.............  9  6 - 15
Bowdoin............. 10 13 - 23
 
DRAW CONTROLS BY PRD  1  2  Tot
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Trinity.............  6 10 - 16
Bowdoin.............  7  4 - 11
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     Total
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Trinity.............  5-12  6-11 - 11-23
Bowdoin.............  3-7  10-11 - 13-18
 
FREE-POSITION SHOTS    1     2     Total
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Trinity.............  0-1   1-1  -  1-2
Bowdoin.............  0-0   2-5  -  2-5
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Trinity.............  8  5 - 13
Bowdoin.............  6  9 - 15
 
FOULS BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Trinity............. 10  6 - 16
Bowdoin.............  6  8 - 14
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  Tot
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Trinity............. 12  9 - 21
Bowdoin............. 12 10 - 22

2009-03-14