WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - Caitlin Irvine's fourth goal of the game snapped a tie with 7:02 remaining Saturday and helped Trinity College post a 14-13 conference win over host Williams at Renzie Lamb Field.

Trinity improved to 6-1 overall, 3-1 in the NESCAC, while Williams dropped to 4-2, 2-2 in the conference. The Ephs host Union Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in a non-conference game.

Williams trailed by as much as six goals twice in the game, the final time with 22:52 remaining after the Bantams' Jennifer Calver scored off a feed from Rachel Romanowsky. But the Ephs would score seven of the game's next eight goals to tie the score at 12 when senior Britt Spackman fired a shot past Bantam goalie Gina Dinallo with 8:47 to go.

Trinity was the fllowing draw control and Irvine was awarded a free position shot she converted. The Bantams Lauren Peck added an important insurance goal with 3:24 remaining and an Eph off the field due to a yellow card infraction.

Williams Whitney Thayer scored with 1:49 left to make things interesting at 14-13, and the Ephs had one possession to tie it, but Trinity defender Jesse Schultz created a turnover before a shot was taken.

Trinity came out of the gates on fire, scoring six times in the first 16 minutes to build a 6-1 lead. Calver scored twice in the early going, once right off the draw and the other off a rebound opportunity after the initial save was made by Eph keeper Julia Schreiber.

The Bantams led at the half 9-4. Romanowsky had four goals and three assists in the victory, and three of the scores came in the opening 30 minutes. Irvine finished with four goals and one assist, while Calver had three goals and an assist.

Trinity outshot Williams 36-26 in the game. Dinallo made 10 saves in net for the Bantams.

Julia Nawrocki and Whitney Thayer each had three goals and one assists for the Ephs. Spackman had two goals and two assists, while first-years Margie Fulton and Taylor Fleishhacker each scored twice. Schreiber finished with 17 saves, 12 in the second half.

2009-03-28