Williams College: Ephs fall to Trinity, 2-1, for first NESCAC lossWilliams Sports Info
By Kelsey O. Ham
08:50AM / Thursday, October 08, 2009
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - 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, 2 of them being on goal, 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. |
