HARTFORD, Conn. – Trinity College's Eva Lekovic tallied 11 kills and the Bantams defeated the Hamilton College Continentals in three straight sets (25-16, 25-19, 25-14) inside Trinity's Ray Oosting Gymnasium on Friday, Oct. 18. 
 

Season Update

• Hamilton (4-10, 1-6 NESCAC) was playing its seventh straight conference match. 
• Trinity (16-3, 4-3) has won four of its last five matches. 

How It Happened

• With the score knotted at 9-9 in the opening set, Trinity scored the next four points for a 13-9 edge. The Bantams led by as many as nine at 23-14. Hamilton tallied the next two points, but Trinity secured the set with a kill. 
• After a series of early ties in the second set, the Bantams battled for a 12-9 lead and eventually widened the gap to 19-12. Hamilton scored five of the next six points and cut its deficit to 20-17, thanks to kills by Caitlin Allen '27, Ayzlinn Trefren '28 and Claire Cooper '26. The Bantams closed out the second set with a 5-2 run. 
• Tied at 3-3, the Bantams rattled off four straight points for a 7-3 advantage. Trinity used a 7-2 spurt for a 14-5 cushion and led by at least seven points the rest of the way.
• Trinity registered a .254 hitting percentage with 47 kills.  

Notes

• Elodie McGeiver '27 finished with a team-best nine kills and added eight digs. 
• Mia Jessen '28 led Hamilton with 13 digs.  
• Allen added three blocks for the Continentals. 
• Cooper handed out a team-high 10 assists.  
• Ava Boloyan and Annette Schlunk added nine kills apiece for the Bantams.
• Caroline Howell finished with 18 assists, 11 digs and two service aces. 
• Grace Sullivan tallied 18 assists. 
• The Trinity defense was led by Bella Caffuzzi (five blocks) and Scarlett Jago (19 digs).

Next Match

The Continentals travel to New London, Conn., for another NESCAC matchup at Connecticut College (12-6, 2-5) on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.