HARTFORD, Conn. – Trinity College erupted for six goals in the third quarter and the Bantams went on to a 14-7 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Trinity's Sheppard Field on Saturday afternoon, April 5.
Season Update
- Hamilton (3-6, 1-6 NESCAC) has played ranked opponents in three of its last four contests.
- The Bantams (7-3, 4-2) won their fourth straight game.
How It Happened
- The Bantams jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes.
- The Continentals trimmed their deficit in half with 6:13 left in the opening quarter when Sarah Stonestreet '25 found the back of the net on an assist from Alex Orlando '25.
- Trinity struck first in the second quarter and pushed its lead to 3-1 with 10:44 remaining.
- The Continentals answered with a woman-up goal by Sophia Wright '28 from Aine Cleary '25 at the 8:44 mark.
- Orlando evened the score with a free-position goal at 5:40, but the Bantams responded with three unanswered goals and took a 6-3 lead into halftime.
- Trinity outscored the Continentals 6-2 in the third quarter and extended their advantage to 12-5 heading into the final period.
- After another Bantam goal with 12:55 left in the fourth quarter, Orlando netted her third goal just 51 seconds later, following a draw control win by Avery Trach '27. Orlando added another free-position goal exactly two minutes after that, but Hamilton didn't score again during the last 10 minutes.
Notes
- Orlando tied a career high with five points on four goals and one assist. She also contributed three ground balls and matched a career best with four draw controls.
- Stonestreet netted her fifth goal of the season and tallied her 31st career assist.
- Sarah Creamer '26 recorded two points for the fourth time this season on one goal and one assist.
- Wright has scored in each of the last three games she participated in and has four goals this season.
- Cleary dished out her fifth assist of the season, collected four ground balls and caused two turnovers.
- Maddigan Leifer '26 scooped up four ground balls and won three draw controls.
- Grace Martucci '28 finished with three ground balls and three caused turnovers.
- Carlisle West '25 had three of Hamilton's 15 caused turnovers.
- Clara Paolucci '28 made eight saves for the Continentals.
- Sarah Marvin led the Bantams with four goals.
- Kaeley Zito finished with three goals and two assists.
- Brooke Kurtz posted a game-high six points on two goals and a team-best four assists.
- Alex Lesko netted two goals and added one assist.
- Ivy Armentrout contributed two goals, and Kelsey Restivo scored one goal and added two assists.
- June Trodden led Trinity with five draw controls, while Alexa Macaulay won four and Sydney Aitkenhead grabbed three.
- Olivia Aguirre made four saves in the first half for the Bantams before Ali Macdougall took over in the second half and registered two saves.
Next Game
Hamilton plays another conference contest at Williams College (5-5, 2-4) on Wednesday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m.
