HARTFORD - Senior co-captain Robyn Williams (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)
scored two goals, including the game-winner with less than six
seconds remaining in overtime to lead the Trinity College Bantams
to a 2-1 victory over the Tufts University Jumbos in New England
Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) field hockey
action on Robin Sheppard Field this afternoon.
Trinity improves to 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the conference, while
Tufts, ranked No. 1 in the nation, suffer their first loss of the
season and fall to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the league.
Williams gave the Bantams a 1-0 lead midway through the first
half before Tufts closed the opening frame with a game-tying goal
from senior Melissa Burke (Walpole, MA). After a scoreless
second half, the teams headed to overtime.
Trinity needed almost every second of it to secure their fourth
straight victory. Junior Caroline Snite (Philadelphia, PA) came up
with a rebound on the right side of the Tufts goal, before finding
Williams on her left, and she put the game-winner into the bottom
right corner of the cage with just 5.5 seconds remaining on the
clock, as her team stormed the field in celebration.
Tufts out-shot Trinity 20-6, but Trinity junior
goalkeeper Gina Dinallo (West Hartford, CT) came up with a
season-high 13 saves to frustrate a red-hot Jumbos offense that had
scored 23 goals in its previous four games. Tufts junior
goalkeeper Marianna Zak
(Concord, MA) finished the game with two saves.
Tufts is 41-2 in regular season games since Oct. 6, 2007, both
losses coming to Trinity. In that span, the Jumbos have
outscored their opponents 185-28, and 100-12 in the past two
regular seasons. The Jumbos had allowed just three goals in nine
games this season prior to today, shutting out six of their
opponents along the way. Trinity and Tufts have gone to overtime in
four of their last five contests.
Game Statistics
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Game release courtesy of Trinity College
