Bants Start Season Strong Against Conn!

The Bantams hosted the Connecticut College Camels in the home opener last Saturday afternoon on the Robin L. Sheppard Field. After a productive preseason in which we worked on everything from stick skills and shooting to attack, defense, and transition, the team was ready to put all that practice into action. The Bants looked sharp from the opening draw, taking a commanding 7-1 lead into halftime and finishing the game with a decisive score of 13-5.

While sophomore midfielder Megan Leonhard led the attack with four goals, we were impressed by the balanced scoring, seeing a number of players chipping in with goals and assists. Hadley Duncan opened the scoring on a nice feed from senior captain Rachel Romanowsky. Rachel was a commanding presence in the attacking end, scoring one of her own and adding a second assist to a beautiful quick stick goal by sophomore Haley Thompson. Hadley notched a second goal, while Kaitlin Hildebrand got on the board with two goals and an assist. Juniors Madeleine Hardy and Liz Bruno chipped in a goal apiece, while first-year Lyndsey Shepard scored her first career goal!!! Congrats Lyndsey!

On the defensive end, junior Gina Dinallo and sophomore Liv Whitney split time in goal as the backbone of the Trinity defense. Gina and Liv combined for 8 saves on the game, and Gina picked up a ground ball as well! Megan not only led the team in the attacking end, but was also stellar on defense and in the midfield, picking up a team high six ground balls. Senior captain Alisen Urquhart and junior Liza Beckler each chipped in four ground balls. We were excited to try something new on defense this year and were impressed by the results! We saw some great slides and lots of communication. We will look to carry those positives into our upcoming away games at Endicott on Thursday and NESCAC opponent Bowdoin on Saturday.

Thanks to the parents for providing a wonderful tailgate for the players, coaches, and many alums who were back for the alumni weekend!



Sophomore Megan Leonhard was awarded Bantam of the Week honors for her 4 goal effort. Congrats Lenny!