Trinity Defeats Skidmore

Junior Madeleine Hardy led the Bantams with three goals against Skidmore.

We travelled to Saratoga Springs on Wednesday night to play non-league opponent Skidmore College. While KP’s pregame talk centered on the words “focus” and “fun”, it took the Bants some time to settle in and play Trinity lacrosse. We scored the first two of the game, with unassisted tallies by Megan and Alisen, but Skidmore rebounded to tie the score at 2 apiece halfway through the first. Madeleine gave us a 4-2 lead by coming off the bench with a focused and determined mindset. She scored two goals in the span of 3 minutes and Hadley chipped in one of her own, giving us a 5-2 advantage at halftime.

Although the defense held Skidmore to only two goals in the first, we were disappointed with our effort and looked to come out in the second with more fire. We focused on winning the 50/50 battles and limiting turnovers, especially unforced turnovers. We had been sloppy with our passing and committed to improving this in the second half. We also focused on using our teammates more and helping out the ball carrier. Rachel, who was face-guarded all game, found the back of the net early in the second for her first point of the game. The goal came off a beautiful cut, with Bruno finding her open in the 8 meter for a nice feed. The reverse happened ten minutes later, as Rachel was fouled just behind the goal and was given possession. She found Bruno cutting into the 8 and Bruno buried the ball.

Madeleine closed out the scoring for the Bantams with her third goal of the game off a free position. Her play was outstanding and brought a high level of intensity to the field. She added a ground ball and a draw control to her three goals (which came off of just 3 shots, for a 100% shooting)! Great job Madeleine.

Mal and Liza led the defense with some great play, coming up with 4 and 3 caused turnovers, respectively. Liv stood tall in goal with 4 saves. We will look to up our game when we see NESCAC opponent Williams in Williamstown, MA on Saturday.