Bantams Down Ephs, 9-4

Senior Defender Emma Lynch








We headed to Williamstown, MA on Saturday morning to play NESCAC foe Williams College. Though weather reports early in the week suggested that we would be met with snow, we were pleasantly surprised by the playing conditions – cold and breezy, but precipitation-free. Kaitlin Hildebrand once again got things started for the Bantams. The attack was deliberate and methodical with the plays, working the ball around until a great opportunity opened up. Knowing that the All-NESCAC Williams goaltender would come up with a lot of saves, the Bantams looked for well-placed shots. Lenny found Kaitlin inside the 8 meter for the first goal of the contest, about 5 minutes into the game. Williams responded, but Kaitlin was quick to reestablish the lead, with another assisted goal, this time from Rachel. Three minutes later, Rachel assisted another goal, scored by Lenny. The rest of the half featured some slowed down play, as the Bantams looked for good driving opportunities. Alisen and Hadley both showed that they weren’t afraid to go to goal on a couple nice drives to cage, picking opportune moments to attack the Williams defenders. Our tough Trinity defense allowed only two Williams goals in the half. Senior Emma Lynch was awesome on defense, coming up with four caused turnovers and five ground balls. One notable caused turnover occurred when a Williams attacker was streaking towards cage in transition. Emma stepped up and stayed out of shooting space, then managed to intercept the ball and start the Trinity transition in the other direction.


While Williams got on board first in the second, Trinity rolled out four straight goals to take a 9-3 lead. The pressure was on first-year Lyndsey Shepard after being awarded a free position with the goalie behind. With an open net, Lyndsey took a quick shot that just squeaked by a Williams defender. After some back and forth play, with impressive stops by the defense, the Bantams got on board again. After Bruno caused a turnover in the defensive end, Hillary picked up a ground ball and pushed it in transition, streaking down the field with two Williams players chasing after her. She fed Kaitlin Hildebrand, who quickly released to Hadley. Hadley found the back of the net for her second of the contest. We won the ensuing draw control and settled play in the offensive end. After working the ball around, Shea found herself open for a drive from the top. She took the ball to cage and scored a beautiful goal. The scoring was rounded out by Bruno, who scored on a free-position. The goal capped a terrific game for Bruno, who led all players with five caused turnovers and seven ground balls. She also picked up three draw controls. Great job Bruno! It was a tremendous defensive effort by the entire defense, backboned by Liv in goal who came up with 5 great saves.