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Trinity Falls In First Round

Brunswick, Maine - Bowdoin College goaltender Jake McCampbell made 18 saves and held visiting Trinity College scoreless for a 34-minute stretch to lead the Polar Bear men's lacrosse team to an 11-8 victory over the Bantams in the quarterfinals of the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship Tournament this afternoon. The No. 2-seeded Polar Bears improve to 10-5 and advance to the semifinals for the third time in four seasons while the No. 7-seeded Bantams end the year with a mark of 10-6.

Things looked good in the early going for the visitors, as the Bantams received goals from Max Alderman and Rob Mountain to take a 2-0 advantage just 5:51 into the contest. Bowdoin bounced back with goals from Matt Legg and Cullen Winkler, but the Bantams closed the quarter with a pair of goals from Alderman and Kevin Looby, who found the back of the net with just a second remaining in the period to give Trinity a 4-2 lead. Legg's second goal of the game trimmed the lead to 4-3 before Adam Tracy netted a goal to deadlock the game at 4-4 for Bowdoin. Greg Brennan quickly answered with a tally for Trinity a mere nine seconds later. It would be the last lead of the game for the Bantams, with 8:02 remaining in the half, as the visitors would not score for the next 34:42 of game play.

After Steve Thomas tied the game before halftime for Bowdoin, the Polar Bears exploded for five goals in the third quarter to take a commanding lead. Five different players scored in the run, the last of which came on an outstanding individual effort by Ben Chadwick with 2:12 left in the frame to give the hosts a 10-5 lead. Rob Halliday scored with 10:23 left in the fourth quarter to push the lead to 11-5. Trinity scored three times in the final 3:24 to close out the scoring.

McCampbell finished with 18 stops, including 10 in the fourth quarter as Trinity desperately tried to climb back into the game. Tracy led the Bowdoin scorers with two goals and two assists. Harry Ashforth had three assists on the day as Legg, Thomas, Halliday and Winkler each had two goals for Bowdoin. Looby, Brennan and Alderman had two tallies apiece for Trinity. Graham Fadden made 14 stops in net for the closing minutes.

Cullen Named NESCAC Player of The Week

Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Week
Harper Cullen, Trinity
(Junior, Attacker - Rehoboth Beach, Del.)
Cullen led the Bantams in scoring during a 2-0 week, tallying nine goals. On
Wednesday at Eastern Conn. St., Cullen scored all of his game-high four goals in
the third quarter, leading Trinity back from a 6-2 halftime defi cit for a 7-6 advantage
heading into the fourth that the Bantams would not relinquish. In a key 11-6 win
at Bates on Saturday, Harper paced his squad once again with fi ve more scores.
He also contributed three ground balls during the week.

Trinity Ranked #19 in USILA Poll

Rank  Team                        Pts (1st)   Prev.
  1   Stevenson (13-0)            298 (13)      1
  2   Roanoke (14-0)              287 (2)       2
  3   Middlebury (9-1)            266           4
  4   Ithaca (11-1)               238           7
  5   Washington & Lee (11-1)     223           6
  6   Gettysburg (9-3)            204           8
  7   Tufts (9-2)                 200          10
  8   Cortland (8-2)              178           3
  9   Haverford (10-2)            173          11
 10   Salisbury (11-3)            158           5
 11   Geneseo (8-1)               153          18
 12   Wesleyan (10-2)             146          13
 13   Western New England (8-2)   122           9
 14   Denison (8-1)                88          16
 15   Endicott (10-2)              84          17
 16   Cabrini (9-3)                76          15
 17   Lynchburg (8-4)              66          14
 18   St. Lawrence (7-2)           56          20
 19   Trinity (9-3)                              29                 NR
 20   Bowdoin (7-4)                               26                  12

Also receiving votes: Washington College, RIT, Williams, Clarkson, St. Mary's, St. John Fisher, Nazareth, Stevens, Fairleigh Dickinson, Montclair

TSPN Interview With The 2009 Captains

Trinity Adds 11 Freshman

Head Coach Jim Finlay, the coaching staff, and the returning players would like to welcome the addition of 11 first-year students to the Trinity College Men’s Lacrosse Program. The class of 2012 consists of players from some of the most highly decorated high school and prep school programs in the nation, and includes and one attackmen, three midfielders, six defensemen, and one goalie.

Brandon Polakoff, Attack, Princeton, NJ, Princeton High School

Mike Jordan, Midfield, Groton, MA, The Rivers School

Alex Bertles, Midfield, Palm Beach, FL, Deerfield Academy

Peter Miller, Midfield, Plandome, NY, Manhasset High School

Eric Phillips, Defense/LSM, Darien, CT, Westminster School

Victor Farr, Defense/LSM, Washington, DC, Gonzaga Prep

Chris Potter, Defense/LSM, Huntington, NY, Huntington High School

Alex Gottsch, Defense, Sparks, MD, Gilman

Tyler Gwozdz, Defense, Greenwich, CT, Greenwich High School

Alex Paul, Defense, Bronxville, NY, Bronxville High School

Peter Johnson, Goalie, Riverside , CT, Taft School

News Letter

Record Watch

Goals in a Season

1.Ryan Martin -43 1992

1.Scott Growney - 43 1980

Harper Cullen - 48

Goals Against Avg.

1. 7.99 – Ed Ronan 1996

Graham Fadden- 7.80

Wins in a Season

1.10 - Jon Rotenstreich 1992

Graham Fadden- 10

THIS WEEK

Season Complete

LAST WEEK

NESCAC STANDINGS

1. Middlebury 8-1

2. Tufts 6-3

2. Wesleyan 6-3

2. Bowdoin 6-3

5. Williams 5-4

6. Trinity 4-5

6. Colby 4-5

8. Amherst 3-6

9. Bates 2-7

10. Conn College 1-8