Bak, who repeats as the NESCAC men’s champion, earns first team all-league honors, along with fellow senior co-captain Jim Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) who placed fourth at 25:44. Trinity sophomore James Sullivan (Sterling, Mass.) finished 15th at 26:22, narrowly missing second team All-NESCAC recognition. Kane finished with a time of 18:42 to earn All-NESCAC honors, while junior Karen Roy (Ashford, Conn.) was 16th at 19:02 and senior co-captain Kate Klein (Huntington, Vt.) placed 18th at 19:12. Bak was named as the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Runner of the Week for the third time this season for his outstanding performance.

The Trinity women are ranked No. 6 in New England and No. 14 in the nation (www.raceberryjam.com), while the Bantam men’s squad is tied for No. 8 in New England.

This week’s new England polls:

Women
1. Williams 60
2. Middlebury 54
3. Bowdoin 47
4. Keene State 35
4. Wesleyan 35
6. Trinity (Conn.) 29
7. Brandeis 28
8. Bates 20
9. Tufts 10
10. Amherst 6
Also: Wellesley 3, MIT 2, Connecticut College 1

Men
1. Bowdoin 48
2. Keene State 47
3. Williams 40
4. Bates 32
5. MIT 30
6. Coast Guard 21
7. Connecticut College 20
8. Tufts 18
9. Trinity (Conn.) 12
10. Wesleyan 5
Also: Amherst 2

The Trinity College field hockey team lost in overtime against Worcester State on Oct. 23, and suffered 1-0 defeats against NESCAC rival Wesleyan on the road on Oct. 26 and in overtime against Amherst in its season finale, on Nov. 2. The Bantams failed to qualify for its first NESCAC Championship Tournament bid.

Against Worcester State, freshman forward Caitlin French (Rye, N.Y.) scored the Trinity goal and junior goalie Gwen Gillespie (Bratenahl, Ohio) made seven saves. Gillespie added seven more stops at Wesleyan and six against Amherst. Trinity, coached by Anne Parmenter, finished the season in ninth place in the NESCAC with a 2-7 league record. Gillespie leads the NESCAC with 8.57 saves per game (120).

Senior co-captain defender Susan Hoppock (Chevy Chase, Md.) led Trinity in scoring this fall with three goals and three assists for nine points and added two defensive saves. Junior forward Kristen Grabowski (Burlington, Conn.) added three goals and one assist for seven points and junior forward Jennifer Latiff (Rosemont, Pa.) netted a goal and three assists for five points. Hoppock started all 14 games this fall, while Grabowski played in all 14 with 12 starts, and Latiff started all 13 games in which she appeared. Hoppock finishes her fine career having played in 56 games with 56 starts, totaling six goals and three assists for 15 points and 15 defensive saves.

On defense, senior co-captain Jennifer Rieg (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) started all 14 games alongside Hoppock, recording four defensive saves, as did sophomore Ayres Heller (Bethesda, Md.). Junior Meriden Daly (Shrewsbury, Mass.) started all 13 games in which she played on defense, while sophomore midfielder Katherine Byron (Greens Farms, Conn.) started all 14 games with her first career goal and an assist. Rye and freshman midfielder Margot Kearney (Rye, N.Y.) started nine games apiece as rookies. French appeared in 13 contests and scored two goals, but Kearney missed the last five games with an injury.

Gillespie guarded the Trinity goal for 1,024 of the team’s 1,040 minutes this fall. She finished with 120 saves, 28 goals allowed, and one shutout. Other Bantams who made significant contributions to the team this fall include senior forward Lindsay Peet (Stowe, Vt.), senior midfielder/forward Laura Davis (Bethesda, Md.), junior midfielder Amanda Jones (Duxbury, Mass.), sophomore forward Patricia Glennon (Holland, Mass.), versatile freshman Jessica Keeley (Scituate, Mass.). Peet scored a goal to bring her career totals to four goals and two assists for 10 points in 48 games (41 starts), while Davis closes her career with one assist in 40 games (34 starts).

The Trinity College volleyball team lost, 3-0, at Western Connecticut on Oct. 22, and sandwiched a pair of 3-0 defeats against Wesleyan and Coast Guard around a 3-1 win over Roger Williams in the Coast Guard Classic on Oct. 26. The Bantams posted thrilling 3-2 victories over Keene State and King’s Point on Nov. 2 in the final matches of the regular season.

Sophomore outside hitter Kate Hunter (Ross, Calif.) notched 11 kills and senior co-captain setter Christine Horton (San Marino, Calif.) added 13 assists at Western Connecticut. In the Coast Guard Classic, Hunter notched 12 kills, sophomore opposite hitter Charlotte Grassi (Chevy Chase, Md.) added eight kills, and sophomore setter Justyn Bellsey (San Francisco, Calif.) notched a career-high 30 assists to lead Trinity against Roger Williams. Hunter also had eight kills against both Coast Guard and Wesleyan to earn a spot on the all-tournament squad.

Horton totaled 80 assists in the matches against Keene State and King’s Point. Hunter tallied 18 kills, 18 digs and five aces against King’s Point, and 23 kills and 14 digs against Keene State. Freshman middle blocker Sarah Carter (Durham, N.H.) added 11 kills in the Keene State match.

Trinity, coached by Angela Mills, finished its 2002 NESCAC slate with a 4-6 record to finish tied with Middlebury for seventh place in the league. The NESCAC Championship Tournament will take place at top-seeded Williams College on Nov. 8 and 9. The Bantams, seeded No. 8, will play Williams, which is ranked No. 4 in New England in the first round on Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. Other ranked teams in the tournament include Amherst at No. 5 in New England and Colby, which the Bantams defeated earlier this season, at No. 8 in the region. Trinity is third in the league in digs with 17.59 per game. Freshman outside hitter Lucy Hollis (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) is second in the conference in digs with 4.41 per game (410), and classmate Chelsea Lake (Minneapolis, Minn.) is seventh with 3.71 per game (367). Hollis is also eighth in the NESCAC with 0.51 service aces per game (47). Hunter was named to the NESCAC honor roll for her play against Keene State and King’s Point. She totaled 41 kills, six aces, 32 digs, and two blocks in 10 games with a .207 hitting percentage.

2002 NESCAC Tournament Field (all matches at Williams):
Friday, Nov. 8

No. 1 Williams vs. No. 8 Trinity ~ 6 p.m.
No. 2 Colby vs. No. 7 Middlebury ~ 6 p.m.
No. 3 Amherst vs. No. 6 Tufts ~ 8 p.m.
No. 4 Bates vs. No. 5 Wesleyan ~ 8 p.m.

Semi-final matches will be on Sat., Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. with the finals to follow at 3 p.m.

The Trinity College women’s soccer team defeated NESCAC rival Wesleyan, 3-2, in overtime on Oct. 26 in Middletown. The Bantams downed Bay Path, 5-1, on Oct. 30, and tied New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) rival Amherst, 1-1, in its regular season finale on Nov. 2. Trinity qualified NESCAC Tournament for the second straight season as the No. 7 seed, dropping a 1-0 decision at No. 2-seeded Bowdoin on Nov. 3.

Freshman forward Caitlin Buzzell (Manchester, Conn.) scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, at Wesleyan. Junior back Courtney Doyle (West Simsbury, Conn.) assisted on the game-winner, and added her own goal on a long range blast in the first half. Bantam sophomore Brenna Shields (Cutchogue, N.Y.) had 10 saves in goal..

Against Bay path, sophomore midfielder Leah Felis (Stowe, Vt.) knocked in a pair of goals in the first half for the Bantams to ensure Trinity its first regular season winning campaign since 1994. Sophomore forward Nicole Mauger (East Bridgewater, Mass.) assisted on two Bantam goals, the first to Buzzell and the second to freshman midfielder Chelsea King (Huntington, N.Y.). Junior forward Lindsay Aquilina (Williamsville, N.Y.) also scored for Trinity, as the Bantams took a season-high 55 shots at the net.

Shields made 11 saves over 110 against Amherst, while Mauger scored the lone Trinity goal on a feed by Doyle, and stopped seven shots in a solid effort in the league tournament contest at Bowdoin.

Trinity, coached by Michael Smith, finished in seventh place in the NESCAC with a 3-4-2 league record. Mauger is tied for the league lead in assists with 0.50 per game (5) and eighth in the NESCAC in scoring with 1.30 points per game (13). Doyle is tied for sixth in the conference in assists with 0.33 per game (5), while Felis is tied for sixth in goals at 0.60 per game (9) and seventh in scoring with 1.33 points per game (20). Shields was named to the NESCAC honor roll, after totaling 16 saves and just two goals allowed in a little over 200 minutes against Amherst and Bowdoin.

Behind Felis among the Trinity scoring leaders, Aquilina finished with six goals and two assists for 14 points, while Buzzell, Doyle, and Mauger each tallied 13 points this fall. Buzzell tallied five goals and three assists, and Doyle and Mauger notched four goals and five assists apiece. King added two goals and three assists for seven points and freshman Kristen Geiger (Canterbury, N.H.) notched a goal and two assists in her rookie season at both forward and midfielder. Felis and Doyle each played in all 15 games this fall with 14 starts, while Buzzell played in all 15 games with 13 starts, and Aquilina appeared in all 15 contests with three starts. Mauger started all 10 games she played, after a battle with mononucleosis in the middle of the season, while King started seven of the 13 games in which she played, and Geiger played in 13 games with three starts.

On defense, senior co-captains Meg Roscio (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Courtney Stewart (Trumbull, Conn.) each started all 15 games, at sweeper and stopper, respectively. Freshman back Sara Thiede (Lewisburg, Pa.) also started all 15 games, recording two assists, while junior Rachel Tracy (North Easton, Mass.) played in 14 games with 12 starts at back and midfielder, and sophomore Kathryn Hurley (Milton, Mass.) played in 13 games with eight starts at both positions. Roscio finishes her career with 47 games played (46 starts), one goal and three assists for five points, and Stewart winds up with 57 games played (55 starts) at midfielder and defense, and a pair of assists.

The Bantams were fortunate to have two solid goalkeepers, throughout the year. Shields finished a 4-5-2 record in 11 games with 916 minutes, 74 saves, a .822 save percentage, 16 goals allowed, a 1.57 GAA, and three shutouts, while Mahoney was 3-1 in seven games with 37 saves a .771 save percentage, and 11 goals allowed with a 2.07 GAA.

Other Bantams who made significant contributions to the team this fall include junior midfielder/forward Kate Salottolo (Bethel, Conn.) and freshman midfielder Jessica Hanson (West Granby, Conn.). Salottolo recorded two assists in 14 games (13 starts), while Hanson had one assist in 15 games (eight starts).

The Trinity College men’s soccer team edged Salve Regina, 2-1, in double overtime, on Oct. 23 and defeated NESCAC rival Wesleyan, 3-1, on the road on Oct. 26. The Bantams blanked Clark, 4-0, on Oct. 30, but were shut out by NESCAC rival Amherst, 2-0, on Nov. 2 in its regular season finale. Trinity qualified for their first NESCAC Championship Tournament, but fell to the No. 6 seed with the loss to Amherst. Trinity dropped a 5-1 decision at No. 3-seeded Middlebury in the tourney’s first round on Nov. 3.

Senior co-captain forward Morgan Sandell (Cohasset, Mass.) scored two unassisted goals, including the game-winner with 36 seconds left in the second 10-minute overtime, against Salve Regina. Bantam sophomore goalkeeper Jamie Burns (Minnetonka, Minn.) made seven saves, including two in the second overtime, to earn the victory.

Sandell also scored at Wesleyan and assisted junior midfielder John Klaus (Blue Bell, Pa.) on a second score. Bantam junior midfielder Chris Walther (Pallisades, N.J.) also scored for Trinity, while Burns made five saves in goal.

Sophomore forward Rob Bialobrzeski (Hampton, N.H.) scored two goals against Clark, while freshman midfielder Derek Marin (West Bridgewater, Mass.) and sophomore midfielder Ramon Bell (Kingston, Jamaica) each scored the first goal of his collegiate career in the game. Bialobrzeski added his first goal in the 30th minute for a 2-0 Bantam lead at the half, and scored again with 14 minutes remaining in the game to put the game away. Freshman forward Chris Fryxell (Windsor, Conn.) tallied three assists, and junior goalie Michael Doherty (Marshfield, Mass.) had seven saves to earn the shutout for Trinity.

Against Amherst, Burns had nine saves in the loss, which squelched Trinity’s chance of a home game in the NESCAC Tournament first round. At Middlebury the next day, Klaus found the back of the net after a scramble in the box for the lone Bantam goal and Burns had 10 saves in goal.

Trinity, coached by Eddie Mighten, finished tied with Tufts for fifth place in the NESCAC with a 4-4-1 league record. The Bantams are fourth in the league in scoring offense with 2.47 goals per game (36). Burns leads the conference in saves with 6.22 per game (56), immediately followed in second by Doherty with 5.33 saver per contest (48). Sandell is second in the NESCAC in scoring with 2.08 points per game (52), third in goals with 0.77 per game (10), and third in assists at 0.54 per game (7). Klaus is ninth in the league in assists with 0.38 per game (4) and 10th in scoring at 1.31 points per game (17). Fryxell was named to the NESCAC honor roll for his three assists against Clark.

Behind Sandell and Klaus among the Trinity scoring leaders, senior co-captain midfielder Peter Zoppi (Cheshire, Conn.) and junior back Tim Cross (Marblehead, Mass.) finished with three goals and three assists for nine points each, and Bialobrzeski had three goals and two assists for eight points. Walther and added three scores and an assist for seven points, Fryxell totaled two goals and three assists for seven points, Shilling added a goal to his four assists for six points, and senior midfielder Nick Lombardi (New Boston, N.H.) tallied a goal and three assists for five points. Sandell and Klaus started all 13 games they played in this fall, while Zoppi started all 12 games in which he appeared. Cross played in 14 games, starting 10, Bialobrzeski played in 14 games with five starts, Walther played in 14 games with nine starts, and Fryxell played in nine games with two starts, Shilling played in 13 games with 11 starts. Lombardi was the only Bantam to play in all 15 games, starting three. Sophomore forward John Ziadie (Kingston, Jamaica) played in 13 games with three starts, notching a goal and an assist, and Bell appeared in 12 games with two starts, a goal, and an assist in the midfield. Freshman midfielder Jeff Hodge (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) started 12 of the 13 games in which he played, and junior Jared Rubin (Wellesley, Mass.) recorded one assist in 12 games (five starts) at midfielder and defense.

Sandell finishes his career with 54 games played (46 starts), 31 goals and 19 assists for 81 points, and five game-winning goals. A candidate for league player of the year honors this season, Sandell was a first team All-NESCAC selection in 2000 and 2001, and a second team All-New England honoree last fall. Zoppi, a fifth-year senior who missed the 2000 season with an injury, winds up with 55 games played (46 starts) forward and midfielder, 14 goals and 13 assists for 41 points. Lombardi, who missed two seasons during a heroic battle with cancer, played in 29 games over the last two seasons (appeared in every game in 2001 and 2002), with seven starts, one goal and three assists.

On defense, junior Phil Flakes (Medway, Mass.) started all 13 games he played in at sweeper, while senior Kevin Alexander (Wellesley, Mass.) played in 13 games with 10 starts, classmate Jon Cohen (Portland, Maine) played in 12 games with seven starts and one assist, sophomore Craig Schneider (Manchester, Conn.) played in 11 games with six starts, and freshman Derrick deVos (Easton, Mass.) played in 11 games with nine starts.

In goal, Burns and Doherty each enjoyed solid seasons. Burns had a 2-5-1 record in nine games (seven starts), totaling 716 minutes, 62 saves, 19 goals allowed, a .732 save percentag, and a 2.01 GAA. Doherty finished at 5-2 in nine games (eight starts) with 687 minutes, 48 saves, 14 goals allowed, a .774 save percentage, and a 1.83 GAA, two shutouts, and even assisted on the season’s first goal. Other Bantams who made significant contributions to the team this fall include senior back Aaron Brill (Lower Merion, Pa.), and freshman forward Dan Cote (Andover, Mass.), both of whom tallied assists this fall.