For the men, freshman Christian Greer (Fairfield, Conn.) won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:58.260 and the 200-yard butterfly, and senior Maurice Lee (Wayne, Pa.) finished first in the 500-yard freestyle (5:15.41). Lee also teamed with Hammond, senior co-captain Ryan Bares (New Hartford, Conn.), and senior Michael Tobin (Upper Montclair, N.J.) to win the 200-yard freestyle relay at 3:35.22.

Against Worcester Tech, sophomore Matthew DeRosa (Setauket, N.Y.) finished in second place in the 100-yard backstroke (58.49) and the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.66), and won the one-meter diving (133.10) in his first collegiate appearance on the board. Hammond and Greer each won a pair of events. Hammond took the 50- (22.47) and 100-yard freestyles (49.69) and Greer won the 500- (5:10.10)and 1,000-yard freestyle (10:58.80) events. Hammond, Greer, freshman Chris Swanson (Wellesley, Mass.), and Bares sealed the triumph with a first-place time of 3:28.08 in the meet-ending, 200-yard freestyle relay.

The Trinity women will compete in the NESCAC Championships at Bowdoin from Fri., Feb. 21 thru Sun., Feb. 23.

Freshman forward Tyler Rhoten (Ridgewood, N.J.) scored a game-high 30 points, making 13 out of 17 shots from the field and all four of his free throws, and added six rebounds at Clark, which was ranked No. 4 in the Northeast region entering the game. Rhoten, who scored 30-plus points for the second game in a row, was joined by senior tri-captain Ryan Uszenski (Woodbridge, N.J.), sophomore guard John Halas (White Plains, N.Y.), and senior tri-captain forward Corey Days (Baltimore, Md.) in double figures in scoring for Trinity. Uszenski also had four assists, while Halas dished out five assists, and Days notched a team-high 11 rebounds and three blocked shots. Sophomore guard Jesse Farrell (Minneapolis, Minn.), who tallied six assists, Halas, and Uszenski made three three-point shots each, as the Bantams shot 45.0 percent from beyond the arc. Trinity made 20 out of 28 shots from the field (71.4 percent) and five out of nine shots from three-point range in the second half, and outrebounded the Cougars, 32-23, for the game.

Against Amherst, which was ranked No. 3 in the Northeast and No. 12 in the nation entering the game, Rhoten and Uszenski finished with 20 points each, while Farrell added 11 points and seven assists. Uszenski also had a team-high six rebounds and four steals.

Rhoten scored a game-high 24 points, on 10-14 shooting, along with a team high seven rebounds against Hunter. Junior guard Shaun Smyth (Manchester, Conn.) came off the bench to contribute 17 points, while Halas also finished with double figures in scoring for the Bantams, with 10 points. Farrell chipped in a game-high assists.

Against Wesleyan, Trinity led by as many as eight points in the second half, Halas paced the Bantams with 18 points, four assists, and three blocks, while Rhoten tallied 16 points and a team-high 10 boards, and Uszenski finished with 13 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and three steals. Days added 12 points, eight caroms, and four assists, and Farrell notched 10 points and seven assists.

Rhoten totaled game-highs of 24 points and 15 rebounds at Connecticut College, while Days notched a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards, and Halas added 15 points, making four out of six from three-point range, seven rebounds, and three steals. Uszenski tallied 12 points, seven boards, and four assists and Farrell had 11 points, sinking all eight of his free throws, and five assists.

Trinity, coached by Stan Ogrodnik, finished the regular season in a three-way tie with Tufts and Wesleyan for third place in the NESCAC. Trinity leads the NESCAC in field goal percentage at 48.1 percent (683-1420) and is third in scoring defense at 72.3 points allowed per game. Days leads the league in blocked shots at 2.13 per game (49) and field goal shooting at 62.6 percent (87-139), while Farrell is second in the conference and third in the nation in assists with 7.43 per game (171). Rhoten leads the conference in free throw shooting at 84.3 percent (59-70), is second in the NESCAC in scoring with 19.2 ppg, seventh in rebounding with 7.8 per contest (179), and fourth field goal shooting at 54.1 percent (191-353). Halas is third in the league in steals with 1.91 per game (44), eighth in assists with 3.35 per game (77) and 13th in scoring at 13.4 ppg. Uszenski is sixth in the NESCAC in steals with 1.64 per game (36) and 10th in assists with 3.00 per contest (66). Rhoten was named to his second and third consecutive NESCAC honor rolls for his outstanding play against Clark and Amherst and his superb efforts against Hunter, Wesleyan, and Connecticut College. Rhoten averaged 21.3 points and 13.0 rebounds in the latter three games.

The top eight finishers of the NESCAC regular season qualify for the league’s post-season championship tournament. The winner of the NESCAC Championship Tournament qualifies automatically for the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The first round games will be played on Sat., Feb. 22 at the homes of the top four seeds, and the semi-final and final round swill be played on Sat., Mar 1 and Sun., Mar. 2 at the home of the highest remaining seed.

Trinity, seeded No. 5 in the NESCAC Championship Tournament due to its loss to Wesleyan last Friday, will visit No. 4 Wesleyan in the first round on Sat., Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. in the Bantams’ first-ever road game in the league tournament. The Bantams, who lost twice to Wesleyan during the regular season by a total of four points, were the top seed the last two years in the three-year old NESCAC Championship Tournament. In the other NESCAC first round contests, No. 1 Amherst hosts No. 8 Bowdoin, No. 2 Williams welcomes No. 7 Bates, and No. 3 Tufts entertains No. 6 Middlebury.

Sophomore forward Michelle McCaffrey (West Springfield, Mass.) made 10 out of 16 shots from the field for a game-high 23 points, and added six rebounds and three steals at Western Connecticut. Trinity shot 56.5 percent from the field in the second half, after already holding a 33-21 lead at intermission. Trinity sophomore center Rebecca Bell (Colorado Springs, Colo.) added 16 points and five assists, and freshman forward Jennifer Gargiulo (Boxborough, Mass.) totaled 12 points and seven boards. The Colonials did not have a scorer in double figures.

Against Westfield State, McCaffrey scored a team-high 14 points with six boards, four assists, and three steals, while freshman forward Jen Gargiulo (Boxborough, Mass.) added 12 points and a game-high 16 rebounds, and Bell had 10 points and a pair of blocked shots.

Bell had a game-high 24 points, sinking eight out of 10 shots from the foul line, five rebounds, and four assists at Amherst. Trinity blew the game wide-open with a 23-5 run over the first 11 minutes. The Bantams played just six players in the game, and three of their five starters, McCaffrey, sophomore guard Tracy Nesbit (Wellesley, Mass.) and senior guard Elizabeth Bontempo (Granby, Mass.), logged the full 40 minutes. They shot a scorching 57.7 percent from the field (15-for-26) in the first half, held a 47-26 lead at the break. McCaffrey finished with 17 points and four steals and Gargiulo chipped in with 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

At Wesleyan, which was ranked No. 3 in the Northeast and No. 22 in the nation entering the game, McCaffrey had 17 points and Bell tallied a game-high 20 points, including four three-pointers, and six boards. Gargiulo added 14 points for the Bantams.

McCaffrey had a game-high 17 points, sinking eight out of 12 shots from the floor, and added three steals at Connecticut College, giving Trinity a bid to the league championship tournament by virtue of its win over Amherst. Bell led the way offensively with 10 first-half points, and the Bantam defense held Connecticut College to five field goals in 26 attempts and forced 17 turnovers.

Trinity never led by less than 14 points in the second half, winning the game going away despite shooting just 36.2 percent from the field (25-69). Bell finished with 15 points, six rebounds, and three steals, and freshman guard Kerri Stumpo (Walpole, Mass.) came off the bench for nine points and five boards.

Trinity, coached by Maureen Pine, is finished the regular season tied with Amherst for eighth place in the NESCAC with a 2-7 league record. Nesbit leads the league in assists at 4.48 per game (94), while Bell is third in the conference in three-point field goal shooting at 38.5 percent (35-91) and 10th in scoring with 13.0 ppg. McCaffrey is fourth in the NESCAC in scoring with 16.1 ppg, ninth in rebounding with 7.0 per contest (146), seventh in free throw percentage at 75.8 percent (75-99), and seventh in field goal percentage at 50.0 percent (131-262). Gargiulo is second in the league in rebounds with 9.7 per game (204). McCaffrey was named to the NESCAC honor roll, after averaging 18.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 3.3 steals against Western Connecticut, Westfield State, and Amherst. Bell was named to the league honor roll for her outstanding play against Wesleyan and Connecticut College.

The top eight finishers of the NESCAC regular season qualify for the league’s post-season championship tournament. The winner of the NESCAC Championship Tournament qualifies automatically for the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The first round games will be played on Sat., Feb. 22 at the homes of the top four seeds, and the semi-final and final round swill be played on Sat., Mar 1 and Sun., Mar. 2 at the home of the highest remaining seed.

Trinity, seeded No. 8 in the NESCAC Championship Tournament, will visit No. 1-seeded Bowdoin, which is ranked No. 1 in New England and No. 6 in the nation, in the first round on Sat., Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. in the Bantams’ second consecutive league tournament appearance. The Bantams, who lost at Bates in the first round last winter, fell against Bowdoin in their league opener, 79-66, in January. In the other NESCAC first round contests, No. 2 Wesleyan hosts No. 7 Middlebury, No. 3 Bates welcomes No. 6 Tufts, and No. 4 Colby entertains No. 5 Williams.

At Middlebury, which was ranked No. 4 in the nation entering the game, junior tri-captain Mimi MacKinnon (Glen Cove, N.J.) made 53 saves in a valiant effort in goal. The next day at Williams, which was ranked No. 5 in the nation entering the game, sophomore Sabra Carman (Wilson Wyo.) scored for the Bantams and MacKinnon stopped 46 shots in goal.

MacKinnon turned away 28 out of 29 shots the next day against Cortland to end the Bantam season on a high note. Borawski supplied the game winner at 3:24 of the second period, assisted by Hadeka. Hadeka then iced the game, unassisted, late in the third period. Keeley also scored for the Bantams.

Trinity, coached by Andrew McPhee, is currently in eighth place in the NESCAC at 2-12-2, and has finished its season although the rest of the league has games through Feb. 23. Borawski is fifth in the conference in goals with 15. Hadeka was named to the NESCAC honor roll, after totaling five points in the team’s final three games.

Borawski led Trinity in scoring this winter with 15 goals (new College record) and four assists for 19 points (tied College record) including a pair of game winners. Keeley added three goals and seven assists for 10 points, while Hadeka finished with seven points (two game winners) and two assists for nine points in just 12 games, and freshman forward Elizabeth Goldsmith (Long Lake, Minn.) netted a goal and a team-high, eight assists for nine points. Borawski, Keeley, and Goldsmith each played in all 18 games for the Bantams.

On defense, sophomore Libby Jakes (Roseville, Minn.) played in all 18 games, recording a goal and an assist, while freshman Shannon Lindgren (Medfield, Mass.) played in 17 games on the blue line. Junior Leah Culver (Milton, Mass.) played in eight games with two assists on defense, while freshman defense Emily Costello (Skaneateles, N.Y.) played in 16 games. Junior co-captain forward Jillian Nelsen (Albany, N.Y.) and Carman each appeared in all 18 games, recording one assist and one goal, respectively.

Trinity College senior tri-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) set a new College record in the 800-meter run. Senior tri-captain Kate Klein (Huntington, Vt.) finished second in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 2:20.00 for the women. Bak broke his own school record with a time of 1:52.98 in the 800, while classmate Ryan Lerner (Manchester, Conn.) won the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:38.16. Sophomore Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) finished second in the mile run at 5:09.50 for the Trinity women.

Both distance medley relay teams finished first with times that qualify them provisionally for the NCAA Division III National Championships in March. For the Trinity men, Bak, fellow senior tri-captains Jim Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Bob McGovern (Warwick, R.I.) and freshman Thomas Walsh (Springfield, Mass.) recorded a time of 10:09.08, and senior tri-captain Leeann Rheaume (Pittsfield, Mass.), Klein, Kane, and sophomore Kristi Wallin (Drexel Hill, Pa.) had a time of 12:20.42.

Trinity will compete in the New England Division III Championships on Feb. 21-22.

Senior co-captain Clare Austin (Banbury, England) did not allow a single point in her 3-0 win at the No. 6 position against Brown. Trinity won all 27 games in the match, and junior co-captain Amina Helal (Manchester, England), the top-ranked player in the nation, downed the No. 10 player in the country, 9-1, 9-1, 9-2, at No. 1. Bantam junior Pam Saunders (Harare, Zimbabwe) allowed just one point in a 3-0 triumph at the No. 3 spot.

Helal downed the No. 2-ranked player in the nation, 3-1, at the No. 1 position in the semi-finals against Pennsylvania. Saunders set the tone immediately with a fast and dominant, 9-1, 9-4, 9-0 win at the No. 3 position.

At Yale, the Bantams were just as dominant, beginning with 3-0 triumphs by Saunders at No. 3, Austin at No. 6, and sophomore Meridy Vollmer (Cincinnati, Ohio) at No. 9. The second triplet of matches saw Bantam sophomore Lynn Leong (Kota Bharu, Malaysia) make quick work of her Bulldog opponent, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5 to give Trinity a 4-0 lead with the No. 5 and No. 8 contests in progress. Freshman No. 5 Maria Restrepo (Medellin, Colombia) broke open a 1-1 match with 9-2 and 9-1 victories in the third and fourth games to clinch the title for the Bantams after just five matches were completed. Trinity sophomore Bronwyn Cooper (Harare, Zimbabwe) also won her third and fourth game after splitting the first two games in a 3-1 triumph in the No. 8 slot. Bantam freshman No. 4 Larissa Stephenson (Auckland, New Zealand) posted a 3-0 win and classmate Rhea Bhandare (Bombay, India) continued her undefeated rookie campaign with a 3-1 win at the No. 7 position. Helal was in danger of dropping Trinity’s only match of the day, falling behind, 2-0, with defeats in the first two games. Helal rallied to take the final three games form, giving herself a 2-1 record for the season against the nation’s No. 5-ranked player.

Trinity, coached by Wendy Bartlett, currently has eight Bantams ranked among the top 20 players in the nation. Helal is No. 1, followed by Leong at No. 4, Saunders at No. 12, and Austin is No. 20.

At Middlebury, which was ranked No. 3 in the nation entering the game, sophomore forward Ryan Stevens (Concord, N.H.) scored both Bantam of goals for and classmate Doug Kiselius (Park Ridge, Ill.) stopped 21 shots in goal in a losing effort

Kisielius made 28 saves the next day at Williams, and Trinity scored goals in the first two periods and twice more early in the third to take a 4-0 lead, before Kisielius surrendered his first goal of the game with eight minutes remaining. Junior forward Steve LaBrie (Springfield, Mass.) opened the scoring on an assist by sophomore forward Jeff Natale (Hamden, Conn.). Natale added an unassisted, short-handed goal in the third period, while classmate Joseph Ori (Niles, Ill.) also had a goal and an assist, and freshman defenseman John Newhall (Winchester, Mass.) dished out two assists.

Trinity, coached by John Dunham, is currently tied with Colby for second place in the NESCAC with a 13-3-1 record. The Bantams leads the NESCAC and is second in the nation on the power play with a 34.3 percentage (34-99) and is 13th nationally in scoring defense with 2.71 goals allowed per game. Ori is fourth in the conference in scoring with 29 points and sixth in assists with 17 to go with his 12 goals. O’Leary is third in the NESCAC in assists with 19 and Stevens is third in the league and 15th in the nation in goals with 16 (0.80 per game). Kisielius is second in the conference in save percentage at .909 and third in Goals Against with a 2.48 average (19th in the nation).

Trinity is currently ranked No. 14 in the United States College Hockey Online.com National Poll. The Bantams will host NESCAC rival Connecticut College on Fri., Feb. 21 at 7:45 p.m. and will close the regular season against league foe Tufts on Sat., Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

The Bantams have qualified for their fourth consecutive NESCAC Championship Tournament, and have clinched a home game in the first round for the third year in a row as well. Trinity, which reached the finals and lost a 3-2 game against Middlebury in the NESCAC Finals last season, can finish as high as the No. 2 seed in the tourney or as low as No. 4 this year. The top top eight finishers of the NESCAC regular season qualify for the league’s post-season championship tournament. The winner of the NESCAC Championship Tournament qualifies automatically for the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The first round games will be played on Sat., Mar. 1 at the homes of the top four seeds, and the semi-final and final round will be played on Sat., Mar 8 and Sun., Mar. 9 at the home of the highest remaining seed.