Women's Basketball (7-15, 2-7) Misses Post-Season

The Trinity College women's basketball team lost at Salve Regina, 74-60, on Feb. 6, but defeated NESCAC rivals Connecticut College, 74-57, and Wesleyan, 62-52, on the road, on Feb. 9 and 10, respectively. The Bantams lost, 80-66, against Colby on Feb. 16 and, 75-66, against Bowdoin, on Feb. 17, to end the season.

Sophomore center Kate McCloskey (Uxbridge, Mass.) kept Trinity close against Salve Regina with a game-high 26 points and eight rebounds, sinking nine out of 10 shots from the field. Senior guard Jackie Siscone (Hammonton, N.J.) had 11 points and four steals, and junior forward McKenzie Corby (Bethel, Conn.) grabbed 14 rebounds for the Bantams.

McCloskey continued her dominant play inside against Connecticut College, tallying a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds. She made seven out of 10 field goals and nine out of 10 foul shots. Junior guard Bridget Dullea (Longmeadow, Mass.) pitched in with 17 points and 11 rebounds and Corby gave Trinity three double-digit rebounders with 10 boards.

At Wesleyan, Corby paced Trinity in scoring with 21 points, including 12 out of 12 shots from the free throw line. McCloskey had 14 points and eight rebounds and Siscone notched 14 points to help the Bantams record the upset win.

Against Colby, Dullea led Trinity with 15 points, six rebounds, and eight assists, while Corby totaled 11 points and nine boards, and junior forward Angela Iandioli (Worcester, Mass.) added 11 points. Colby was ranked No. 7 in the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) poll entering the game. This loss ended Trinity's post-season hopes.

Dullea completed a solid weekend with a game-high 21 points in the season finale against Bowdoin. McCloskey notched 20 points, making 10 out of 13 shots from the field, and Siscone totaled eight points and eight assists in her final collegiate game. Bowdoin was ranked No. 8 in the NCAA Division III Northeast Region poll and No. 9 in the NEWBA poll entering the game.

Trinity finished the regular season tied with Wesleyan for eighth place in the NESCAC with a 2-7 league record. With seven teams qualifying for the NESCAC Championship Tournament, Trinity failed to qualify for the post-season.

McCloskey leads the league and is 12th in the nation in field goal percentage at 58.7 (149-254) and second in the NESCAC in both scoring at 17.1 ppg and third in rebounding at 9.9 per game. Siscone is second in the league in assists with 4.9 per game, and second in the NESCAC in three-point field goal percentage at .3508 (55-157). Dullea is the eighth-leading scorer in the conference at 13.8 ppg and tied for fifth in assists with 3.7 per contest. As a team, the Bantams are third in the league in free throw percentage at .663 (271-409).

Men's Ice Hockey (15-6-2, 11-4-1) Earns NESCAC Home Game

The Trinity College men's ice hockey team lost, 4-1, against Colby and, 6-2, against Bowdoin in a disappointing NESCAC weekend on Feb. 9 and 10, respectively. Colby was ranked No. 13 in Division III entering the weekend. Trinity rallied to edge Williams, 3-2, on the road on Feb. 16, clinching the No. 4 seed and a home game in the NESCAC Championships Tournament. The Bantams finished the 2000-01 regular season with a 6-2 triumph at Massachusetts College.

Freshman forward Steven LaBrie (Springfield, Mass.) scored the Trinity goal against Colby, which was ranked No. 14 in the nation entering the game, tying the score at 1-1 in the third period. Junior goalie Geoff Faulkner (Westerville, Ohio) made 35 saves for Trinity and held Colby scoreless for the first 48 minutes.

Senior forward Denis Petrov (Novokuznetsk, Russia) scored Trinity's first goal against Bowdoin in his final regular season home game, and sophomore forward Andrew Halder (River Edge, N.J.) netted the other Bantam goal. Faulkner had 23 saves for Trinity.

Against Williams, junior defenseman Brian Fenwick (Birmingham, Mich.) scored the game-winning goal for Trinity on assists by Petrov and junior forward Matt Greason (North Bridgton, Maine). Faulkner made 25 saves in goal for the Bantams.

Six different Bantams scored goals for Trinity in the regular season finale at Massachusetts College, led by Fenwick with a goal and an assist, while Faulkner stopped 27 shots in goal.

Trinity finished the regular season tied with Colby for third place in the NESCAC with a 12-4-1 league record for 25 points. The Bantams will be the No. 4 seed in the NESCAC Championship Tournament, due to their regular season loss to Colby, and will host No. 5 Bowdoin at Saturday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. Middlebury has clinched the top seed, earning a bye to the semifinal round, and will host the semifinal and final rounds.

Faulkner is fourth in the NESCAC and 13th in the nation in save percentage at .917, and 14th in the nation in GAA with an average of 2.59 goals allowed per 60 minutes. Greason is currently fifth in the NESCAC in scoring with 12 goals and 18 assists.

Women's Ice Hockey (1-19-3, 1-16-1) Ends Difficult Season

The Trinity College women's ice hockey team posted a 2-2 tie against Amherst in a non-conference game, and lost, 9-0, against Middlebury on Feb. 11 in the final home game of the 2000-01 season. Middlebury, which has won the last four Division III national title, was ranked No. 1 in Division III entering the game. The Bantams finished the current campaign with a 10-1 loss at Bowdoin on Feb. 17 and 3-1 loss at Colby on Feb. 18. Bowdoin was ranked No. 5 in the nation entering the game.

Freshman forward Jillian Nelsen (Albany, N.Y.) scored the game-tying goal in the second period on an assist from senior co-captain forward Vanessa Heaton (Kent, Conn.) against Amherst. Sophomore forward Katelyn Bowman (Summit, N.J.) scored the other Trinity goal and freshman goaltender Mimi MacKinnon (Glen Cove, N.Y.) made 33 saves.

The two Trinity freshmen goaltenders piled up saves over the final three games, starting with Middlebury, against which Blair Kurtz (Encino, Calif.) stopped 48 shots in two periods and MacKinnon made 14 saves in the third frame.

MacKinnon had 28 saves off the bench in 41 minutes against Bowdoin, and classmate followed with 41 the next day against Colby in the season finale. Sophomore forward Lindsay Peet (Stowe, Vt.) assisted Bowman on Trinity's goals against both teams.

Trinity finished the season in 18th place at 1-16-1 in the 19-team Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). The Bantams failed to qualify for the eight-team ECAC Championship Tournament.

Track Teams Compete at Wesleyan, Tufts, and New Englands

The Trinity College women's and men's indoor track and field teams, finished seventh and ninth, respectively at the Wesleyan University Invitational on Jan. 26. The Bantam men finished sixth and the women came in eighth at the Tufts Invitational on Feb. 3. The Trinity men and women each finished 12th at the NCAA Division III New England Championships on Feb. 17.

At Wesleyan, senior co-captain Amanda Rival (Berlin, Conn.) won the 55-meter high hurdles with a time of 8.76 and placed second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:01.68 for the Bantam women. Freshman Elizabeth Brown (Ashford, Conn.) finished fourth in the mile run with a time of 5:05.37.

In the men's meet, senior Oliver Page (New York, N.Y.) took second in the pole vault for Trinity with a cleared height of 13'06.00". Freshman James Porter (New Haven, Conn.) finished fourth in the 55-meter dash at 6.73 and fifth in the 200-meter dash at 23.57.

Junior Beth Landry (Troy, Mich.) finished first in the triple jump at Tufts, leaping a distance of 34-feet-9.75 inches. Rival finished third in both the 200-meter dash (27.42) and the high jump (5-feet-3.25 inches), and fourth in the long jump (16-feet-1 inch), while fellow senior co-captain Marisa Eddy (Los Angeles, Calif.) placed third in the 800-meter run at 2:43.78.

Porter came in second in the 55-meter dash with a career-best time of 6.65 and classmate Francis Vincent (East Lyme, Conn.) finished third in the 200-meter dash (23.26) and the triple jump (43-feet-3.25 inches) for the men at Tufts.

Rival won the indoor pentathlon for the second consecutive year in the New England Championships at Brandeis, achieving a College-record score of 3,310 points. Rival blasted her second-place opponents by 366 points and cleared a height of 5-feet-6 inches in the high jump which qualifies her provisionally for the NCAA Division III National Championships.

Eddy finished second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.15, and Landry placed seventhn in the triple jump with a distance of 10.41 m. Both earn All-New England honors, along with Rival, for their performances. Eddy and Rival have been All-New England selections in each of their four seasons on the indoor track and field squad, while Landry was an All-New England long jumper two years ago.

Porter starred for the men's team at the New England Championships at Tufts with a third-place time of 6.63 seconds (career-best) in the 55-meter dash. Trinity senior co-captain Todd Markelz (Homer, Alaska) and sophomore Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) finished sixth and fourth, respectively, in the 5,000-meter run and the mile run. Markelz' time of 15:10.80 and Bak's time of 3:58.24 both earned them All-New England honors, along with Porter.

Wrestling (15-9-1) Captures First New England Title

The Trinity College wrestling team finished the 2000-01 dual season by going 3-1 in a pair of tri-matches, besting Wesleyan, 22-18, and losing, 32-12, against Division II American International on Feb. 7 and sweeping Rhode Island College, 22-15, and Bridgewater State, 34-3, on Feb. 10. The Bantams earned the No. 1 seed at the New England College Conference Wrestling Association Championships (NECCWA) at Williams on Feb. 16-18, where they lived up to the expectations with their first-ever first-place finish.

The two wins on Feb. 10 were No.'s 99 and 100 in the career of Head Coach Sebastian Amato. Amato has turned the program around in the past four years, compiling a 53-32-1 dual markover the past four seasons.

Senior co-captain Steven Mulvihill (Melrose, Mass.) pinned one opponent and defeated another by decision in the tri-match at Wesleyan. He pinned his American International opponent in 3:00 and beat his Wesleyan adversary, 7-4. Sophomore 141-pounder Mark Foresi (West Springfield, Mass.) won two matches by a combined score of 27-8.

Senior captain Ted Govola (Ricky Hill, Conn.) matched Mulvihill's performance in the tri-match at Rhode Island College with a pin and a victory by decision. Govola won, 4-1, in his match at 174 pounds against Bridgewater State and pinned his Rhode Island College opponent in 4:52 despite moving up to 184 pounds.

At Rhode Island College, freshman 157-pounder Wesley Connell (Simsbury, Conn.) won a 5-3 decision and pinned his opponent from Bridgewater State in just :37, while sophomore Foresi won a pair of matches at 141 pounds by a combined score of 32-11, and classmate Lucas McKittrick (Lincolnville, Maine) won matches at 165 pounds and 174 pounds by a combined score of 25-9.

At the NECCWA Championships, Trinity won with 89.5 points, which was five points ahead of second-place Roger Williams. Senior captain Michael Marcucio (Derby, Conn.) won a 4-3 decision in the finals to capture the 133-pound championship, while Mulvihill lost in the finals at the heavyweight division and Foresi lost in the finals at 141 pounds.

The top six wrestlers in each weight class earn All-New England honors, and seven Bantams were chosen as All-New England selections. In addition to Marcucio, Mulvihill, and Foresi, the four other Trinity wrestlers to place among the top six their respective class were Govola, Connell, McKittrick, and freshman Michael Doros (East Hartford, Conn.). Marcucio and Mulvihill have earned All-New England honors in each of their four seasons on the Trinity wrestling team, and Foresi repeated as an All-New England selection this winter.

Govola won four out of six matches to place fourth at 174 pounds and earn All-New England honors for the third straight season. Connell also won four out of six matches to finish fourth at 157 pounds, while McKittrick won three out of five matches to finish sixth at 165 pounds, and Doros won two out four matches at 184 pounds after being seeded No. 1 in the weight class entering the tournament.

Marcucio earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championships with his first-place finish at 133 pounds, and Foresi was chosen as a wild-card entry at 141 pounds. Both Marcucio and Foresi qualified last season and each won one out three matches. Coach Amato was named the NECCWA Coach of the Year for leading Trinity to a 15-9-1 dual record and Mulvihill received the award for fastest fall, pinning one of his opponent in just eight seconds.

Women's Squash (10-1) Reaches Howe Cup Finals

The Trinity College women's squash team tuned up for the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association (WISA) Howe Cup Team Championships with a 9-0 win against Cornell on Feb. 10. The Bantams, who entered the Howe Cup (played at Yale) as the No. 1 seed, downed No. 8 Brown, 8-1, on Feb. 16 in the quarterfinals and No. 4 Princeton, 8-1, in the semifinals on Feb. 17. In the finals on Feb. 18. Trinity lost, 6-3, against No. 2 Harvard in the Bantams' first-ever appearance in the Howe Cup Finals.

Freshman Carolynne Minkowski (Baltimore, Md.) allowed just two points scored against her 3-0 win in the No. 8 match against Cornell, and senior captain Janine Thompson (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) gave up just three in her 3-0 triumph.

Against Brown, freshman No. 1 Amina Helal (Manchester, England) allowed just three total points scored against her in a 3-0 win. Thompson and freshman No. 3 Pamela Saunders (Harrare, Zimbabwe) also posted dominant victories as both gave up four total points in the three games of their matches.

Thompson, Saunders, sophomore No. 5 Clare Austin (Banbury, England), and Minkowski won 3-0 matches in the Howe Cup semifinals against Princeton. Helal won, 3-2, against Princeton No. 1 and the No. 1-ranked player in the nation, Julia Beaver, avenging a loss in the Constable Tournament final in January.

In the finals against Harvard, Helal, junior No. 4 Samantha Lewins (Bromley, Zimbabwe), and freshman No. 7 Sarah Frank (Philadelphia, Pa.) posted the Trinity victories in a losing effort. Helal won, 3-0, in her usual dominant fashion, while Lewins and Frank grinded out 3-2 marathon wins.

Trinity, coached by Wendy Bartlett is ranked No. 1 in the WISA Dula Match national poll. This most recent WISA Top 10:

1. TRINITY, CONN.

2. Harvard

3. Pennsylvania

4. Princeton

5. Cornell

6. Yale

7. Dartmouth

8. Brown

9. Williams

10. Bowdoin

Trinity Swimming and Diving (M3-6/W2-7) Sweeps Wheaton

The Trinity College men's swimming and diving team defeated Worcester Tech, 151-113, in the final dual meet of the 2000-01 season on Feb. 10. The Bantam women competed at the NESCAC Championships at Wesleyan on Feb. 16-18 and finished 11th.

Senior diver Brad Albus (New Canaan, Conn.) won both diving events agaisnt Wheaton and received his second qualifying score of the season for the NCAA Division III National Championships in the three-meter event with a team and personal-best score of 286.95. Albus will now be considered for one of 22 invitations the to the National Championships. He scored a 262.50 in the one-meter dive. For his outstanding performance, Albus was named the ECAC Division III Diver of the Week.

Juniors Alex Blanchard (Warwick, R.I.) and Christian Sterling (Glastonbury, Conn.) won three events each for Trinity. Blanchard took first in the 100- (51.40) and 200-yard freestyles (1:54.78) and the 100-yard butterfly (57.39), while Sterling won the 500- (5:08.60) and 1,000-yard freestyle (10:32.49) events and the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.01). Blanchard also teamed with senior tri-captain Chris Nicholas (Seekonk, Mass.) and sophomores Coley Dale (Bloomfield, Conn.) and Chris Rorer (Villanova, Pa.) to win the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:44.57. Nicholas also swam Trinity's best time the 200-yard individual medley, winning the event at 2:06.96.

Against the Wheaton women, senior tri-captain Cory Bernard (Seymour, Conn.) won both the 50- and 100-yard butterfly events with times of 28.28 and 1:04.95, respectively, for Trinity. Junior Lydia Barrett (Haverhill, Mass.) took first in the 200-yard freestyle at 2:12.48 and the 500-yard freestyle at 5:49.01, while freshman Julia Kaye (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) won the 1,650-yard freestyle in 18:39.39 and the 100-yard freestyle in 58.19.

Bernard finished sixth in the 50-yard butterfly at the NESCAC Championships with a time of 27.31, while Kaye swam a seventh-place 8:25.36 in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Bernard also teamed with freshmen Kathryn Youngberg (Cheshire, Conn.), Jennifer Bartlett (Marblehead, Mass.), and Elizabeth Stoker (Westwood, Mass.) to capture eighth place in the 200-yard medley relay at 1:58.58.