Weekly Sports Notes 10/2/01

Women’s Soccer (3-4, 1-3) Wins Three

The Trinity College women’s soccer team sandwiched a 3-0 win at Coast Guard on Sept. 10 with a pair of 2-1 overtime defeats, Sept. 8 in its season opener at home against Eastern Connecticut and Sept. 15 in its NESCAC opener at Connecticut College on Sept. 15. The Bantams lost, 4-0, at league foe Bates on Sept. 22 but rallied for its first NESCAC victory, 2-1, at Amherst on Sept. 25. Trinity split its next two games, trouncing Salve Regina, 8-0, at home on Sept. 27 and falling, 3-0, against Williams on Sept. 29.

Against Eastern Connecticut, sophomore Courtney Doyle (West Simsbury, Conn.) scored the Bantams’ lone goal on an assist by freshman forward Nicole Mauger (East Bridgewater, Mass.). Freshman goalkeeper Brenna Shields (Cutchogue, N.Y.) made eight saves between the posts in her first collegiate game.

Underclassmen continued to shine at Coast Guard, as Mauger scored a pair of goals and added an assist, while sophomore Lindsay Aquilina (Buffalo, N.Y.) netted her first goal this season. Sheilds made seven saves to record her first career victory and shutout for the Bantams.

At Connecticut College, Doyle chipped in Trinity’s only goal off a Mauger assists, while Shields and senior tri-captain Sarah Bradley (Mansfield, Conn.) finished with 10 stops in goal. Bradley, a three-year starter, had missed the first two-and-one-half games with an injury.

Against Bates, Bradley made 12 saves in a losing effort before yielding to freshman Katherine Mahoney (Wellesley, Mass.) who added four saves in nine minutes in her collegiate debut.

Junior back Meg Roscio (Glastonbury, Conn.) scored her first career goal and the game-winner against Amherst on an assist by Doyle, after Mauger had tied the game at 1-1. Bradley notched six saves in the victory. Amherst was ranked No. 3 in New England and No. 19 in the nation entering the game.

Trinity erupted for eight goals against Salve Regina, including the second hat trick in two years for Aquilina and the first hat trick in Doyle’s career. Mauger and sophomore midfielder Kate Salottolo (Bethel, Conn.) added a goal and an asisst each in the game. Bradley and Shields split the game in goal, totaling just one save, and also split the Williams game, totaling nine saves between them. Williams was ranked No. 4 in New England and No. 24 in the nation entering the game.

Trinity, coached by Michael Smith, is currently in ninth place in the NESCAC with an 1-3 league record. Doyle (5g, 1a) and Mauger (4g, 3a) are tied for sixth in the league in scoring with 11 points each, while Shields is sixth in the league with a 1.21 GAA. Trinity will host fourth-place Colby, which is ranked No. 10 in New England, on Sat., Oct. 6.

The Trinity College men’s soccer team suffered a pair of heartbreaking 3-2 losses at home, Sept. 8 against NESCAC rival Bowdoin in its season opener and Sept. 12 against Coast Guard in overtime. The Bantams took their frustation out at league rival Connecticut College with a 3-0 triumph on Sept. 15. Trinity went on to win as pair of 3-1 games, at league foe Bates on Sept. 22 and at Salve Regina on Sept. 26, before falling ending its three game winning streak against NESCAC rival Williams with a 4-0 home defeat on Sept. 29.

Sophomore midfielders Aaron Birnbaum (Newton, Mass.) and John Klaus (Blue Bell, Pa.) each chipped in a goal off assists from junior co-captain midfielder Peter Zoppi (Cheshire, Conn.) against Bowdoin. Sophomore goalie Michael Doherty (Marshfield, Mass.) stopped eight shots for the Bantams.

Against Coast Guard, junior co-captain forward Morgan Sandell (Cohasset, Mass.) sent a cross over the middle that deflected off a Bears defenseman and into their own goal for the first score of the game, and at the close of the first half, netted another on assists from Zoppi and freshman midfielder Ramon Bell (Kingston, Jamaica). Freshman goalie Jamie Burns (Minnetonka, Minn.) made eight saves in his collegiate debut.

Sandell came up big once again in the shutout against Connecticut College, tallying a goal and a pair of assists, while freshman forward John Ziadie (Kingston, Jamaica) notched two goals for the Bantams. Doherty landed his first victory of the season with seven saves in net.
At Bates, Zoppi had a goal and an assist and Ziadie recorded the game-winner off an assist from Bell. Birnbaum scored the game-winner against Salve Regina, while Sandell found the net in both games to continue his streak of consecutive games with a goal to four. Doherty made four saves against Bates and Burns stopped four shots against Salve Regina. Doherty made nine saves in a losing effort against Williams, which was ranked No. 1 in New England and No. 3 in the nation entering the game.

Trinity, coached by Eddie Mighten, is currently tied with Tufts for fifth place in the NESCAC with a 2-2 league record. Sandell is sixth in the NESCAC in scoring with eight points on four goals.

The Trinity College volleyball team has won eight out of its first 15 matches in its first season under Head Coach Angela Mills. The Bantams lost, 3-2, in its season opener at home against Coast Guard on Sept. 6, but swept Mount Holyoke and Fitchburg State, both 3-0, on Sept. 8. Trinity traveled to Bates for its first NESCAC quad match, defeating Colby, 3-2, and Bowdoin, 3-0, but losing to Bates, 3-1, on Sept. 15-16. After a 3-0 win over crosstown rival St. Joseph (Conn.) on Sept. 19, Trinity went 2-2 at the Amherst Classic on Sept. 21-22 and dropped a heartbreaking, 3-2 decision at Williams on Sept. 26. The Bantams finished up the month of September with a 1-2 showing at the Wesleyan Invitational on Sept. 28-29.

Playing in its first match under Mills, Trinity received 19 kills and 13 digs from senior outside hitter Kristin Hagan (Kentfield, Calif.) and 40 assists and 11 digs from junior setter Christine Horton (San Marino, Calif.). Freshman outside hitter Katherine Hunter (Ross, Calif.) had a fine collegiate debut with 19 kills, 12 digs, and four blocks.

Hagan added 39 kills, 36 digs, and five blocks in three matches at Bates, while Hagan and Landry each had 14 kills versus St. Joseph (Conn.). Senior co-captain middle blocker Beth Landry (Troy, Mich.) led the way in a 2-2 performance at the Amherst Classic with 37 kills, 54 digs, and 16 blocks. Also at Amherst, Horton totaled 130 assists in four matches and freshman setter Justyn Bellsey (San Francisco, Calif.) had career-high 30 assists against MIT. Landry was named to the All-Tournament second team for her outstanding play, as the Bantams defeated Western Connecticut, 3-1, and Colby, 3-0, but lost to MIT, 3-1, and Gordon, 3-2.

At the Wesleyan Invitational, Horton finished with 23 digs and 110 assists in three matches, while Hagan added 34 kills and 47 digs. Trinity lost, 3-1, against Wesleyan and, 3-0, against Smith but salvaged the weekend with a 3-0 win over Mount Holyoke. Wesleyan was ranked No. 5 in New England entering the match.

Trinity is currently tied with Williams and Wesleyan for fourth place in the NESCAC with a 2-1 league record. Horton is second in the NESCAC in assists with 490 (10.43 per game), while Hagan is seventh in the league in kills with 185 (3.56 per game). Landry and sophomore middle blocker Carolyn Walker (Winston-Salem, N.C.) are seventh and 10th in blocks with 44 (0.85 per game) and 38 (0.79 per game), respectively. Hagan was selected to the NESCAC honor roll for each of the season’s first two weeks and Landry earned a spot on the honor roll in the third week of the fall. Trinity will play Williams this weekend at Wesleyan in the second NESCAC quad match of the fall.

The Trinity College field hockey team opened the 2001 season and its first season under new Head Coach Anne Parmenter with a 6-2 home triumph against Smith on Sept. 8. The Bantams had some trouble finding the goal in a pair of losses, 1-0, in overtime in its NESCAC opener at Connecticut College on Sept. 15, and 3-0, at Clark on Sept. 16. Trinity rallied to blank Plymouth State, 2-0, at Worcester State on Sept. 20 but fell by a 2-0 score at league foe Bates two days later. Trinity defeated Keene State, 3-2, in overtime on Sept. 25, lost, 2-0, at Springfield on Sept. 27, and edged NESCAC rival Williams, 2-1, in double overtime on Sept. 29.

Senior co-captain midfielder Mary Jacobs (Malvern, Pa.) and junior defender Susan Hoppock (Chevy Chase, Md.) each scored two goals in the win over Smith, while freshman forward Beatrice Gratry (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and senior co-captain Heather Standring (Spencer, Mass.) chipped in one score a piece. The victory was the first in for Parmenter as Trinity’s head coach.

Against Connecticut College and Clark, senior goalie Jessica Martin (Fort Myers, Fla.) totaled 27 saves, while Standring and Gratry netted a goal apiece and Martin recorded her first shutout of the season with 15 saves versus Plymouth State to give Coach Parmenter her 100th career field hockey victory. Parmenter came to Trinity after a successful stint as head field hockey and women’s lacrosse coach at Connecticut College. Martin added 19 saves in a valiant effort at Bates.
Gratry began an exciting week with two assists and the game-winning goal in overtime against Keene State. Hoppock and Jacobs also scored and Martin made 15 saves. Martin added seven saves on the turf at Springfield, which was ranked No. 8 in the nation entering the game. Gratry scored both goals including the game-winner in overtime to beat Williams, and was named to the NESCAC honor roll for the week of September 30 for her outstanding play. Martin tallied nine saves for the win.
Trinity is currently tied with Tufts and Williams for sixth place in the NESCAC with an 1-2 record in the league. Gratry is sixth in the NESCAC in scoring with five goals and two assists for 12 points, Martin is sixth in the league with a 1.43 GAA. Trinity hosts second-place Amherst, which is ranked No. 6 in the nation, on Wed., Oct. 3, second-place Colby (tied with Amherst) on Sat., Oct. 6 and fourth-place Bowdoin, which is ranked No. 14 in the nation, on Sun., Oct. 7.

The Trinity College men’s cross country team opened the season by winning the Amherst Invitational on Sept. 8 and followed with a third-place finish at the Mass.-Dartmouth Invitational on Sept. 15. The Bantam women were just as successful, finishing second at both the Amherst Invitational and the Mass.-Dartmouth Invitational. Trinity went on to finish third in the men’s meet and fourth in the women’s meet at the Codfish Bowl in Boston, Mass. on Sept. 22.

Junior co-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) won the Amherst Invitational men’s race with a time of 26:49, followed 36 seconds later by classmates James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.), who was second at 27:25 and Ryan Lerner (Manchester, Conn.) who was fourth at 27:34. Trinity freshman James Sullivan (Sterling, Mass.) placed seventh in his collegiate debut with a time of 27:48.

Junior Leeann Rheaume (Pittsfield, Mass.) placed fourth in the women’s race with a time of 19:23, while freshman Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) debuted for Trinity with a 10th-place finish of 20:05. Bantam sophomore Kristina DePeau (Stafford, Conn.) finished 11th at 20:09.

At. Mass.-Dartmouth, Rheaume paced the Trinity women with a fifth-place finish and a career-best time of 18:02. The entire Bantam women’s top seven posted career-best times on the flat course, including Kane who placed ninth at 18:26. Trinity finish six points ahead of nationally-ranked Connecticut College as a team. For the men, Bak was one of six Bantam harriers to set a new career-best time, finishing third overall at 25:00. Emord was right behind with a fifth-place finish of 25:13.
At the Codfish Bowl, Rheaume finished eighth with a time of 19:01 and Kane finished 10th at 19:04 for the Bantam women, while Emord paced the men in 11th place with a time of 26:25. The Trinity men finished third despite Bak missing the meet with an illness.

The Bantams are currently ranked as the No. 6 men’s team in New England and the No. 25 men’s team in the nation and the No. 5 women’s team in New England and the No. 28 women’s team in the nation. The Connecticut College men, ranked No. 7 in New England, the Connecticut College women, ranked No. 6 in New England and No. 26 in the nation, and the Wesleyan women, ranked No. 8 in New England, will be competing in the Bantam Invitational this Saturday at Wickham Park in Manchester, Conn.

Goldman Reaches Rolex Semis for Women’s Tennis (2-2)

The Trinity College women’s tennis team dropped an excruciating 5-4 loss in its season opener at home against NESCAC rival at Amherst on Sept. 15 and dropped an 8-1 decision against Williams on Sept. 21. The Bantams rebounded with an 8-1 win at Brandeis on Sept. 22 and a 6-3 triumph at wesleyan on Sept. 26. Trinity boasted some fine individual performances at the Rolex/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Small College Regional Championships at Williams on Sept. 28-30.

Trinity freshman Diana Goldman (Milton, Mass.) recorded a two-set victory at No. 1, while sophomore Sarah Krueger (Burlington, Vt.) teamed with freshman Diana Dreyfus (Scarsdale, N.Y.) for a 9-7 win at No. 2 doubles and Dreyfus’ first collegiate victory.

Co-captain Rebekah Mate (Bellevue, Wash.), the squad’s only senior, recorded the lone Bantam victory against Williams, playing at the No. 2 position. The Bantams took all but one doubles match at Brandeis, including a dominant, 6-0, 6-1, win by junior co-captain Courtney Sargeant (Attleboro, Mass.) at No. 3 singles and the first career win for freshman Brittany Olwine (Atlanta, Ga.), 7-5, 6-4, at No. 6 singles. Sargeant dominated in singles play again versus Wesleyan, winning by a 6-0, 6-2 score at No. 4, while Goldman and junior Karen Huebner (Burlington, Mass.) posted straight-set singles victories at No. 1 and No. 5, respectively, and combined for an 8-3 triumph at No. 3 doubles.

Goldman, seeded No. 2 in the field, won three matches to reach the semi-finals of the Rolex Tourney, while the doubles tandems of Krueger/Olwine and Goldman/Huebner both won twice to reach the quarter-finals. Krueger/Olwine were defeated by the field’s No. 2 seed and eventual champions from Williams. Sargeant upset the field’s No. 6 seed in singles but lost her second round match.

The Trinity College golf team opened the season at Williams Invitational on Sept. 22-23, and it payed off a week later as Trinity finished fifth at the NESCAC Championships playing the same course on Sept. 29-30.
Senior captain Matt Greason (North Bridgton, Maine) paced the Bantams at the Williams Invitational with a two-round score of 156 (82 + 74), and sophomore Brian DiMenna (Darien, Conn.) shot a 158 (76 +82).

In the league championship tourney, Greason and freshman Adam Cohen (Tampa, Fla.) each shot a 161 over two rounds. Cohen shot a 78 in the first round to help the Bantams to third place after one day, while Greason was consistent with an 80 and an 81. Williams, ranked No. 20 in the nation entering the tournament, won the league title.