Freshman attack Beatrice Gratry (Hunting Valley, Ohio) scored a game-high six goals at Wheaton, while senior tri-captain attack Anna Sullivan (Brookline, Mass.) and junior middie Katelyn Bowman (Summit, N.J.) notched five and four goals, respectively. Bantam goalies Kelly Jo Burnett (Pennington, N.J.) and Alexandra Benjamin (Weston, Mass.) combined for seven saves in the victory, while senior tri-captain attack Ashley Taylor (Washington, D.C.) assisted on the 57th goal of her career, surpassing Jen Martinelli ‘98 as the College’s all-time assist leader.

At Williams, Gratry had four goals to help keep Trinity alive, and Burnett made 16 saves. Against Bates, which was ranked No. 21 in the nation entering the game, Sullivan led all scorers with five goals and an assist, while Gratry notched four goals, and junior attack Laura Davis (Bethesda, Md.) found the net twice. Burnett had 10 saves for the Bantams, who led, 10-7, at the half, while Taylor notched a goal and three more dishes.

Gratry once again paced the offense with four goals, while Sullivan found the net twice and added an assist against Middlebury, which was ranked No. 1 in New England and the nation entering the game. Benjamin had eight saves off the bench for Trinity. Sullivan was named to the NESCAC honor roll for the week ending April 21, after totaling seven goals and two assists against Bates and Middlebury.

Trinity, coached by Kara Tierney, is currently tied with Tufts and Wesleyan for seventh place in the NESCAC with a 2-5 league record. Trinity needs to win one or both of its game this week against Wesleyan and at Bowdoin for a chance to qualify for the NESCAC Championship Tournament. The seven-team NESCAC Tournament champion recieves the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.

Sullivan is second in the league in scoring with 38 goals and 13 assists for 51 points, while Gratry is third with a league-high 43 goals and seven assists for 50 points. As a team, Trinity is ranked No. 25 in the nation in scoring (12.88 gpg), 14th nationally in scoring defense (6.13 gpg), and 12th in the nation in scoring margin (6.75 gpg).

The Bantams will host NESCAC rival Wesleyan, ranked No. 6 in New England, on April 24 and finish the regular season at league foe Bowdoin, ranked No. 5 in New England and No. 19 in the nation, on April 27.

The Trinity College softball team was swept in a doubleheader against Eastern Connecticut on April 9 and lost at Williams, 3-0, on April 11, before rallying to sweep a twinbill against NESCAC East rival Colby on April 13. The Bantams split a doubleheader with Western Connecticut on April 18, but were swept by Amherst on April 20.

At Williams sophomore pitcher Lauren McDowell (Chilmark, Mass.) kept the Ephs guessing through the first two innings, and allowed two earned runs and five hits while walking none despite the loss.

Trinity got its season turned around against Colby, as freshman right-hander Kate Hunter (Ross, Calif.) won both games on the mound, including a three-hit, complete game in a 6-5 triumph in the first game. Trinity took advantage of three walks and a passed ball to push McDowell across the plate in the sixth, and she singled home the winning run with two outs in Trinity’s final at-bat.

In the second game, freshman righty Marion-Anna Protano (Manalapan, N.J.) and Hunter combined to allow just three hits and an unearned run over seven innings on the mound, while junior co-captain shortstop Laura Heath (Windsor, Conn.) had an RBI double in the first inning, and singled, stole second, and scored a run in the sixth.

After losing to Western Connecticut, 6-3, and downing them, 4-2, Trinity turned to Hunter against Amherst. She tossed her first career no-hitter with 15 strikeouts over nine innings but suffered a 4-3 loss. Junior right-hander Kristi McDermott (Barrington, R.I.) pitched a four-hitter in a losing effort, 3-2, in game two, while senior co-captain 2B Liz Bontempo (Granby, Mass.), Heath , and junior 1B Maureen Heneghan (Windsor Locks, Conn.) each had two hits for the Bantams.

Trinity, coached by Tami Hyde, is currently in second place in the NESCAC East Division with a 3-3 league record. Trinity can qualify for the NESCAC Championship Tournament with a sweep at Bowdoin on Saturday or a split with Bowdoin and some help from other teams. The four-team, double-elimination NESCAC Tournament champion receives the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. Hunter is ranked ninth in the NESCAC with a 3.36 ERA. The Bantams will host Wesleyan in a doubleheader on April 24 and finish the regular season at NESCAC East rival Bowdoin in a doubleheader on April 27.

Piantek and Freimuth Collects Records for Baseball (19-8, 8-4)

The Trinity College baseball team won at Western Connecticut, 18-6, on April 9 and won two out of three games at NESCAC East rival Colby, on April 12 and 13, before defeating Springfield, 7-2, on April 15. The Bantams lost at Eastern Connecticut, 9-1, on April 16, but rebounded to edge division foe Tufts, 2-1, on April 19. Trinity dropped both games of its doubleheader at Tufts the next day.

Junior catcher Robert Dolliver (Norwich, Conn.) went 3-for-5 with a homer at Western Connecticut, and senior right-hander Mark Mahoney (Newton, Mass.) went eight innings, holding Western scoreless for seven of them to improve to 2-0 for the season.

In the first game at Colby, a 5-2 triumph, junior right-hander Jonah Bayliss (Williamstown, Mass.) allowed six hits and no runs with 10 strikeouts over eight innings on the mound. Junior infielder Kurt Piantek (Wallingford, Conn.) blasted a solo home run to left field in the seventh, tying the Trinity record for home runs in a season with eight, and singled in a run in the eighth. Senior co-captain SS Andy Freimuth (Bristol, Conn.) notched his 180th career hit to tie Mike Rainieri ‘96 for the College’s all-time career record.

In the first game the next day, sophomore righty Kevin Tidmarsh (Meriden, Conn.) went the entire way for Trinity with six strikeouts but suffered the loss, 6-5, to drop to 4-1 . Senior co-captain Greg Spanos (Auburn, Mass.) led Trinity on offense, going 3-for-4 with three RBI. Junior 3B Jayme Dorr (Osterville, Mass.) and senior outfielder Alan Andreini (Greenwich, Conn.) each went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs.

Freshman right-hander Mark Tremblay (Hooksett, N.H.) scattered nine hits and three runs over eight innings to help Trinity win, 12-3, and salvage a split for the doubleheader. Spanos and Freimuth homered, with Freimuth’s counting as his 181st career hit to surpass Rainieri for first on the College’s all-time list.

Against Springfield, Spanos went the distance on the mound, allowing two runs and eight hits with eight strikeouts. Piantek blasted his ninth home run of the season, breaking the previous Bantam season record of eight held by Kirk Chisholm ’99 and Christian Sheehan ’98, and freshman Jeff Natale (Hamden, Conn.) was 2-for-3 with two runs.

At Eastern Connecticut, which was ranked No. 1 in New England and No. 5 in the nation entering the game, Mahoney took a 1-0 lead into the seventh inning, after allowing four hits and fanning four before surrendering the lead. An RBI single by Piantek, that ironically scored Freimuth, was the 42nd of the season for Piantek, tying Freimuth’s 1999 total for the Trinity single-season record.

Bayliss fired a three-hitter with 10 K’s and Dorr hit a solo home run to lead off the seventh inning in a 2-1 victory at Tufts, which was ranked No. 3 in New England entering the game. Freshman catcher Andrew Fries (Dublin, Ohio) was 4-for-5 in the game. In the next day’s twinbill, Tufts took both games, 7-5, and 12-10. In game one, Piantek blasted a solo shot for his 43rd RBI, setting a Trinity single-season record. Fries and Dorr were both 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs for Trinity. Trinity committed three errors to hand the Jumbos five runs in the nightcap, although Freimuth went 3-for-5 with two runs and six RBI and Dorr added three hits. Fries was named to the NESCAC honor roll for the week ending April 21, after hitting .500 (9-18) over four games with four runs.

Trinity, coached by Bill Decker, has clinched second place in the NESCAC East with an 8-4 division record, with a slight chance for first place, and has the best overall record in the NESCAC at 19-8. Trinity has qualified for its second straight NESCAC Championship Tournament. The four-team, double-elimination NESCAC Tournament champion recieves the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. Fries is ranked second in the league with a .468 batting average (29-62), while Spanos is 10th at .384 (43-112). Bayliss is ranked eighth in the NESCAC with a 2.45 ERA, and Tidmarsh is 10th with a 2.77 ERA.

Trinity is ranked No. 8 in the New England Division III Coaches Poll. The Bantams will host Amherst on April 23, before visiting Brandeis, ranked No. 3 in New England and No. 22 in the nation, on April 27 for a doubleheader and Middlebury for another doubleheader on April 28.

This week’s New England Coaches’ poll:

1. Eastern Connecticut 21-7

2. Wheaton (Mass.) 26-6

3. Brandeis 19-8

4. Southern Maine 19-10

5. Worcester State 27-6

6. Tufts 17-7

7. Massachusetts College 25-3

Also: Mass.-Dartmouth, Williams

Men’s Lacrosse (2-9, 2-5) Plays Close Ones

The Trinity College men’s lacrosse team lost at NESCAC rival Amherst, 11-10, on April 10 but downed league foe Williams on the road, 9-8, on April 13. The Bantams lost to conference opponent Wesleyan, 13-12, on April 16 and fell at NESCAC rival Middlebury, 20-8, on April 20.

At Amherst, sophomore James Skiff (Portland, Maine) and freshman John Thach (Berwyn, Pa.) led the Bantams offensively with three goals apiece, while sophomore goalie Geoff Shaw (Charlotte, N.C.) made his season debut in net with nine saves. Trinity led, 10-7, with five minutes remaining in the game.

Shaw made a career-high 17 saves in the victory at Williams, while senior tri-captain attackman Sean Rohan (South Hadley, Mass.) and junior attackman Ravi Pillay (Church Falls, Va.) each scored twice. Freshman middie Joe Cortese (Utica, N.Y.) scored his first career goal and sophomore David Chapman (Lexington, Mass.) notched two assists for the Bantams.

Against Wesleyan, hard luck struck again in another one-point loss despite three goals and an assist by Pillay. Sophomore attackmen Will Peace (Chestertown, Md.) and David Huoppi (Pomfret, Conn.) each added two goals, while senior Eric Wilson (West Hartford, Conn.) had 10 stops in net. Bantam senior attack Alex Westcott (Princeton, N.J.) scored a team-high three goals at Middlebury, which ranked No. 1 in New England and No. 2 in the nation entering the game.

Trinity, coached by Brian Silcott, is currently is ninth place in the NESCAC with a 2-5league record. The Bantams are ranked No. 11 in the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) Division III poll. Trinity will play NESCAC rival Bates, ranked No. 7 in New England and No. 26 in the nation, on April 24 at Harvard, and will finish the season at home against league foe Bowdoin, ranked No. 2 in New England and No. 15 in the nation, on April 27.

The Trinity College men’s tennis team blanked Connecticut College, 7-0, on April 9, but dropped a 5-2 decision against Tufts on April 10. The Bantams fell at MIT, 4-3, on April 12 but rallied to edge Bates by the same score on April 14. Trinity defeated Coast Guard, 6-0, on April 19 and lost to Williams, 7-0, on April 20.

Senior Peter Green (New York, N.Y.) posted the most dominant singles victory of the day, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 5 against Connecticut College. Senior tri-captain Muammar Khan (Dhaka, Bangladesh), junior Fred Lovejoy (Concord, Mass.), and sophomores Richard Lawrence (Toronto, Ontario), Scott Levy (Waban, Mass.), and Csaba Godry (Budapest, Hungary) all won singles matches for the Bantams. Against Tufts, which was ranked No. 8 in the Northeast entering the match, Lawrence and Khan won singles matches, playing at No. 1 and No. 4, respectively.

Khan leads Trinity with an 11-2 singles record, while Lawrence, the No. 6-ranked player in the Northeast and the No. 22 player in the nation, is 12-3, and Godry is 9-3. Khan and Lawrence, ranked No. 5 in the Northeast among doubles tandems, is 10-5 for the season.

Trinity, coached by Rob Hallagan in his first season, is ranked No. 6 in the Northeast region and No. 25 in the nation by the Omni Hotels/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings. Trinity will host Division I Holy Cross on April 23 in the final dual match of the regular season, before competing in the NESCAC Championships at Amherst on April 26-28.

The Trinity College women’s tennis team won at Smith, 9-0, on April 13, and finishes its dual match regular season with a 5-4 triumph against Bowdoin on April 14. The Bantams competed in the NESCAC Championships on April 19-21, finishing in second place.

Freshman Diana Dreyfus (Scarsdale, N.Y.) and sophomore Mimi Krueger (South Burlington, Vt.) each won two singles matches and combined for a pair of doubles victories against Smith and Bowdoin.

Sophomore Diana Goldman (Milton, Mass.) reached the finals of the No. 1 singles flight and teamed with junior Karen Huebner (Burlington, Mass.) to advance to the finals of the No. 3 doubles flight at the NESCAC Championships. Dreyfus and Krueger made the semi-finals of the No. 2 doubles flight as well.

Trinity is ranked No. 4 in the Northeast region and No. 13 in the nation. Goldman, 15-8 in singles this season, is the No. 6-ranked player in the Northeast region and No. 22 in the nation, while senior co-captain Rebekah Mate (Bellevue, Wash.), 9-5 in singles this season, is the No. 26-ranked player in the Northeast. Huebner has the best winning percentage in singles matches among the top six with a 14-5 mark, while Krueger is 14-6, Dreyfus is 13-6, and junior co-captain Courtney Sargeant (North Attleboro, Mass.) is 14-7. Goldman and Huebner are 16-7 in doubles.
Trinity, coached by Wendy Bartlett, is ranked No. 4 in the East region and No. 14 in the nation by the Omni Hotels/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings.

The Trinity College men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams competed in the Omeltchenko Invitational at King’s Point on April 14, while junior tri-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) headed to Tennessee for the SeaRay Relays. Bak set a new Trinity record in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:48.99, finishing 11th against all Division I competitors at the University of Tennessee.

At King’s Point, junior tri-captain Lauren Young (Old Saybrook, Conn.) won the hammer throw (130’07.00”), freshman Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) won the 1,500-meter run (4:47.43) and the 5,000-meter run (18:39.10), and sophomore Kristina DePeau (Stafford, Conn.) took first in the 3,000-meter run (10:27.84). Bantam junior Jim Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) won the 5,000 meters 915:23.18) for the men’s squad, while sophomore James Porter (New Haven, Conn.) placed second in the 100-meter dash (11.12 s).

The men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams will compete in the NESCAC Championships at Bates on April 26-28.

The Trinity College women’s varsity eight crew finished third against Holy Cross, Smith, and Mount Holyoke on April 13 on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. The Bantams finished second against New Hampshire and Bates at the same site on April 20.

The Bantams recorded a time of 7:43.8, behind Holy Cross and Smith, which was ranked No. 3 in New England and No. 6 in the nation, but ahead of Mount Holyoke, which was tied for No. 11 in the nation. The women’s novice eight turned in the day’s best performance winning its race with a time of 8:03.1. The women’s novice eight includes coxswain Edna Guerrasio (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), Elizabeth Wynne (The Woodlands, Texas), Tara Maciog (Orange, Conn.), Erin Conley (North Easton, Mass.), Carrie Landers (LaJolla, Calif.), Danielle Markel (Villanova, Pa.), Marisa Skoglind (Sewickley, Pa.), Julia Tiessen (Avondale, Ga.), and Jamie Calabrese (Pomfret Center, Conn.).

The Bantams recorded a time of 6:52.8 to finish behind New Hampshire but ahead of Bates, which was ranked No. 24 in Division III entering the race. The women’s novice four also its race against Tufts at 8:38.8. The women’s novice four includes coxswain Amara Craighill (McLean, Va.), Lizzy Milstein (Boston, Mass.), Andrea Leverant (San Diego, Calif.), Ashley Bostrom (Edgartown, Mass.), and senior Vanessa Galasso (Long Beach, Calif.).

Trinity, coached by Erica Schwab, is ranked No. 11 in the U.S. Rowing Collegiate Coaches national poll. The Bantams will row against Wesleyan, ranked No. 5 in New England and No. 9 in the nation, and Connecticut College, ranked No. 18 in the nation, at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. on April 27.

The Trinity College men’s varsity eight crew finished third against Holy Cross and Massachusetts on April 13 on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. The Bantams finished first ahead of New Hampshire, Worcester Tech, and Bates at the same site on April 20.

The Bantams recorded a time of 6:39.8 the first weekend, while the men’s varsity four also finished third with a time of 8:42.5. Trinity recorded a time of 6:05.8, which was almost two full seconds ahead of the pack, while the men’s novice eight won its race against Bates and New Hampshire at 6:06.6.
The men’s varsity eight crew consists of senior coxswain George McLean (Essex, Conn.), juniors James Granum (Washington, D.C.), Clyde Maxfield (Wayne, Pa.), and Stuart Smith (Concord, N.H.), and sophomores Joe Cates (Portland, Oregon), Alex Hicks (Dallas, Texas), Tom Martin (Natick, Mass.), Will Reed (Pawcatuck, Conn.), and Ryan Turri (Torrington, Conn.).

The men’s novice eight crew includes coxswain Bracknell Baker (Wellesley, Mass.), Ted Lubitz (Cohasset, Mass), Tom Graves (Cincinnati, Ohio), Cameron Fraser (New York, N.Y.), Marc Shaughnessy (Andover, Mass), Alex Fekula (New Milford, Conn.), Andrew Grosvenor (Newport, R.I.), Reid Caraher (Chicago, Ill.), and Andrew McCarthy (Wayland, Mass.).

Trinity, coached by Steven Fluhr, is ranked No. 25 in the Collegiate Coaches Men’s Open national poll. The Bantams will row against Wesleyan and Connecticut College at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. on April 27.

The Trinity College golf team, coached by Bill Detrick, finished second in the Sterling Invitational at Worcester State on April 16. The Bantams finished the 2001-02 season at the Williams Spring Challenge, finishing sixth.

Sophomore Brian DiMenna (Darien, Conn.) shot a team-low 75 in the Sterling Invitational, as the Bantams finished the tourney with a score of 312, just behind the first-place Mass.-Dartmouth’s score of 309. Bantam freshman Adam Cohen (Tampa, Fla.) shot a 77, while sophomore Jon Shoemaker (Oakton, Va.) and junior captain Matt Greason (North Bridgeton, Maine) each came in at 80 strokes.

At Williams, Cohen each shot a team-low, and career-low 154 at Taconic Golf Club. The Bantams finished the tourney with a score of 321, which was five points behind fifth place St. Lawrence and four ahead of seventh place Rensselaer and Worcester State. DiMenna shot an 155 and Greason shot a 156 for the Bantams.

For the season, Cohen’s 154 at the Williams Spring Challenge was the team’s best two-round score of the season, while DiMenna’s 155 and Greason’s 156 were close behind. Sophomore Peter Munsill (Peace Dale, R.I.) was also a major contributor to the squad this season, and shot a season-low 160 at the New England Championships in the fall.