TRINITY MEN'S LAX LOSES ANOTHER
HEARTBREAKER IN OVERTIME TO BATES

Cambridge, Mass. - Senior midfielder Patrick Gaughan (Duxbury, Mass.) scored his second goal of the game with 33 seconds remaining in the first overtime period to lead the Bates College Bobcats to a 12-11 overtime win over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's lacrosse action this afternoon at Harvard University. Trinity falls to 2-10 overall and 2-6 in the NESCAC with its third straight loss and its third loss in the past two weeks by a single goal. Bates improves to 8-5 overall and 4-4 in the league. The Bantams are eliminated from contention for a NESCAC Championship Tournament bid.

Bates jumped out to a 3-1 lead after one period on unassisted goals by rookie midfielder Dan Ross (Chevy Chase, Md.) and seniors Dave Frederick (West Hartford, Conn.) and Jack Sandler (Hickville, N.Y.). The Bantams stormed out in the second, scoring four goals in the first three minutes, 10 seconds of the frame. Trinity sophomore Dave Huoppi (Pomfret, Conn.) tied the game at the 12:52 mark and gave the Bantams the lead just 31 seconds later, while classmate James Skiff (Portland, Maine) put them up 5-3 another 31 seconds after that. The Bobcat defense clamped down for the remainder of the half and the offense got goals from four different players, including Frederick's goal at 1:14 to reclaim the lead at 6-5 and junior Jon Fador's (Winchester, Mass.) tally with one second on the clock to give Bates a two-goal halftime cushion.

Trinity cut the lead to one with the first two tallies of the fourth quarter but two Bobcat goals, sandwiched around a Huoppi goal, gave Bates an 11-9 lead with 2:50 left. The Bantams took advantage of two Bates penalties in the final two minutes as junior Ravi Pillay (Falls Church, Va.) cut the lead to 11-10 with 61 seconds left and senior Alex Westcott (Princeton, N.J.) forced overtime with two seconds remaining on an assist from Skiff.

The Bobcats outshot Trinity, 5-2 in overtime, but it was Gaughan's tally with 33 seconds left that gave Bates its third overtime win of the season and second in the last three games. Junior Mark Dobbyn (Warren, R.I.) made 11 saves in the win, while Trinity's Eric Wilson (W. Hartford, Conn.) made 11 stops, playing just the second half and overtime, including two stops in the extra period.

GOALS
TC: Dave Huoppi 3, James Skiff 2, Ravi Pillay 2, Sean Rohan 2, James Westcott, Will Peace.
B: Jack Sandler 2, Patrick Gaughan 2, Dave Frederick 2, Matt Winterle 2, Dan Ross, Jon Fador, Jeff Critchlow, Brad Frost.

ASSISTS
TC: Sandy Leighton 3, Skiff 2, Pillay 2, Westcott, Erik Mazmanian.
B: Sandler, Gaughan, Ross.

GOALIE SAVES
TC: Geoff Shaw (30:00) 6, Eric Wilson (33:00) 11
B: Mark Dobbyn 11

SHOTS
TC- 31, B-49