Saturday, October 20, 2001

MIDDLEBURY TRIMS TRINITY
WOMEN’S SOCCER IN OVERTIME

Hartford, Conn.- Junior midfielder Anna Gayman (Manchester, N.H.) scored the game-winning goal 6:57 into overtime to lead the visiting Middlebury College Panthers to a 2-1 win over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women’s soccer action this afternoon.

Trinity finishes the regular season with a 7-7 overall record and a 3-6 mark in the NESCAC, while Middlebury, ranked No. 7 in New England, finishes its regular season at 10-4 and 6-3 in the league. The result sets up a first round rematch in the NESCAC Championship Tournament tomorrow at Bates College. Trinity, seeded No. 7 in the seven-team field will play No. 2-seeded Middlebury at 11 a.m. on Bates’ Russell Street Field. No. 3 Amherst (8-4-1, 5-3-1 in the NESCAC) will play No. 6 Tufts (8-6, 5-4 in the NESCAC) and No. 4 Bowdoin (10-3-1, 5-3-1 in the NESCAC) will play No. 5 Bates (10-3-1, 5-3-1 in the NESCAC), both at 1:30 p.m. at Bates.

The game was scoreless throughout the first half and most of the second until Trinity freshman forward Nicole Mauger (East Bridgewater, Mass.) scored for the Bantams at the 81:44 mark. Middlebury stormed right back, scoring a goal of their own two minutes later. Panther junior Leah Cumsky-Whitlock (Newton, Mass.) tied the game on a penalty kick. In overtime, Gayman netted the clincher on a pass by junior forward Meg Bonney (Norwich, Vt.).

 

Teams

1st

2nd

OT

OT

Final

Middlebury (10-4)

0

1

1

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2

Trinity, Conn. (7-7)

0

1

0

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1

SCORING

TC- Nicole Mauger 81:44, M- Leah Cumsky-Whitlock 83:36, M- Anna Gayman (Meg Bonney) 6:57 (OT).

GOALKEEPER SAVES

M- Ali Connelly - 10

TC- Brenna Shields - 12

SHOTS

M- 14, TC- 17.