Trinity Men's Lacrosse Loses At Connecticut College

Brian Crowe '18 scooped a pair of ground balls and caused a turnover

Recap, photo courtesy of Trinity

New London, Conn. – Jordan Foster scored four goals to propel the Connecticut College men’s lacrosse team to a 10-4 victory over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in New England Small Colleg Athletic Conference (NESCAC) action on a cold and extremely windy Wednesday evening at Silfen Field.  Trinity drops to 3-6 overall and 0-5 in the league, while the No. 20-ranked Camels are now 8-2 overall and 4-2 in the conference.  Trinity will host NESCAC rival Hamilton on Saturday at 1 p.m. in its next game.

Connecticut College outscored Trinity, 4-0, in the opening quarter and never trailed in the contest. Foster opened the scoring at 11:48 before Kelleher set up the next two markers, which included finding freshman Charlie Bernicke on the team’s first man-up opportunity of the contest.  The Bantams sliced the deficit in half with the first two goals of the second quarter by juniors Scott Morgan (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Max Herman (San Francisco, Calif.), but Foster struck again with 2:21 on the clock to give the Camels a 5-2 lead at the break. Trinity junior Spud Dunn (McLean, Va.) fed sophomore Andrew Collins (Brookfield, Conn.) for the first goal of the second half, but Connecticut College used another 4-0 in the third and fourth quarters to pull away. 

The Bantams outshot the Camels by a 34-31 margin, but junior netminder Jameson Hill made 13 saves for the home squad. Trinity had four players score a goal and six accumulate a point, as rookie Alistair Matule (Charlestown, Mass.) assisted sophomore attackman Matt Gardiner (Potomac, Md.) for the last Bantam marker in the fourth quarter.  Morgan won all seven of the team’s faceoffs, scoring on one of them, and picked up five ground balls. Trinity senior tri-captain Woody Hamilton (Williamstown, Mass.) matched Hill with 13 saves of his own, while sophomore defender Matt Bicknese (New Vernon, N.J.) notched three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers. The Camels also scored a goal in all three special teams situations, which included getting two man-up markers and another on their only penalty of the contest. In addition, the hosts won 11 of the 18 faceoffs and had a 34-24 advantage in ground balls.

Trinity Women's Lacrosse Clobbers Connecticut College

Recap, photo courtesy of Trinity

Hartford, Conn. - Senior Grace O'Donnell (Yarmouth, Maine) and first-year Sophie Berger (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) had three goals and one assist each to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 17-2 victory over the visiting Connecticut College Camels in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's lacrosse action this evening at Jessee/Miller Field.  Trinity, ranked No. 8 in the nation, improves to 8-2 overall and 4-1 in the NESCAC with its fourth win in a row, while the Camels fall to 3-7 overall and 0-6 in the league.  The Bantams will visit conference rival Hamilton on Saturday at noon and Connecticut College will host NESCAC foe Bates at the same time on the same day.

Trinity raced to a 10-0 lead by the 9:12 mark of the first half, including two tallies apiece by Berger, senior tri-captain midfielder Allie Barrett (Concord, Mass.), and sophomore midfielder Emma Fehnel (Wenham, Mass.).  Sophomore Kate Bermingham (Amherst, N.H.) scored the first Camel goal with 7:34 left in the opening stanza, converting on a pass from the right wing by classmate Julia Loesch (Charlotte, N.C.), but the Bantams answered with a 6-0 run.  First-year midfielder Kendall Milligan (Needham, Mass.) gave the momentum back to the home squad with the final goal of the first half with 4:36 on the clock, and sophomore attacker Caroline Toomey (Wrentham, Mass.) fed O'Donnell on two of the six Trinity goals during the 6-0 spurt to give the Bantams a 16-1 advantage with 8:46 left to play.  Each team scored one in the final two minutes.

Trinity outshot Connecticut College, 25-10, and the Camels committed 15 turnovers to nine for the Bantams.  Barrett joined O'Donnell and Berger with Trinity hat tricks, while Milligan finished with a goal and two assists.  Sophomore defender Morgan Strabley (Summit, N.J.) scooped three ground balls, and senior tri-captain defender Clara Nowlan (Needham, Mass.) notched two ground balls and two caused turnovers for the Bantams.  Senior tri-captain Zoe Ferguson (Ridgewood, N.J.) and rookie Karinna Cave-Hawkins (Edgewater, Md.) combined for five Trinity saves, and first-year Marcella Flibotte (Cohasset, Mass.) contributed a team-high two draw controls and two caused turnovers.  Junior Jamie Navoni (Natick, Mass.) scored the second Camel goal and added a game-high six draw controls, while sophomore Kirby Heffrin (Marblehead, Mass.) paced Connecticut College with two ground balls. Senior Megan Mullin (Sudbury, Mass.) made four saves and freshman Nina Fazio (East Longmeadow, Mass.) had two for the visitors.

Trinity Softball Buries Bates in NESCAC East Opener

Jenna Thomas '21

Hartford, Conn. - The Trinity College softball team scored eight runs through the game's first three innings en route to a 9-1 victory over the visiting Bates College Bobcats on Friday afternoon in the teams' New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East series opener in Hartford. Trinity improves to 9-5 overall and 1-0 in divisional action while the Bobcats fall to 9-4 on the year and 0-1 in league play. The two sides return to the diamond tomorrow for a doubleheader, beginning with game one at noon.

Senior captain Rachael Smith (Winchester, Mass.) picked up her fifth win of the season for the Bantams in the circle, allowing just one earned run on four hits while striking out four in the mercy-rule shortened, six inning game. Junior SS Courtney Erickson (Everett, Mass.) went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs while senior captain CF Meaghan Race (Grand Rapids, Mich.) also drove in two runs and first-year DP Jenna Thomas (Orange, Conn.) recorded her first multi-hit game of her career with a 2-for-3 performance. Bobcat rookie Caroline Bass (Newton, Mass.) was the lone Bates player to tally multiple hits as she went 2-for-3 at the plate.

Trinity got things going in the first when senior LF Erica Merullo (Lynnfield, Mass.) started the inning with a base hit before swiping second, her fourth stolen bag of the year. Merullo advanced to third on a ground ball out by senior captain 2B Michelle Treglia (Fairfield, Conn.) before crossing the plate on an RBI-single off the bat of Erickson. 

Bates threatened in the top of the second after a walk by Mary Collette (Watertown, Mass.) and singles from Paige Ahlholm (North Andover, Mass.) and Kirsten Pelletier (Sidney, Maine) loaded the bases, however Smith showed resiliency and left the bases loaded while keeping the Bobcats off the scoreboard for the time being. The Bantams scored twice more in the home half thanks to a double to deep left-centerfield by Thomas that scored junior C Nicole Towner (Erie, Colo.), before Thomas later came around to score on a passed ball.

Trinity took advantage of three Bobcat errors in the third inning to put up a five-spot and open up an 8-0 advantage. Thomas and Race both drove in runs on RBI-singles to highlight the inning's scoring. 

After a scoreless fourth inning by both sides, Bates stayed alive in the fifth when Andrea Russo, who led the inning off with a walk, came around to score on a sacrifice fly off the barrell of Collette. Pelletier, Bates' starting pitcher, kept the Bantams from scoring in the home half despite getting two runners on with no outs, but the Bantams came through the following inning to walk off. 

Treglia led the inning off with a hard-hit double down the left field line which brought Erickson to the plate. Erickson laced a ball past the shortstop and into the outfield, bringing Treglia home and capping off the 9-1 victory.

Recap, photo courtesy of Trinity.

Trinity Baseball Defeated by Brandeis, 5-1

Captain Christian Orsini '18

Hartford, Conn. - Brandeis starting pitcher Greg Tobin (Medway, Mass.) struck out nine while allowing just one run in a complete game victory as the Judges defeated the Trinity College Bantams, 5-1, on Friday afternoon at Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium. The Bantams fall to 2-6 overall while Brandeis improves to 2-6 on the year. Trinity returns to the diamond tomorrow for a doubleheader at home versus the Westfield State Owls, beginning at noon.

Senior captain CF Christian Orsini (Livingston, N.J.) and sophomore SS Matt Koperniak (Adams, Mass.) were the only two Bantams to record multiple hits as Tobin scattered eight across the nine innings. Orsini finished 2-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base and a run, while Koperniak went 3-for-4 in his fourth multi-hit game of the spring. Trinity rookie starter Justin Olson (Avon, Conn.) went six innings in the loss, allowing three earned while striking out four. 

Brandeis struck first in the top of the first when Isaac Fossas (Dudley, Mass.) singled up the middle to score Victor Oppenheimer (West Hills, Calif.) who reached on a base hit of his own earlier in the inning. Both pitchers held strong for the next four innings before trading runs in the sixth to make it a 2-1 ballgame in favor of the Judges.

Brandeis took a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth when Dan O'Leary (Lynnfield, Mass.) drove home Dan Frey (Ipswich, Mass.) on a two-out, RBI-single. The Bantams chipped away at the deficit in the home half when Orsini led things off with a triple to the right-centerfield gap before coming around to score on a sacrifice fly to left field. Koperniak kept the line moving with a base hit but Tobin limited the damage to the lone run, his only blemish on the day, to keep the lead at 2-1.

The Judges put up a two-spot in the seventh thanks to a RBI-single by Scott Ziegler (Avon, Conn.) and a fielder's choice RBI from Frey to open up a 4-1 lead. The Bantams went hitless in the seventh and eighth innings before Frey scored in the top of the ninth to make it a 5-1 game in favor of the visitors. Trinity made things interesting in the bottom of the ninth, leading off with singles by Koperniak and first-year DH Eric Thronson (McLean, Va.), but Tobin retired the side after that to seal the four-run victory.

Trinity Men's Lacrosse Defeated on the Road at Bates

Recap, photo courtesy of Trinity

Lewiston, Maine - The Trinity College Bantams dropped a 15-7 New England Small Conference Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's lacrosse matchup on Saturday afternoon at Garcelon Field to the Bates College Bobcats. Trinity falls to 1-3 overall and 0-2 in conference play while the Bobcats improve to 3-3 on the year and 1-2 in league play. The Bantams return to action on Monday night for a 7 p.m. non-conference game at Emmanuel College.

Bates got a game-high five goals from Matt Chlastawa and three more by Clarke Jones to lead the way for the Bobcats who took a 3-1 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. The Bantams got goals from seven different players while junior Ben Knaus (Ross, Calif.) tied a game-high six ground balls and classmate Scott Morgan (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and senior Matthew Barker (Sudbury, Mass.) both collected five. 

Trinity drew first blood as senior Brian Crowe (Cranbury, N.J.) connected with the back of the net off an assist from junior Teddy Myers (Washington, D.C.) on the game's opening faceoff. The Bobcats answered, however, with three consecutive scores, two by Chlastawa and one by Jones, to take a 3-1 lead after the first quarter. Neither team managed to get on the board in the second quarter until the Bobcats added their fourth goal of the game with just 26 seconds left before the half when Chlastawa assisted on a Curtis Knapton goal to give the hosts a 4-1 lead at the half.

Bates scored four-straight to start the second half and open up a commanding, 8-1 lead with 6:51 left to go in the third. Sophomore Morty Fearey (Duxbury, Mass.) ended the Bobcat run with a goal at the 5:20 mark in the third quarter before classmate Andrew Collins (Brookfield, Conn.) found netting just three minutes later to cut the deficit to 8-3. Max Breschi scored for Bates with just a second left to end the quarter and put Bates ahead, 9-3 as the two sides entered the fourth.

The Bobcats scored the first five goals of the final quarter to take a commanding, 14-3 lead with 11:18 showing on the clock. Knaus and rookie Drew Kozub (Hopkinton, Mass.) got two back for the Bantams before Max DeLaMater (Irvington, N.Y.) made it a 14-6 game with 3:03 left to play. Bates' defense kept the Bantams from clawing back as Jones scored a man-up goal with 2:24 left to give Bates a 15-6 lead before Myers netted his first goal of the game with less than two minutes left to account for the 15-7 final score.

Trinity Softball Drops Series Opener At Home Against Colby

Hartford, Conn. - Sophomore RHP Julia Saul (Palo Alto, Calif.) tossed a four-hitter with two walks and three strikeouts to lead the visiting Colby College Mules to a 3-1 victory over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division softball action this afternoon.  Trinity falls to 15-10 and Colby improves to 11-13, while both teams are now 3-4 in the division with a noon doubleheader scheduled for today to complete a three-game weekend series. Today's game included an hour delay in the fourth inning due to lightning.

Colby took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a two-out RBI double by Tori Sansone, but Trinity first-year C Nicole Towner (Erie, Colo.) tied it with a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth inning.  In the top of the fifth frame, Sansone doubled with one out and advanced to third on a single by Skylar Labbe.  Colby's Emily Schatz tripled home both Mules for the game's final two runs, but was stranded at third.  Trinity advanced runners to second base with two outs in both the sixth and seventh innings, but Saul got out of trouble both times.

Trinity sophomore righty Rachael Smith (Winchester, Mass.) also went the distance, allowing nine hits and walking four with four strikeouts.  Towner's bomb was the only extra-base hits off Saul, as Trinity senior 2B Elizabeth McQuaid (Lowell, Mass.) and sophomore outfielders Erica Merullo (Lynnfield, Mass.) and Meaghan Race (Grand Rapids, Mich.) each had singles for the home team.  Sansone and Samantha Rizzo were both 2-for-3 offensively for the Mules, while Grace Farnkoff was 2-for-2.  Colby ran into outs three times on the bases including twice on Bantam double plays.

Pidgeon Comes Through as Trinity Baseball Walks Off Versus Bates

Hartford, Conn. - Senior Dan Pidgeon (Darien, Conn.) came up with two on and one out in a tie ballgame in the bottom of the 10th and delivered with a walk-off single to left field to give the Trinity College baseball team a 9-8 victory over the Bates Bobcats on Friday afternoon in Hartford. Pidgeon led the Trinity offense, going 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBIs, as the Bantams pulled out the first win in a three-game series against the Bobcats. With the win, Trinity improves to 12-14 overall and 5-5 in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) play while Bates drops to 10-14 on the season and 2-4 in conference action.

In a game that lasted four hours and twenty five minutes due to a lightning delay in the sixth inning,

Trinity Baseball Outslugs Gordon for 11-5 Win

Tyler Buckley '19 drove in four RBIs on the day for Trinity. Recap, photo courtesy of Trinity College

Hartford, Conn. - Senior Nick Pezzella (Worcester, Mass.) and freshman Tyler Buckley (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.) drove in four runs each to pace the offense as the Trinity College baseball team knocked off the Gordon College Fighting Scots, 11-5, on Wednesday afternoon in Hartford. Trinity wins its second game in a row with a weekend New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East series against Bates looming while Gordon falls to 16-12 overall.

Freshman Sam Warren (Scarborough, Maine) went four innings and scattered three runs on eight hits to earn his first collegiate win on the mound for Trinity. Gordon freshman Derek Hudson (Hudson, N.H.) lasted just 2.2 innings and surrendered eight earned runs and 11 hits on the mound for the Scots.

Warren surrendered two runs in the top of the first thanks to a two-RBI single from senior Alex Smith

Trinity Men's Lacrosse Explodes in Second Half to Put Away Skidmore

Scott Morgan '19 won 16-of-22 faceoffs and scooped up 12 ground balls in the win. Recap, photo courtesy of Trinity College.

Hartford, Conn. - Trinity outscored the Skidmore, 7-2, in the second half as the Bantams knocked off the Thoroughbreds, 11-7, on Tuesday evening in men's lacrosse action. Trinity got three goals a piece from senior captains Seth Bird (Concord, Mass.) and Ryan DeSimone (St. James, N.Y.) while freshman Scott Morgan (Grand Rapids, Mich.) won 16-of-22 faceoffs and collected 12 ground balls to pace the Bantams in the victory. Trinity improves to 4-9 overall while Skidmore drops to 5-9.

The Thoroughbreds took a 5-4 lead into the half after starting the game on a 4-0 run but weren't able to hold off a relentless Bantam attack that put up 46 shots on the evening. Sophomore Cody Legeza (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) led the Thoroughbred offense with two goals on seven shots while RJ Caruso (Burlington, Mass.) tallied a goal and two assists, but Skidmore was unable to get anything going on offense in the second half against a Bantams defense that locked down after halftime.

Skidmore wasted no time getting things going in the first quarter as goals from Jack Curry (Holliston,

Trinity Softball Clobbers Coast Guard Twice

Recap, photo courtesy of Trinity College

Hartford, Conn. - The visiting Trinity College Bantams swept the United States Coast Guard Academy Bears in a softball doubleheader Tuesday afternoon, 7-5, and, 9-3.  The Bantams improved to 15-9 and Coast Guard falls to 9-27.  The Bantams used three runs in the top of the sixth inning to come from back from a three-run deficit and top the Bears 7-5.  Sophomore Michelle Treglia (Fairfield, Conn.) led Trinity, going 2-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI. Senior co-captain OF Erica Quinones (Trumbull, Conn.) was 2-for-4 with a run scored while sophomore Erica Merullo (Lynnfield, Mass.) went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI.  Freshman Hayden Short was 1-3 with a double, a RBI and a run scored while junior Cherokee Strickland was 2-4 with a run scored. Freshman Emily Hogan went 1-4 with a double and a run scored while sophomore Emma Hvozdovich was also 1-4 with a run scored.

Trinity tied the first game, 1-1, in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by sophomore OF Meaghan Race

Trinity Women's Tennis Beaten At Brandeis

Photo is courtesy of Trinity College

Waltham, Mass. - Sophomore Vanja Babunski (Belgrade, Seria) won, 9-8, with first-year Zoe Lindbloom (Wayzata, Minn.) at No. 1 doubles and added a 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 win at the top singles spot to account for both Trinity College points in a 7-2 women's tennis loss to the Brandeis University Judges this afternoon.  Trinity drops to 3-7 with its fifth defeat in a row, while the Judges up their season mark to 8-7.

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Trinity Men's Tennis Sweeps Doubles On Its Way To Win At Brandeis

Carlos Ferreyros '16 won in singles and doubles

Waltham, Mass. -The visiting Trinity College Bantams swept the doubles points and held on for a 6-3 victory against the Brandeis University Judges in men's tennis action this afternoon.  Trinity improves to 6-5 and snaps a two-game losing skid, while the No. 23-ranked Judges fall to 8-7 with their fourth consecutive setback.

Trinity came out on top in all three doubles matches, all by close margins, including a 8-6 victory by juniors William Boyd (Hillsborough, Calif.) and Rutendo Matingo (Weston, Mass.) in the No. 3 match.  Bantam senior tri-captain Ford Traff (Wayzata, Minn.) and sophomore Rex Glickman (Chappaqua, N.Y.) won, 8-5, in the top doubles match, and both pulled out singles wins in three sets.  Glickman won his first set, 6-4, at No. 1 singles, lost the second, 6-3, but came back to take the third by the same score.  Traff lost his first set at second singles, but rallied to take the second set, 6-2, and the third, 6-1.  Bantam senior Carlos Ferreyros (Lima, Peru) also won a three-setter, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, at the sixth singles position, and teamed with senior tri-captain Camden Smith (Dedham, Mass.) for a 8-5 triumph at second singles.

MATCH RESULTS
Doubles
1. TC- FordTraff/Rex Glickman d. Cherkin/Arguello, 8-5
2. TC- Carlos Ferreyros/Camden Smith d. Lubarsky/Kogan, 8-5
3. TC- Rutendo Matingo/William Boyd d. Granoff/Goldberg, 8-6
Singles
1. TC- Glickman d. Bunis, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
2. TC- Traff d. Granoff, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
3. B- Arguello d. Matingo, 7-6 (3), 6-3
4. B- Ng d. Segel, 6-4, 6-4
5. B- Lubarsky d. Boyd, 6-2, 6-2
6. TC- Ferreyros d. Kogan, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Trinity (Conn.) 6, Brandeis 3

Trinity Men's Lacrosse Drops Heartbreaker At Home To No. 8-Ranked Middlebury

Photo is courtesy of Trinity College

Hartford, Conn. – Senior midfielder Tim Giarrusso (Hingham, Mass.) capped off a six-goal performance with the game-winner with 54 seconds left in overtime, spoiling a valiant upset effort by home-standing Trinity College, and leading the visiting Middlebury College Panthers to a 11-10 win over the Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s lacrosse action this afternoon on Sheppard Field.  Trinity falls to 3-9 overall and 1-7 in the NESCAC with its second loss in a row, while No. 8-ranked Middlebury improves to 9-4 overall and 6-2 in the league with its fifth consecutive victory.  The Bantams led, 9-5, early in the fourth quarter but Middlebury scored five times in a row and Trinity needed a game-tying goal by senior captain Mike McQuiston (Greenwich, Conn.) to force the extra session.  Trinity senior captain attackman Seth Bird (Concord, Mass.) had a stellar game with two goals and three assists, while classmate Henry Coote (Wayne, Pa.) made 21 Bantam saves.

Middlebury ended a 8:35 scoring drought by both teams to start the game on a goal by senior

Trinity Softball Falls In Extra Innings At Tufts

Erica Merullo '18 had a single, a run, and an RBI. Photo is courtesy of Trinity College

Medford, Mass. - Sophomore C Raven Fournier hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Tufts University softball team to a 4-3 over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division game this afternoon at Spicer Field.  Trinity led, 3-2, heading into the bottom of the sixth before yielding single runs in the sixth and eighth frames. Trinity falls to 13-7 overall and 3-1 in the NESCAC East, while Tufts improves to 14-6 overall and 7-0 with their 56th straight win in the division.

With the game tied 3-3 heading into extras, Trinity sophomore Erica Merullo (Lynnfield, Mass.) reached on an error leading off the eighth. However, Jumbo stater Erica County retired the next three hitters. Raso drew a one-out walk for the Jumbos in the bottom of the eighth, took third on a walk to Raina Galbiati and a base hit by Summer Horowitz, and then scored on Fournier's fly ball to left.

The Jumbos had taken a 2-0 lead with single runs in the second and third. Galbiati walked and scored on a double by Christian Cain in the second. Galbiati then singled home Michelle Chisdak, who reached on a fielder's choice, in the third.  All of Trinity's runs against County came in the fourth when they took a 3-2 advantage. Senior co-captain OF Erica Quinones (Trumbull, Conn.) led off with a single, first-year SS Courtney Erickson (Everett, Mass.) followed with a double, and then a fielder's choice by rookie C Nicole Towner (Erie, Colo.) and base hits by Merullo and sophomore CF Meaghan Race (Grand Rapids, Mich.) produced the runs.  Galbiati led off the sixth with a double, went to third on an error, and scored on a double-play ball to even the game at 3-3. Neither team threatened in the seventh.

County improved to 12-2 going eight innings allowing eight hits and three runs with seven strikeouts and two walks. Galbiati finished 2 for 2 with two runs and an RBI. Erickson led Trinity with a 3 for 4 game with a run. Bantam sophomore pitcher Rachael Smith (Winchester, Mass.) took the loss giving up five hits and four runs with a strikeout and six walks in 7.2 innings.  The teams will play a double-header at Spicer Field tomorrow starting at noon.

Trinity Baseball Loses Late In NESCAC East Division Series Opener Against Tufts

Medford, Mass. - The visiting Trinity College Bantams led, 3-1, after its seventh time at bat but allowed six runs in the seventh and eighth innings in a 7-4 setback against the Tufts University Jumbos in the opener of a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division baseball series this afternoon at Huskins Field.  Trinity drops to 9-12 overall and 4-3 in the NESCAC East, while the Jumbos improve to 14-4 overall and 3-0 in the division.  The teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow at noon.

In the bottom of the seventh, Christian Zazzali and Eric Schnepf both had base hits for Tufts.

Trinity Softball Splits Twinbill With Western Connecticut

Hartford, Conn. - Sophomore RHP Rachael Smith  (Winchester, Mass.) tossed a three-hit shutout with nine strikeouts to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 4-0 victory in game two of a softball doubleheader against the visiting Western Connecticut State University Colonials this afternoon. Trinity, which lost the opening game, 10-8, in extra innings, is now 13-6 entering a three-game weekend series against New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division rival Tufts on Friday and Saturday.  The Colonials move to 11-13.

Smith put on a dominant performance, allowing just three singles and two walks and the Bantam defense did not commit an error.  Smith did not allow a Colonial runner past second base after the first inning and closed the game by retiring 10 batters in a row including five on strikeouts.  Senior hurler Emily Cintorino (Bristol, Conn.) was nearly as effective, yielding five hits and four unearned runs with 6 K's and no walks over five innings but was saddled with the loss for the Colonials

Western Connecticut threatened in the first inning thanks a to a lead-off walk by senior C Erin Weber

Trinity Men's Tennis Stumped by Wesleyan

Photo is courtesy of Trinity College

Middletown, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantams dropped an 8-1 match to the No. 11 ranked Wesleyan University Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's tennis action in Middletown. Trinity falls to 5-4 overall while Wesleyan improves to 6-5. Sophomore Rex Glickman (Chappaqua, N.Y.) and senior tri-captain Ford Traff (Wayzata, Minn.) earned the lone victory in the No. 1 doubles spot with an 8-5 victory. Juniors Rutendo Matingo (Weston, Mass.) and William Boyd (Hillsborough, Calif.) fought hard in the No. 3 doubles spot for Trinity but ultimately fell, 9-8. The Bantams return to action on Saturday as they travel to Tufts to take on the Jumbos at 1 p.m.

Match Results
Doubles 
1. TC - Rex Glickman/Ford Traff d. Zach Brint/Greg Lyon, 8-5
2. W -  Michael Liu/Steven Chen d. Cam Smith/Carlos Ferreyros, 8-1
3. W -  Joachim Samson/Sam Rudovsky d. Rutendo Matingo/William Boyd, 9-8 (3)
Singles
1. W - Michael Liu d. Rex Glickman, 6-1, 6-1
2. W - Steven Chen d. Ford Traff,  6-1, 6-4
3. W - Tiago Eusebio d. Rutendo Matingo,  6-3, 6-1
4. W - Joachim Samson d. Aaron Segel,  6-1, 4-6, 6-0
5. W -  Cameron Daniels d. William Boyd, 6-3, 6-2
6. W -  Jake Roberts d. Carlos Ferreyros, 7-6 (2), 6-3
Wesleyan 8, Trinity (Conn.) 1

Trinity College Men's Lacrosse Falters Against Wesleyan

Photo is courtesy of Trinity College

Hartford, Conn. – The Trinity College men's lacrosse team took a 9-7 lead into the half but was outscored 8-3 in the second half as the Wesleyan University Cardinals came away with a 15-12 victory on Tuesday evening in Hartford. Trinity falls to 3-8 overall and 1-6 in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) play while the Cardinals improve to 8-3 overall and 4-3 in conference action. Trinity senior captain Ryan DeSimone (St. James, N.Y.) led all scorers with six goals to go along with two assists and three ground balls while Wesleyan sophomore Taylor Ghesquiere (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) paced the Cardinals with five goals.

Both teams combined for ten goals in the first quarter as the game was tied, 5-5, after the first 15

Trinity Baseball Drops First Game in Series Against Colby

Waterville, Maine - The Trinity College baseball team came out on the wrong end of a 3-2 ballgame against the Colby College Mules in Friday afternoon New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East baseball action in Waterville. Colby broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the eighth and held on to earn the one-run victory, Colby's first divisional win of the year as they move to 5-10 overall. Trinity falls to 7-11 on the year and 2-2 in NESCAC East play.

Colby starter Tommy Forese (New Canaan, Conn.) scattered five Bantam hits across 6.2 innings of