Trinity Women's Ice Hockey Loses At Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt. - The Middlebury College Pamnthers bounced back after a 2-2 tie last night with a 6-1 win over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in the second meeting between the New england Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) schools in as many days. Fourteen different players recorded a point in the game for the Panthers, as they improve to 8-1-3 overall and 6-1-2 in the NESCAC. Trinity falls to 7-3-2 overall and 4-3-1 in the league.
Middlebury took a 1-0 lead 27 seconds into the game as Grace Waters redirected a quick feed from Annmarie Cellino for the goal. The Panthers took a 2-0 advantage at 9:47 as Molly Vitt scored from just outside the crease with an assist from Maggie Melberg.
The lead grew to 3-0 3:14 into the second as Corey Cooper found the back of the net. Trinity got on the board at the 5:43 mark as senior co-captain forward Michelle Chee (San Francisco, Calif.) redirected a shot for a power play goal. Middlebury answered with a pair of goals to take a 5-1 lead after two periods. Heather McCormack netted the first goal for the Panthers, while Ashley Bairos scored her first of the year.
Middlebury's Alexi Bloom kept it a 5-1 game 14 minutes into the third, as she denied Chee on a breakaway attempt. Just 1:09 later, Nora Bergman netted a power play goal for the Panthers, giving them a 6-1 advantage. Bloom ended the game with 22 saves, while junior netminder Isabel Iwachiw (New York, N.Y.) made 31 stops for the Bantams.
