HARTFORD, Conn.—Buffalo State evened the score with less than six minutes remaining, but host Trinity scored with just 1:43 left this evening to earn a 3-2 non-conference victory.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Trinity – 3, Buffalo State - 2
LOCATION: Hartford, Conn.
RECORDS: Trinity (1-3-0), Buffalo State (5-4-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Trinity opened the scoring less than four minutes into the game with a power-play marker.
- Bri Carroll (Peoria, AZ/AZ Virtual Academy) got the Bengals on the board with her first of the season midway through the frame with assists from Natasha Steinle (Morrison, CO/CIHA) and Christine Harris (Mountain Top, PA/Wyoming Seminary).
- The Bantams scored the only goal of the second period to take a one-goal lead into the final stanza.
- Steinle evened the score for the Bengals with her first collegiate goal with just 4:45 remaining with assists from Harris and Hannah Tarr (Los Angeles, CA/Taft).
- Trinity took its third and final lead of the game with less than two minutes left, however, and held on for its first win of the season.
- Justine Silva (Baldwin Park, CA/Arroyo) finished with 30 saves as the Bengals were outshot, 33-30.
FOR THE FOES
- Kelcie Finn, Tasha Adams and Alex Wallin scored for Trinity.
- Jess Thulin made 28 saves in the win.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will take more than a month off from game action before travelling to Salem State for a pair of games on Jan. 6 and 7.
