HARTFORD, Conn. - The Bowdoin College women's ice hockey team was blanked for the first time this season in a 3-0 setback at Trinity on Saturday afternoon. Trinity, ranked ninth in the nation, improves to 14-3-4 overall and 7-3-3 in the NESCAC with its third straight win, while the Polar Bears fall to 13-7-2 overall and 8-5-1 in the league. 

Trinity and Bowdoin switch places as the third and fourth placed teams in the NESCAC standings after today's game. The Polar Bears can still clinch a home NESCAC quarterfinal game with one win next weekend against Williams or Middlebury.

Bowdoin's Tara Connolly and Trinity first-year goaltender Alexa Pujol proved difficult to solve in the opening frame as they kept the game scoreless after one period.  It didn't take long for Trinity to break the ice in the second, as senior Sarah Kohn netted her second goal of the season and the eventual the game-winner, just 11 seconds into the period. Bowdoin out-shot the Bantams 11-4 the remainder of the period, but Pujol protected the Trinity lead, stopping all shots that came her way.

Kim Weiss skated ahead of the pack and found herself in a one-on-one showdown with Connolly early in the third period. Weiss deposited a backhanded a shot into the net for her 102nd career point, giving the Bantams some breathing space with a two-goal margin. Bowdoin pulled their goalie with just under two minutes remaining in the game, but Alexa Guglielmi became the third Trinity senior to score on the afternoon, flipping up a shot from mid-rink and into the empty net, securing the win for the Bantams.

Pujol finished the game with 20 saves, running her shutout streak to 202 minutes with her third straight shutout.  Connolly finished the game with 24 stops for the Polar Bears.