Courtesy Middlebury Athletic Communications

Box Score

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Trinity’s C.J. Yanofsky converted a free position with a shot over the keeper’s shoulder with 1:32 left in double overtime to lift the Bantams to a 10-9 win over Amherst in the second semifinal of the 2008 NESCAC Women's Lacrosse Championship at Middlebury. The Bantams will take on Colby, a 10-8 upset winner over Middlebury, in the NESCAC Championship game at noon on Sunday. The Championship game appearance will be the first for the Bantams in the eight-year history of the tournament.

Amherst led 3-2 before Trinity’s Carolyn Wolcott tied the game at the 17:47 mark of the first half. Amherst closed the half on a 3-0 run, including a pair of goals from Amy Craig, to take a 6-3 lead into the halftime break.

Trinity came out firing in the second half, scoring the first five goals to take an 8-6 lead. Anne Cook started the run, followed by a pair from Rachel Romanosky to tie the game at six. Alison Urquhart and Sarah Remes followed to give the Bantams the lead.

Amherst closed the game with a 2-0 spurt, forcing it into overtime. Neither team had a shot in the first overtime session, while the Jeffs took a 9-8 lead with 34 seconds to go on a nice pass from Mary Noonan down low to Tyler Tory-Murphy. Trinity won the draw control and raced down the field, earning a free position shot that was saved by Amherst’s Linda McEvoy. The rebound bounced right to Jennifer Calver, who quickly scored to force the game into a sudden-death second overtime period.

After exchanging a pair of turnovers, Trinity settled the ball down and worked the offense, with Yanofsky earning the free position game-winner at the 1:32 mark.

Calver paced Trinity with three goals, while Yanofsky and Romanowsky each netted two. Tory-Murphy and Trapp each scored twice for the Jeffs.

Michelle Smith made 14 saves in goal for Trinity, while McEvoy had 23 stops for Amherst.