THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 13 Trinity College 11, No. 23 MIT 10
 
- Records: MIT (16-4); Trinity (13-5)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Jack Barry Field)
 
- The Lead: With 2:44 remaining in regulation, Lily Ives scored on a pass from Molly McGuckin giving No. 13 Trinity College an 11-10 lead which it held on to as it defeated No. 23 MIT in the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Tournament on Sunday afternoon. First year Ashley Thomas (Summit, N.J.) powered the Engineers with four goals and three assists while McGuckin generated two goals and two assists for the Bantams.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Natalie Miller opened the scoring for Trinity almost five minutes into the game and then Grace Denious buried a free position shot 14 seconds later. MIT slowly put together a 5-1 run which resulted in a 5-3 lead at the end of the frame. Thomas was a factor in four of the goals as she scored twice, including the Engineers' first of the game, and earned assists on goals by senior Lindsey Gambino (Garden City, N.Y.) and senior Ellie Rabenold (Cincinnati, Ohio).
 
- The Bantams replied by outscoring MIT, 4-1, in the second quarter to take a 7-6 edge. McGuckin cut Trinity's deficit in half when she redirected a feed from Brooke Kurtz after 1:38 elapsed. Elle Fair and McGuckin quickly followed with free position goals, however, Rabenold evened the score at six on a pass by Gambino at the 3:59 mark. Exactly 39 seconds later, McGuckin set up Fair to keep the Bantams in front. Thomas almost scored the equalizer as time expired, but goalie Alyssa Vitale came up with save.
 
- Fair picked up right from where she left off as her unassisted goal increased the visitors' cushion to 8-6 less than two minutes into the third quarter. A solo effort by Miller created Trinity's largest lead of the day with 8:57 on the clock. A defensive battle ensued until Thomas connected on a pass from Rabenold with 3:33 to go. Over two minutes later Thomas returned the favor as Rabenold narrowed the gap to 9-8.
 
- The score remained unchanged until first year Gwen Flusche (Ridgewood, N.J.) found Thomas at the 7:57 mark. Caroline Lampert's free position goal gave the Bantams a 10-9 lead with 5:50 remaining, however, sophomore Sydney Pyon (Garnet Valley, Pa.) converted her own free position attempt a minute later. Following an MIT turnover, McGuckin set up Ives for the game-winning goal with 2:44 left to play.
 
- Flusche came up with the ensuing draw control which later resulted in a free position attempt with 1:39 to go. Goalie Ali Macdougall stopped Pyon's shot, however, junior Grace Harrington (Seattle, Wash.) caused a turnover during Trinity's clearing attempt with 1:18 on the clock. The Bantams thwarted what proved to be the Engineers' final offensive possession as Molly Broderick earned a caused turnover with 40 seconds left to play. After its own timeout, Trinity successfully cleared the ball and ran out the clock.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Rabenold finished with three goals and two assists while Gambino contributed one goal and one assist. Junior Katie Bell (Radnor, Pa.) generated five groundballs and four caused turnovers as graduate student Christine Padalino (Potomac, Md.) produced five groundballs and three caused turnovers. Flusche posted five draw controls while senior goalie Abigail Kolyer (Manhasset, N.Y.) made six saves.
 
- Fair registered a hat trick as Lampert and Miller both scored twice. Alexa Macaulay, Casey Ward, and Denious each notched three draw controls while Macaulay added two caused turnovers. Quincy Connell paced the Bantams with three groundballs as Samantha Hark contributed two caused turnovers. In net, Vitale made two saves in the first half while Macdougall turned away two shots in the second half.
 
- With her goal midway through the first quarter, junior Meredith Arterburn (Cooksville, Md.) recorded the 100^th point of her career, becoming the fourth player this season and the 24^th in program history to reach this milestone.
 
- This was the second time MIT appeared in the second round of the NCAA Tournament as its first trip occurred in 2015.
 
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