Bridgewater, Mass. – Junior guard Carly Napier (Pittsford, N.Y.) tallied a game-high 17 points to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 61-45 victory over Springfield College in the semifinals of the P&H Travel Women's Basketball Tip-Off Tournament hosted by Bridgewater State University on Friday.
 
Trinity (1-0) will take on host Bridgewater State in the tournament championship game on Saturday at 3:00 PM.  Bridgewater downed Thomas College, 105-60 in the other semifinal matchup.  Springfield (1-1) and Thomas will meet in the consolation game at 1:00 PM.
 
Trinity limited Springfield to 26.4% (14-53) shooting for the game while the Bantams connected on 43.3% (26-60) of their field goal attempts.   The Pride finished just 1-for-18 from three-point line, but did knock down 16-of-20 (80%) free throws. Trinity went to the line just six times.
 
Senior guards Kaitlin Ciarleglio (Waterbury, Conn.) and Michelle Royals (Torrington, Conn.) and sophomore center Emily Dixon (Norwood, Mass.) added nine points apiece for the Bantams. Royals pulled down five board while Ciarleglio led all players with six assists.
 
Freshman forward Jaimie Bickelhaupt (Brookfield, Conn.) paced the Pride with 13 points and six boards.  Springfield assisted on all 14 of their field goals with senior guard Andrea Butler (Cohoes, N.Y.) and Kelly Murphy (Mechanicville, N.Y.)  and freshman forward Hannah Ebling (Saco, Maine) notching three apiece.