GORHAM, Maine – Sophomore Katelyn Ladd (Billerica, Mass.) scored at 1:41 of the third period to give the University of Southern Maine Huskies a 2-2 overtime tie with the visiting Trinity College Bantams in a non-conference women's ice hockey game Saturday afternoon at the USM Ice Arena.

            Ladd took a pass from freshman Cassandra Sherman (North Smithfield, R.I.) at the right point and flipped a shot toward goal that found its way through a maze of players in front of Trinity junior goaltender Kristen Maxwell (Nashville, Tenn.) and into the net for her first collegiate goal.  Senior Alex Smith (Winthrop, Mass.) also earned an assist on the play.

            The tie gives the Huskies a win and a tie for the two-game weekend series, and a 3-3-3 overall mark as they head into exams and the holiday break.  The Bantams finished the fall-semester portion of their schedule at 3-2-3.

            Maxwell and USM rookie goalie Jenn Fuller (Houston, B.C.) held the teams at bay through the remainder of the third period and the five-minute extra session to preserve to the tie.  Fuller stopped 12 shots in the third period en route to a game total of 29 saves.  Maxwell made five stops in the overtime period, including a game-saving stop on junior Brittany Soar (Boxborough, Mass.), to finish with 18 saves.

            Soar gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead in the opening period as her turnaround shot from the left wing circle found its way past Maxwell for her second marker of the season.  Seniors Ashley Grenier (South Berwick, Maine) and Kailey Bubier (Auburn, Maine) picked up the assists.

            Trinity equalized in the second period when sophomore Lucy Robinson (Toronto, Ontario) scored her fourth goal of the season at 7:18 off a feed from freshman Martha Griffin (Exeter, N.H.).

            The Bantams took the lead with 14 seconds remaining in the second period as senior Chelsea Campbell (Surrey, B.C.) potted her first goal of the campaign.  Campbell was stationed in the slot and redirected a shot past Fuller.  Sophomore Lily Gacicia (Milton, Mass.) and rookie Cheeky Herr (Princeton, N.J.) were credited with the assists.

            Southern Maine will be off the next four weeks, and return to play January 8-9 hosting Division I independent Sacred Heart University for a two-game series.  Trinity is off until January 4-5 when it travels to Williams College for a two-game NESCAC series.