Category: Game Recap Post

A Week of Trinity Spring Sports, NGWD, and More in Review

WASHINGTON DC—61 degrees and a sun that was surprisingly not deceiving in the dead of DC’s winter was granted to our spring-student athletes who were perhaps wishing upon a star the night before, because Monday, February 3rd marked the official kickoff of spring sports at Trinity Washington University. The Tigers are ready.

While both softball and tennis have now been practicing for a week, new players continue to roll in. An official roster for the spring 19-20 season is said to be finalized by the end of the month.

Softball will throw the first pitch on March 6, 2020 at Gallaudet University. The first home contest will be against Lincoln University on March 20th. A home field for the Tigers is currently to be determined, and all scheduled games are to be double-headers.

Tennis swings away at the first match on March 4th at Sweet Briar College at 2 PM. The first home match will take place on March 16th at 3:30 PM against Lancaster Bible.

Visit https://discover.trinitydc.edu/athletics/ for more on these two teams.

On February 2nd, Trinity student-athletes gathered at health and nutrition seminar featuring guest speaker, Chris Hays. For a full recap:Click Here.

Trinity basketball took on Washington Adventist at home on February 5th while Trinity athletics collaborated with the student admissions department to host an athletic experience event during the game. Several prospective high school students were given the opportunity to experience Tiger basketball as well as meet some of Trinity’s student athletes. For a recap of the game: Click Here.

The Tigers took Thursday, February 6th to shine a light on all women and girls for their annual Women and Girls in Sports Appreciation Luncheon. The event took place in the Trinity Gymnasium, where a plethora of prospective high school student athletes as well their coaches attended. They were able to congregate, enjoy lunch, and become inspired by the powerful words of keynote speaker and play-by-play Washington Mystics announcer, Meghan McPeak. A panel including Trinity student-athletes followed; our Tigers shared their experiences as student-athletes to the many “future” Tigers in attendance.

The busy week in athletics concluded with another luncheon, on a much larger stage: The Capitol One Arena. Trinity’s head athletic trainer, Seanta Cleveland, sat on a panel of five professional powerhouses in sports at the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletics Association (DCIAA) National Girls & Women Sports Day. Among Cleveland, sat Meghan McPeak, Fox Sports radio broadcaster, Kelsey Nelson, NCCU athletic director, Dr. Ingrid McCree, and Bowie State head basketball coach, Shadae Swann. Cleveland shared life experiences as well as encouraging words to everyone in attendance. For video recap and photos: Click Here.

This week, Trinity Athletics will host two home contest where basketball will take on Regent University on Monday, February 10 at 4:30 PM and Central Penn on Thursday, February 13 at 6:00 PM.

 

 

Davia Cain’s Career High of 18 Points Not Enough to Overtake Washington Adventist

WASHINGTON, DC— Trinity Washington University’s basketball was not able to secure the victory against Washington Adventist University, a NAIA DII, at home on Wednesday night. The Tigers allowed the Shock to shoot 43% from the floor, ten percent higher than their average of 35% from the field.

Freshman, Davia Cain

Davia Cain recorded a career high performance of 18 points. Mazia Donald added 5 points, and Heaven Thomas chipped in 2 points. Cain also led the Tigers in rebounds (8), Blocked shots (1), and steals (2).

Cain is currently leading the DIII Independent Schools conference in offensive rebounds per game,averaging 4, and she’s ranked at #30 nationally among 200 DIII colleges and universities.

Despite a hard-fought battle spear-headed by Cain, the Tigers were only able to shoot 24% from the field. The Tigers shot %100 from the free throw. Washington Adventist got double digits from three of their game leaders: Sarah Shamdeen with 14 points, Leona Rexhepi with 12, and Nyelle Allen with 10 points and 5 rebounds.

The Shock was off to a quick start in the first quarter scoring with a jumper at the 08:48 mark, but Trinity wasn’t far behind tying the game for the only time at 08:32. The Shock responded with a 13 point jump over the Tigers to end the quarter.

The shock stretched their lead to 16 over the Tigers in the second half, 16-33.

With no substitutions for the Tigers, the pace began to regress as they only scored 4 points in the third quarter while the Shock continued to open to a 30 point lead, 20-51.

In the final quarter the Tigers were only able to get a three pointer off by Mazia Donald and a jumper by Davia Cain to close the game with a score of 25-69.

UP NEXT: Trinity will travel to Roanoke, Virginia for a battle against Hollins University on Saturday, February 8 at 2:00 PM EST

Tigers Fall to Crusaders in OT of Highest Scoring Game of the Season, 53-57

WASHINGTON D.C.—Trinity Washington University’s basketball team traveled to the small town of Front Royal, Va to take on the Christendom Crusaders on December 2nd. The windy roads and sharp turns encountered on the way to the small college were but a small indicator of the nail-biting game  played that night, where the Tigers fell to the Crusaders, 53-57 in OT, while still setting a triplet of school bests: 3 double digit scorers (Jemini S., Davia C., Mazia D.), 2 Tigers with double doubles (Jemini S., Davia C.), and most points scored since the 2017-2018 season.

When arriving to the Christendom unexpectedly early, while some coaches may have used the ample time to relax before competition, head coach, Isaiah Johnson and assistant coach, Myesha Green capitalized on the extra hour to walk through plays and refresh player’s minds after a seemingly long Thanksgiving break. “Tonight’s a big game,” Coach Johnson stated while peering through the bay window overlooking the basketball court that the ladies would play on in just 2-3 hours.

The game was indeed, a big one, being that both teams shared a loss against Central Penn by a large margin and although Christendom was stronger in numbers, it seemed to be the perfect match up: the Tigers and the Crusaders.

Coach Johnson giving the game plan when the Tigers were up 48-44 with 1:12 left int he game

Freshman starter, Jemini Sensabaugh, scored the first point of the game with a jumper at 19:36. The Tigers struggled to find a rhythm for the next seven minutes with fellow starters, Mazia Donald, Kiera Thomas, Esther Nyarko, and Andrea Golli. The Crusaders quickly took the lead in the first half of the game extending their gap to 15 points over the Tigers,22-7, with 9:58 left in the half. Freshman guard, Donald brought the heat with a pair of 3 pointers, a jumper, and a free throw shot to push the Tigers back into the game with only a 6 point trail by halftime, 24-30.

The Tigers, led by Sensabaugh with 12 points in the second half, both out-scored, 25-19, and out-rebounded the Crusaders. The Tigers opened up a four point lead on the Crusaders at 4:00 and 1:12, but made 4 turnovers and 5 fouls that allowed the Crusaders to come back and tie with the Tigers, 49-49.

The five minutes of overtime left the Crusaders with the advantage with 2/3 of the highest scorers for the Tigers fouling out of the game, and the Tigers only managing to put up half of the 8 points the Crusaders did to win the game.

Inside the Numbers:

Score: 53-57 – Highest team score since 2017-2018 season

Game Leaders

Jemini Sensabaugh: 17 points, 14 rebounds

Davia Cain: 16 points, 13 rebounds

Mazia Donald: 16 points, 3 rebounds

Freshmen, Andrea Golli, Kiera Thomas, and Esther Nyarko also contributed with 4 points and 4 rebounds.

To take a further look inside the numbers, visit the link below.

Trinity Vs Christendom 12-2-19

The Tigers look to carry their momentum forward to Elizabeth City, NC as they take on MACU on Friday, December 6, 2019 at 6:00 PM.

Tigers drop match against Marymount

Arlington, Va- Trinity Washington University’s soccer team traveled to Marymount University on Saturday morning, October 26th, falling 7-0.

Marymount found the back of the goal very early, scoring the first goal within the sixth minute mark. This was the first of the early and often 4 goals scored by Marymount, going into the break with a score 0f 4-0.

The second half mirrored the first in that the Tigers were not able to match Marymount defensively, allowing 3 more goals to be scored. The Saints capped the game with a score of 7-0.

Sophomore, Emily Andino, played the entire 90 minutes and had 21 saves for the Tigers.

Trinity will travel to Mary Baldwin University on Wednesday, October 30th to round up their season. Start time is 11:30 AM.

Tigers fall to Gallaudet on Senior Night

Head Coach, Jason Gross and senior, Vanessa Ramirez

Washington, DC – The Trinity Washington University soccer team hosted Gallaudet University on Thursday, October 24th, a postponed game from October 22nd due to weather. The Tigers fell, 7-0. The game was also the last home game as well as senior night, where the Trinity Tigers honored their lone senior, Vanessa Ramirez.

In honor of it being Ramirez’s last home game of her career, while injured, she was allowed to kick off, before subbing out of the game.

Gallaudet went on the offensive early with one shot in the first 10 minutes of play, but it was saved by goalie, Emily Andino, her first save of seven in only the first half. Shots by Brittany Smith, Ana Guervara, and Maribel Ramirez were also saved. Both teams held each other at bay into halftime with score of 0-0.

Gallaudet pressured the Tigers in the second half and went on the attack early, scoring their first goal at the 46.40 mark. They were met with a shot by Smith that was saved and returned with three more goals by Gallaudet capping the game with a score of 0-4.

Sophomore, Emily Andino, played all 90 minutes for the Tigers, making 9 saves.

Trinity will travel to Marymount University on October 26, 2019 for their next game.