Hamilton College's Michaela Giuttari '20 scored two goals and the nationally ranked No. 11 Continentals held on for a 2-1 NESCAC field hockey win against the No. 17 Bowdoin College Polar Bears at Bowdoin's Ryan Field on Saturday afternoon.

Giuttari leads the NESCAC with 17 goals and 36 points, and she has 31 goals and 72 points in 30 career games at Hamilton. Julia Booth '19 made three saves and lowered her goals against average to 1.67.

The Continentals (8-5, 5-4 NESCAC) improved their record to 3-4 against ranked teams. Hamilton is in a three-way tie for fourth place in the conference standings with Amherst College and Colby College. The Continentals have one NESCAC game remaining (at home against Colby on Saturday, Oct. 21) while Amherst and the Mules both have three left to play. The top four teams host a NESCAC championship quarterfinal on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Giuttari scored both of her goals about eight minutes apart late in the first half. She gave Hamilton a 1-0 lead with 10:29 left in the half following a penalty corner. Margaret Revera '18 hammered a shot from the top-right side of the circle that trickled behind goalie Maddie Ferrucci (eight saves) and Giuttari was there to poke the loose ball into the cage. Revera was credited with her fifth assist this year and the 18th of her career with the Continentals. She's in fifth place on the program's all-time assist list.

Giuttari made it 2-0 on a nice individual effort with 2:35 remaining in the half when she made a spin move at the top of the circle and sent a backhand shot to the far right corner of the back of the cage. Hamilton took their two-goal advantage into the break.

The Polar Bears (6-5, 3-4) finally broke through with 8:36 to go on a redirect by Kara Finnerty off a shot by Juliana Fiore. The goal came immediately after one of Bowdoin's eight penalty corners in the second half. The Polar Bears continued to press with four corners and two shots in the final eight minutes. Bowdoin's last gasp was a Finnerty shot that was turned away by Booth with less than two minutes left.

The Continentals held a 15-9 shot advantage while the Polar Bears boasted a 13-8 edge in penalty corners. Hamilton defeated Bowdoin for the second year in a row. The Polar Bears dropped their third straight game.