Middlebury College scored seven goals in the second quarter and the Panthers went on to post a 20-7 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals on Middlebury's Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium on Wednesday.

Hamilton (3-7, 1-5 NESCAC) led 3-2 late in the first quarter and was still within a goal at 5-4 midway through the second. The Continentals scored one goal in the second quarter and none in the third.

The Panthers (4-6, 2-4) strung together 12 straight goals that spanned the end of the second quarter, the entire third quarter and the beginning of the fourth.

Clay McCollum '19 and J.D. Brachman '17 paced Hamilton's offense with two goals apiece. McCollum leads the team with 20 goals and 24 points. Chad Morse '19 added one goal and one assist, and Henry Hunt '20 was credited with his first two helpers for the Continentals. Casey Kopp '17 scooped up a team-high three ground balls. Noah Weissmann '18 started in goal and made three saves. John Schisler '17 relieved Weissmann at the start of the third quarter and finished with four stops.

A.J. Kucinski led Middlebury with five goals and an assist. Henry Riehl chipped in two goals and four assists, and Danny Jacobs and Parker Lawlor recorded two goals and an assist apiece. John Jackson won 12 of 16 faceoffs and picked up 10 ground balls. Jake Madnick won 13 of 14 faceoffs and collected six ground balls. Charles Midgley played the first three quarters in goal and turned away eight shots.

The Panthers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening five minutes of the first quarter but Hamilton responded with three goals in a row and grabbed a 3-2 edge. McCollum put the Continentals on the scoreboard, Morse tied it at 2-2 on a pass from Matt Greene '18 and Morse found McCollum for a goal from long range with 56 seconds left in the quarter.

Middlebury tied the score 28 seconds later on a goal by Kucinski and the teams went into the second quarter tied at 3-3. Kucinski fed Wes Quinzani for the goal that put the Panthers ahead for good with 13:03 remaining in the second and Lawlor gave Middlebury a two-goal cushion 57 seconds later. Hamilton cut its deficit in half with 10:02 to go on the fifth goal this year by Owen McCarthy '20 after he beat a defender. The Continentals didn't score again until Brachman's first goal of the day with 12:10 left in the fourth quarter.

Kucinski scored three goals in the final 5:51 of the second quarter and the Panthers went into the break with a 10-4 lead. Riehl posted three points in the third quarter and Middlebury enjoyed a 16-4 advantage after 45 minutes.

Hamilton travels to nationally ranked No. 2 Tufts University for another conference contest on Saturday, April 8 at 1 p.m.