Ithaca College scored 10 goals in the second half and the nationally ranked No. 19 Bombers pulled away for a 19-9 non-conference win against the Hamilton College Continentals in women's lacrosse action at Hamilton's Steuben Field on Wednesday night.

Kara Pooley '19 matched a career-high four goals to lead Hamilton (5-10 overall). The last time Pooley scored four goals in a single game was during her rookie year, also against Ithaca.

Darby Philbrick '18 was all over the field in the last home game of her Hamilton career. The senior captain recorded a career-best 11 draw controls and added two goals, one assist, two ground balls and one caused turnover.

Jackie Cuddy '18 had one goal, one assist and two ground balls. Tessa Ryan '21 and Skyler Simson '20 both scored one goal, and Nicole Lyons '18 dished out one assist. Hannah Burrall '19 made nine saves between the pipes and picked up six ground balls.

Allie Panara achieved a career-best 11 points with three goals and eight assists for the Bombers. Bailey Herr and Elizabeth Rice both scored five times. Molly Long caused eight turnovers and scooped up nine ground balls. Kimberly Presuto stopped four of 13 shots on goal.

Pooley scored all her goals in the opening 30 minutes, starting with her first less than one minute after the opening draw to give Hamilton an early 1-0 lead. Pooley collected the ball at the top of the 12-meter fan, outmaneuvered one defender, spun around another and skipped the ball off the turf into the back of the net at 29:08. Ithaca's Herr scored two straight at 28:08 and 27:31 for the 2-1 lead.

Pooley scored her second of the half to tie the game 2-2 at 25:59 when Philbrick sent a high centering pass to Pooley who squared up to the net and whipped the ball inside the far post.

Ithaca's Panara and Hamilton's Simson exchanged goals 26 seconds apart to make the score 3-3 with 22:28 remaining in the first stanza. The Bombers took the 5-3 lead with goals from Herr at 19:42 and Katie Welch at 15:57, but Pooley netted her third goal at 15:31 to cut Hamilton's deficit back to one.

The Bombers scored four more times before halftime, but goals by Pooley and Philbrick kept the game within reach at 9-6 going into the break. Philbrick was on a mission with her goal at 4:23 when she controlled the draw, raced past three Bombers and threaded the needle with a shot through four crashing defenders into the upper right corner of the nylon.

The visitors took control of the game with six unanswered goals at the start of the second half to extend their lead to 15-6 with 22:04 remaining in the contest. Ithaca had the 18-7 shot advantage during the second half and finished the game with a 37-19 edge.

Hamilton hits the road on Saturday, April 28 for a NESCAC Championship quarterfinal game at noon at Middlebury College. The nationally ranked No. 6 Panthers are seeded first and the Continentals are eighth.