Hamilton College scored three unanswered goals in the third period and the Continentals completed the 3-1 NESCAC comeback victory against the Amherst College Mammoths on Saturday night inside Hamilton's Russell Sage Rink.

Both teams were playing their first game since March 2020 after the pandemic canceled the 2020-21 season. Allie Curry '23 led the Continentals with two goals and has seven for her career.

Hamilton's Sidney Molnar '22 made 31 saves and kept the guests off the scoreboard until the third period. The Mammoths, who were ranked eighth in the most recent USCHO.com Division III Top 10 poll, took a one-goal lead 2:16 into the third.

The Continentals started their rally by scoring twice in a 17-second span. Curry tied the score at 10:38 after Nancy Loh '23 dropped a pass back to Mya Berretta '22 in front of the net and Curry poked it in.

Abby Smith '24 found the back of the net for the lead at 10:55 in the third. Maura Holden '23 picked up the loose puck from behind the net and passed it to Abby Kuhns '23 at the point. Kuhns set up Smith to poke it in from in front of the net.

Curry sniped a shot top shelf that made it 3-1 with 5:31 left. Emily Ferguson '24 (four blocked shots) passed the puck to Kuhns behind the net in Hamilton's end. Kuhns cleared it and Curry picked it up, skated over the blue line and buried it in the top-right corner above Caitlin Walker's glove.

Amherst tried to take advantage of a Hamilton penalty and pulled Walker with 1:20 remaining but the Mammoths couldn't put any shots on net. Four shots were blocked and four more were off target. Lisa Ito-Bagshaw '25 won 11 of 17 faceoffs.

Hamilton is back home on Sunday, Nov. 21 to play Amherst again at 3 p.m.