Hamilton College posted a .297 team hitting percentage as the Continentals swept Trinity College in three sets in a NESCAC match played at Trinity's Oosting Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.

The set scores were 25-23, 25-19 and 25-19. Hamilton (4-1 overall, 1-0 NESCAC) extended its win streak to three matches with the Continentals' fourth victory in their last five meetings with the Bantams.

Hamilton enjoyed a big advantage in service aces (12-5) and blocks (8-2) as the Continentals registered 39 kills and just eight attack errors. Hamilton hosts SUNY Polytechnic in non-conference action on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.

Kate Carman '24 led all players with 12 kills and is averaging nearly four per set for the Continentals. Summer McClintic '24 chipped in eight kills and Deirdre Corrigan '23 contributed seven kills and four aces. Maddy LaPoint '22 and Hanna Cillo '24 served three aces apiece, Melissa Morelli '24 handed out 26 assists and Cece Nourie '25 was credited with 10 digs. Chiara Morley-McLaughlin '24 led the defense at the net with five blocks and Drew Stimson '25 added three.

Lola Craig paced Trinity (2-5, 0-2) with 10 kills and Locke Luhnow recorded 14 assists and seven digs. The Bantams have dropped three consecutive matches.

The first set was a back-and-forth affair as Hamilton took a 7-2 lead with six straight points, only to have Trinity storm back and grab a 10-9 edge. The Continentals went on a 6-1 run and went back up 15-11. It looked like Hamilton was on its way after a Corrigan kill made it 22-19, but the Bantams responded with three points in a row and tied for the score for the first time since it was 10-10. Trinity drew even again at 23-all before the Continentals clinched the set with kills by Carman and Morley-McLaughlin.

In the second set Hamilton led 12-7 and 14-8 before the Bantams scored six straight points and drew even at 14-14. The teams were deadlocked at 15-15 when the Continentals went on a 6-2 spurt capped by a pair of McClintic kills. Hamilton didn't trail again and Morley-McLaughlin closed out the set with another kill.

Trinity led by as many as three points early in the third set, but an 8-0 run by the Continentals gave them the lead for good at 12-7. Corrigan had three aces and a kill during that span. Hamilton was up by nine at 21-12 when the Bantams scored seven straight and crept back to within two. The Continentals secured the match on two solo blocks by Morley-McLaughlin and two aces by Cillo.