Hamilton College scored the first six goals and the Continentals cruised to a 10-4 NESCAC win against the Bates College Bobcats at Hamilton's Withiam Field on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Continentals (6-4, 3-4 NESCAC) led 3-0 at the end of the first quarter, 6-1 at the half and 9-2 after three. Hamilton goes on the road for another conference game at Williams College on Wednesday, April 13 at 5 p.m.
 
Bates (0-10, 0-7) is still searching for its first win of the 2022 season. The Bobcats had won the last four meetings with the Continentals going into Saturday's game. Bates was successful on just 18 of 29 clear attempts.
 
Britt Defeo '22 led the Hamilton offense with four goals and is tied for 16^th in the NESCAC with 3.1 points per game. Rowan Brumbaugh '23 and Justin Pearl '25 chipped in two goals and an assist apiece.
 
Seamus Fagan '23 starred in goal again with 15 saves, four ground balls and two caused turnovers. Michael Scoleri '24 won 9 of 16 faceoffs and scooped up six ground balls. Troy Pollock '25 scored his sixth goal and picked up five ground balls. Jayme Wilde '25 had two of the Continentals' 10 caused turnovers.
 
Will Schinabeck paced the Bobcats with two goals, Jack Lousararian contributed a goal and an assist, and Jake Johnson was credited with a pair of helpers. Jack Daoust registered a team-high five ground balls and Liam Orifici caused three turnovers. Spencer Wood stopped 13 shots.
 
The Continentals took a 6-0 lead on goals from five different players. Brumbaugh broke the ice with 8:27 left in the first quarter and Defeo made it 2-0 with 3:48 remaining. Will Heher '25 notched his third goal exactly two minutes later.
 
Pollock scored 1:37 into the second quarter and Pearl gave Hamilton a five-goal cushion with 8:35 to go. Defeo increased the advantage to 6-0 on a feed from Tim Sommer '22 with 3:29 left. Schinabeck finally put Bates on the scoreboard with 1:36 remaining.
 
The Continentals were flagged for holding as time expired in the second quarter, and Lousararian tallied the day's lone man-up goal 12 seconds into the third quarter. The Bobcats didn't score again until midway through the fourth.
 
Pearl, Defeo and Brumbaugh scored the only other goals in the third quarter and Hamilton held a commanding seven-goal lead going into the final 15 minutes. The Continentals held a 51-39 shot advantage including 18-9 in the third, and picked up 39 ground balls to Bates' 35.
 
Defeo and Brumbaugh are tied for the team lead with 19 goals apiece and Defeo has a team-high 12 assists. Scoleri has racked up 38 ground balls and has won 62 percent of his 176 faceoffs. Marc Welch '22 has caused a team-high 14 turnovers.