Hamilton College's Luke Ehrenfreund '25 and Pandelis Margaronis '25 scored in the second half, and the Continentals stormed back and defeated the Middlebury College Panthers in a NESCAC matchup on Saturday afternoon at Middlebury's South Street Field. 
 
How It Happened

• Nationally ranked No. 9 Middlebury opened the scoring in the 18^th minute with a goal by Casey Lund. The Panthers earned a corner kick and Eujin Chae sent it high to the back post where Lund connected on a header into the left corner. 
• Hamilton finally responded at 61:51 on a free-kick goal by Ehrenfreund after the Panthers were called for a handball just outside the top of the box. Middlebury set up their wall, but Ehrenfreund found a hole and placed his shot perfectly in the upper right-hand corner. 
• Margaronis scored the go-ahead goal in the 76^th minute. Hamilton was on the counterattack before Middlebury forced a turnover, but Justin D'Alessandro '23 put the pressure on the Panther defense and took back possession. He passed to Margaronis who sent a spinner to the upper left-hand corner past Middlebury keeper Ryan Grady. 
• Middlebury outshot Hamilton 16-10, but the Continentals held a 7-6 edge in the second half. 
• The Panthers held a 9-4 advantage on corner kicks. 

Notes

• The Continentals improve to 4-0-0 overall (2-0 NESCAC) while Middlebury falls to 2-1-1 (0-1-1).
• This is Hamilton's best start since 2008 when the Continentals were also 4-0-0. 
• The last time Hamilton defeated Middlebury was Nov. 5, 2016 in the NESCAC championship semifinals. 
• Ehrenfreund netted his first goal this season while Margaronis tallied his third. 
• Middlebury's Lund registered his first career goal. 
• D'Alessandro picked up his first assist of the season.
• Ben Ziegler '24 picked up his third win in goal with five saves before leaving due to injury with less than 13 minutes remaining. 

 
Next Match

• Hamilton will return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 20 as the Continentals travel to SUNY Polytechnic for a non-conference matchup at 6 p.m.