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Lucas Perez-Segnini looks for a Trinity player to block in October 2023
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Lucas Perez-Segnini '25
34
Winner Trinity (Conn.) TRINITY 4-0 , 4
21
Hamilton HAMILTON 0-4 , 0
Winner
Trinity (Conn.) TRINITY
4-0 , 4
34
Final
21
Hamilton HAMILTON
0-4 , 0
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
TRINITY Trinity (Conn.) 10 7 14 3 34
HAMILTON Hamilton 0 7 7 7 21

Game Recap: Football | | Jim Taylor

Football hangs tough in 34-21 loss to Trinity, scores three TDs

Lombardi '24 and Perez-Segnini '25 catch touchdown passes for the Continentals

CLINTON, N.Y. – Trinity College's Spencer Fetter threw three touchdown passes and the Bantams defeated the Hamilton College Continentals 34-21 at Hamilton's Steuben Field on a rain-soaked Saturday, Oct. 7.
 

Season Update

  • The Continentals (0-4 NESCAC) recorded a season high in points.
  • Trinity (4-0) is receiving votes in the American Football Coaches Association Division III Top 25 poll.
 

How It Happened

  • A 41-yard punt return gave the Bantams the ball at the Hamilton 32. Seven plays later, Matthew Jumes split the uprights for a 33-yard field goal, and Trinity led 3-0 with 8:43 left in the first quarter.
  • The ensuing kickoff got hung up the wind and came down at the Continentals 22 where it was pounced on by a member of the Bantams special teams. It took Trinity three plays to get into the end zone as Colin McCabe punched it in from one yard out with 7:47 remaining.
  • Midway through the second quarter, Hamilton forced a three-and-out, and the Bantams had to punt from their own 35. Tight end Mark Howrigan '24 busted through the protection and blocked the punt. Howrigan recovered the loose ball at the 6 and dove into the end zone with 7:18 to go in the second quarter. Ben Waterman '27 added the extra point as the Continentals pulled within 10-7.
  • A 30-yard interception return to the Hamilton 7 by Ma-Lyke Davis gave Trinity another short field with 2:18 left in the half. One minute later, Fetter completed a nine-yard pass to Sean Clapp for a touchdown. Jumes' PAT made it 17-7 at the break.
  • Hamilton went three-and-out on its first drive of the second half and Jason Irizarry blocked the punt. The Continentals recovered the loose ball at the line of scrimmage at their own 30 and the Bantams had great field position again. It took Trinity five plays to score its third touchdown – an eight-yard toss to Matt Laughlin – 3:02 into the third quarter.
  • On the next drive Davis returned his second interception of the day 33 yards to the Hamilton 36, once again setting up the Bantams for success. Fetter found Will Kirby for a six-yard touchdown four plays later, and it was 30-7 with 8:33 remaining in the third.
  • The Continentals responded on their next drive with a touchdown. On second-and-eight at the Trinity 42, Henry Rubey '26 threw deep down the middle of the field to Lucas Perez-Segnini '25, who caught it around the 15 and raced into the end zone with 4:41 to go in the quarter. Waterman's extra point made it 31-14.
  • The Bantams' Tyler Jameson returned an interception four yards to the Hamilton 28 on the first play of the fourth quarter, and Trinity was back in business. Jumes ended a six-play drive with a 34-yard field goal for a 34-14 advantage with 13:12 left. The Bantams had six scoring drives, and the longest one went just 36 yards.
  • The Continentals' next drive ended with a fantastic 31-yard strike to Ezra Lombardi '24 as he dove to catch the Rubey pass at the back of the end zone with 9:48 remaining. The drive was aided by a roughing-the-passer penalty and another 15-yard penalty for targeting. Waterman's PAT completed the scoring.
  • Trinity sealed the victory with a 13-play drive that ate up the last seven-plus minutes of the fourth quarter.
 

Notes

  • Perez-Segnini finished with five receptions for 84 yards and his fifth career touchdown.
  • John Wilson '24 was credited with a career-high 12 tackles.
  • Tighe Hoey '25 came up with a career-best 11 stops and boomed a 72-yard punt.
  • Kyle Bratcher '26 recorded his second interception this season.
  • Howrigan blocked a punt for the second season in a row and scored his third career touchdown.
  • Hamilton has returned a blocked punt for a score each of the last two weeks.
  • Fetter was 28 of 45 for 248 yards.
  • Clapp caught 13 passes for 103 yards and the score.
  • The Bantams scored 17 points on three turnovers.
  • Trinity racked up 27 first downs and had 389 yards of offense to the Continentals' 211.
  • The Bantams scored on six of their nine trips into Hamilton's red zone.
  • Trinity was 0-for-3 on fourth down conversions.
 

Next Game

The Continentals host Williams College (1-3) on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 1:30 p.m.
 
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