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Rowan Brumbaugh makes a move around the goal against Amherst in March 2023
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Rowan Brumbaugh '23
15
Winner Hamilton HAMML23 2-2
12
RPI_MLAX RPI_MLAX 3-4
Winner
Hamilton HAMML23
2-2
15
Final
12
RPI_MLAX RPI_MLAX
3-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HAMML23 5 3 4 3 15
RPI_MLAX RPI_MLAX 3 0 5 4 12

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Jim Taylor

Men's lacrosse defeats old Liberty League rival RPI on the road

Brumbaugh '23 matches career highs in goals and points for the Continentals

TROY, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Rowan Brumbaugh '23 tied career highs with five goals and seven points in the Continentals' 15-12 non-conference win against the Rensselaer Polytechnic Engineers at RPI's East Campus Athletic Village Stadium on Wednesday.
 
Season Update
  • Hamilton (2-2 overall) is averaging more than 15 goals per game through its four games.
  • The Engineers (3-4), who are receiving votes in this week's U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Top 20 poll, lost their third straight game.
 
How It Happened
  • The Continentals trailed 3-1 midway through the first quarter. An unassisted goal by Thomas Healy '26 started an 8-0 run and Hamilton led for the last 49 minutes.
  • The Continentals held RPI scoreless for more than 25 minutes from the first quarter until early in the third.
  • Tim Sommer '23 tied the score with 4:41 left in the first, and Charlie Ratner '23 found Brumbaugh for the go-ahead goal 40 seconds later.
  • Torben Wunderle '23 scored on a pass from Justin Pearl '25 with 1:55 remaining and Hamilton owned a 5-3 advantage after the opening 15 minutes.
  • The Continentals' defense didn't allow a goal in the second quarter. Ratner made it 6-3 on a feed from Troy Pollock '25 with 4:18 to go, and Zach Lucchini '25 passed to Brumbaugh for another goal 46 seconds later.
  • Brumbaugh set up Wunderle for a man-up goal with 30 seconds left and Hamilton went into the break with an 8-3 lead.
  • Brumbaugh gave the Continentals their largest lead of six goals with an unassisted tally 1:52 into the third quarter.
  • The Engineers scored five times during a span of seven minutes, 23 seconds and pulled within one at 9-8 with 5:33 remaining in the third.
  • Hamilton responded with four in a row and was up by at least three goals the rest of the way. Wunderle scored with 4:07 to go, Christian Byrne '24 got on the scoresheet with 2:20 left, and Pollock made it 12-8 with 29 seconds remaining.
  • Brumbaugh gave the Continentals a five-goal cushion at 13-8 with 11:25 to go.
 
Notes
  • Wunderle posted three goals and two assists and leads Hamilton with 14 goals and 21 points.
  • Healy chipped in three goals and an assist.
  • Ratner and Pollock added one goal and one helper apiece.
  • Jayme Wilde '25 led the defense with five ground balls and four caused turnovers.
  • Sommer and Matt Mirkovic '23 scooped up four ground balls apiece.
  • Seamus Fagan '23 tied a season high with 16 saves, including seven in the first quarter.
  • Cooper Manzi paced RPI with four goals.
  • Angelo Venuto won 25 of 28 faceoffs and picked up 17 ground balls.
  • Sean Smith scored twice and collected eight ground balls.
  • Jack Greene led all players with five caused turnovers.
  • Joseph Perry stopped 10 shots for the Engineers.
  • RPI held the advantage in shots (51-37), ground balls (47-30) and faceoffs (28-3), but the Engineers were 0-for-3 on extra-man opportunities.
  • The Continentals recorded their second win in the last 25 meetings with RPI.
 
Next Game
Hamilton hosts Connecticut College for a NESCAC contest on Saturday, March 18 at 1 p.m.
 
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