CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Torben Wunderle '23 and Thomas Healy '26 recorded six points apiece in the Continentals' 16-11 NESCAC win against the Colby College Mules at Hamilton's Withiam Field on a cold, wet and windy Saturday afternoon in late March.
 

Season Update

• The Continentals improved to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the conference with their second straight NESCAC win.
• Colby (1-5, 0-4) lost its fourth straight game.

 

How It Happened

• Eleven goals were scored in a wild first quarter.
• The Mules never led but the score was tied at 4-4 when Colby's Jack Goller found the back of the net with 3:51 left.
• Rowan Brumbaugh '23 put Hamilton in front to stay with 3:02 remaining, and Wunderle passed to Tim Sommer '23 for another goal just 32 seconds later.
• The Continentals led 6-5 after the opening 15 minutes.
• Hamilton's narrow lead fluctuated between one and three goals for most of the rest of the day. The Continentals were up 9-7 at the break and 11-9 after three quarters.
• The Mules closed to within two goals at 13-11 with 4:17 to go. A Hamilton player was sent off for a one-minute slashing penalty and Colby took advantage of its second man-up opportunity of the afternoon. Max Solmssen scored the goal on a feed from Nolan Zusi.
• The Continentals won the ensuing faceoff and Justin Pearl '25 restored Hamilton's three-goal cushion with 3:03 left.
• Reece Hickey '26 won the faceoff again for the Continentals and they ran off the next 80 seconds of game clock.
• The Mules' clear attempt was unsuccessful as Wunderle forced a turnover, and after two ground ball pickups and a Hamilton timeout, Wunderle scored the clincher on a pass from Brumbaugh with 17.4 seconds remaining.
• Hickey added the exclamation point to the victory as he scooped up the ground ball on the next faceoff, marched down the field and bounced a hard shot past the goalkeeper for the final margin.

 

Notes

• Both Wunderle and Healy finished with five goals and an assist.
• Wunderle leads the Continentals with 25 goals and 36 points. It's the third time this season he has scored a career-high five times. He also caused three turnovers.
• Healy's goal and point totals are season bests. He added a season-high four caused turnovers and four ground balls.
• Brumbaugh chipped in a goal and three assists. He leads the team with 16 helpers. He also picked up five ground balls.
• Jayme Wilde '25 registered a team-high seven ground balls and caused three turnovers. He leads the team with 28 and 20, respectively.
• Pearl ended up with two goals and an assist for the third time this season.
• Sommer scored twice and added an assist. He has at least one goal in every game this season.
• Hickey notched a goal for the second game in a row. He won 11 faceoffs and picked up six ground balls.
• Seamus Fagan '23 made 14 saves for Hamilton.
• The Continentals' ride was a big factor in the outcome as Colby had 10 unsuccessful clears in 26 attempts.
• Hamilton won 7 of 8 faceoffs in the fourth quarter.
• Goller paced the Mules' offense with five goals and two assists.
• Justin Turley won 18 of 31 faceoffs and collected 13 ground balls.
• Jackson Alvord added five ground balls and three caused turnovers.
• Will Rickards made seven of his 12 stops in the first quarter.
• Hamilton has won six of the last seven meetings with Colby.

 

Next Game

The Continentals play another NESCAC contest at Wesleyan University (5-2, 2-1 NESCAC) on Saturday, April 1 at 1 p.m.