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Erin Rayhill dribbles towards the net against Trinity in September 2023
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Erin Rayhill '25
3
Winner Hamilton College HAMILTON (3-0-2, 1-0-2 NESCAC)
0
Utica University UTICA (4-3, 0-0 Empire 8)
Winner
Hamilton College HAMILTON
(3-0-2, 1-0-2 NESCAC)
3
Final
0
Utica University UTICA
(4-3, 0-0 Empire 8)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hamilton College HAMILTON 1 2 3
Utica University UTICA 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Jim Taylor

Rayhill '25 scores twice in women's soccer 3-0 win at Utica

Unbeaten Continentals received votes in the Division III coaches poll

UTICA, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Erin Rayhill '25 scored two goals in a 78-second span late in the second half and lifted the Continentals to a 3-0 non-conference win against the Utica University Pioneers at Utica's Casamento Field on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton, which received votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 poll, remained unbeaten at 3-0-2.
  • The Pioneers (4-3-0 overall) had won their previous two home matches this season.
 

How It Happened

  • The Continentals put the pressure on Utica right away as Katie Moses '25 hit the crossbar with a shot in the sixth minute.
  • Hamilton took a 1-0 lead in the 25th minute. Olivia Zubarik '25 lofted a corner kick into the box and Tori Morelli '24 headed it past the goalkeeper.
  • The Pioneers' best scoring chance came in the 31st minute. Kaela Mochak headed a corner kick by Rylee Lamphere into the post and Clare Robinson '25 kept the ball out of the goal after the deflection.
  • The Continentals held that slim one-goal edge until the 88th minute. Zubarik's corner kick pinballed around the box and eventually Ryan Manning '27 ran onto it outside the 18. Manning quickly laid the ball off to her left to Rayhill and she pounded a shot into the back of the net from about 25 yards out.
  • Rayhill scored again just 1:18 later. She gained control of the ball on the left wing, eluded a couple defenders and dribbled into the box. She didn't stop until she reached the center of the 18 where she hammered a shot off the inside of the right post and into the goal.
 

Notes

  • Rayhill recorded her first multi-goal match at Hamilton. She has at least one point in four straight matches and leads the team with eight points on three goals and two assists.
  • Morelli notched her first goal with the Continentals.
  • Zubarik picked up her first assist since last year's match at Utica on Sept. 18.
  • Manning collected her first collegiate point.
  • Robinson (two saves) and Nieve Tonna '26 combined on Hamilton's third shutout.
  • Courtney Connolly stopped three shots for the Pioneers.
  • Utica had no shots and one corner kick in the second half.
  • The Continentals held a 17-4 shot advantage and took seven corner kicks to the Pioneers' two.
  • Hamilton has outscored Utica 18-2 in the last four meetings.
 

Next Match

The Continentals return to NESCAC play on Saturday, Sept. 23 at Tufts University (3-2-0, 1-2). The match gets underway at 11 a.m.
 
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