LEWISTON, Maine – Hamilton College's Maddigan Leifer '26 and Sarah Creamer '26 scored three goals apiece and the Continentals posted a 14-10 NESCAC win over the Bates College Bobcats on Bates' Garcelon Field on Saturday, March 2. 
 
Season Update

• Hamilton was competing for the first time this season. 
• Bates (1-2 overall) was playing its conference opener.  

How It Happened

• The Bobcats scored just 45 seconds into the opening quarter. 
• Leifer put Hamilton on the board 1:43 into the first with an unassisted goal after a ground ball pickup. 
• Bates' Hanna Matthews put the Bobcats back up by one with 9:48 remaining. Less than a minute later, Grace Cassin extended Bates' lead with 8:51 on the clock. 
• Alex Orlando '25 cut Hamilton's deficit to one on a goal assisted by Avery Trach '27. 
• The Continentals evened the score on a goal by Aine Cleary '25 assisted by Creamer after a draw control won by Meghan Lane '24 with 6:45 left.
• Leifer put Hamilton in the lead for good with 5:31 to go. The sophomore displayed fancy footwork, juked a defender and slung a hard shot into the upper left-hand corner.  
• Creamer made it 5-3 on a feed from Anna Zoccolillo '25 after a ground ball pickup and a sprint down field with just six seconds remaining in the first quarter. 
• Alana King '24 stretched Hamilton's lead to 6-3 with an unassisted goal 3:56 into the second quarter. 
• Creamer and Julia Lee '27 put the Continentals up by five with two free-position goals – the first with 8:29 left in the second quarter and the second with 6:55 remaining. 
• A short 53 seconds later, Sydney Anzelone '27 scored a rebound goal after a free-position shot for a 9-3 advantage with 6:02 to go. 
• Hamilton owned a commanding 11-3 lead at the half after another goal by Creamer with 3:07 left, and a goal by Trach in the final minute. 
• Leifer stretched the Continentals' lead to nine at 12-3 on a wraparound goal 1:25 into the third quarter.
• After 11 consecutive Hamilton goals, the Bobcats found the back of the net with 7:55 to go in the third. 
• Trach countered with a free-position goal for a 13-4 lead with 5:06 remaining.
• Caroline Keating scored for the Bobcats with 48 seconds left in the quarter. 
• Cleary beat the buzzer to give the Continentals a 14-5 cushion heading into the final quarter. 
• Bates had its best quarter as it outscored Hamilton 5-0 in the fourth for the final margin.  

Notes

• Leifer finished with a career high in goals and picked up a pair of ground balls. 
• Creamer recorded a career-high five points with three goals and two helpers. 
• Trach netted a pair of goals and passed out an assist in her first collegiate contest. 
• Cleary added two goals and two draws. 
• Lee and Anzelone tallied their first collegiate goals. 
• King registered her 38th career goal with the Continentals.
• Orlando scored her 20th career goal. 
• Lane led Hamilton with four ground balls and 10 draw controls. 
• Casey Fiore '24 started in goal and made two saves. Kaitlin Reed '24 relieved Fiore at the start of the third quarter and stopped four shots. 
• Emma Austin paced Bates with two goals and two assists. 
• Matthews and Laci Raveis registered two goals on four shots apiece for the Bobcats. 
• Keating contributed one goal, a team-best four ground balls and four draws. 
• Avery Lehman tallied nine saves for Bates in 56:25 of action.  
• The Continentals held a 29-22 shot advantage, and owned a 16-9 edge on draw controls. 
• Hamilton was successful on all 19 clear attempts.
• Hamilton and Bates picked up 12 ground balls apiece. 

Next Game
The Continentals host Amherst College (0-1) for another conference contest on Saturday, March 9 at noon.