CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Thomas Healy '26 scored a season-high four goals and tied a career best with seven points in the Continentals' 17-11 non-conference win against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers at Hamilton's Withiam Field on Wednesday, March 27.
 

Season Update

• The Continentals (5-2 overall) have won their last three games and scored 46 goals during that stretch.
• MIT (2-6) is 1-1 in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference and has dropped three in a row.

 

How It Happened

• Hamilton, which had jumped out to a big lead in the first quarter and then briefly fell behind early in the third, went in front for good with five straight goals that spanned the end of the third quarter and start of the fourth.
• Justin Pearl '25 pulled the Continentals within a goal at 9-8 on a long shot from straight away just inside the box with 7:35 left in the third.
• Pearl tied the score with 57.7 seconds remaining in the quarter on a shot into the top-right corner from the left wing.
• Hamilton turned to Pearl again for the goal that put the Continentals in the lead for good. He received a pass from behind the goal and stepped into a shot from the right wing that found the back of the net with 15.6 seconds to go in the third.
• Hamilton kept applying the pressure early in the fourth quarter. Will Heher '25 scored 28 seconds into the fourth on a drive into the box and a bouncing shot from a few feet outside the crease.
• Troy Pollock '25 made it 12-9 on his goal with 12:51 left. A pass from behind the goal found Pollock in front and he scored on a left-handed shot from about 10 yards out.
• The Continentals scored three straight goals midway through the fourth for a 15-10 advantage.
• Heher's man-up goal with 4:03 remaining restored Hamilton's five-goal cushion, and Milo Trabulsy '25 scored and accounted for the final margin with 1:46 to go.
• The Engineers scored just twice in the last 25 minutes.
• Five different players scored for the Continentals in the first quarter as they built a 6-1 lead after 15 minutes.
• MIT dominated the second quarter and Hamilton was clinging to a 7-6 edge at the half.
• The Engineers took their only lead in the first five minutes of the third quarter. Zach Bleil tied it 1:18 into the third and had the assist on Bryce Metalios' goal that put MIT ahead at 8-7. Ashton Axe added the Engineers' ninth goal with 10:11 left.

 

Notes

• Pearl tied a career high with four goals.
• Heher finished with five points on three goals and two assists. He leads the Continentals with 19 goals.
• Christian Byrne '24 chipped in a goal and two assists. Byrne has at least one helper in all but one game this season.
• Frank Coyle '26 and Pollock registered a goal and an assist apiece. Coyle has at least one point in all seven games, while Pollock recorded his second multi-point game this season.
• Trabulsy scored for the second straight game and has five in 2024.
• Wyatt Estepp '27 tallied his fourth goal and Charlie Rooney '27 notched his second.
• Carter Hampson '24 led the defense with four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Hamilton won 18 of 32 faceoffs led by Reece Hickey '26 (7 of 13), Sean Gebauer '25 (6 of 11) and Michael Scoleri '24 (5 of 8). Hickey scooped up a team-high five ground balls and Scoleri picked up four.
• Ben Keppler '26 made his third consecutive start in goal and made 10 saves.
• Bleil and Heath Nilsen paced the MIT offense with three goals and an assist apiece. Andrew Palleiko won 13 faceoffs and collected seven ground balls. David Vapnek stopped seven shots.
• The Continentals scored on 2 of 4 extra-man opportunities.

 

Next Game

Hamilton hosts nationally ranked No. 9 Bowdoin College (5-2, 3-0 NESCAC) for a NESCAC contest on Saturday, March 30 at 1 p.m.