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Hamilton College midfielder Christian Byrne (17) 3/2/24 1:56:50 PM Men’s Lacrosse: Bates College v Hamilton College on Steuben Field at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Final: Bates 8 Hamilton 21 Photo by Josh McKee
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5
Hamilton HAMILTON 2-1, 1-1
17
Winner Amherst AMHERST 2-1, 1-1
Hamilton HAMILTON
2-1, 1-1
5
Final
17
Amherst AMHERST
2-1, 1-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HAMILTON 1 1 3 0 5
Amherst AMHERST 5 6 3 3 17

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Lindsay LeSueur

Men’s lacrosse takes first loss of 2024 at No. 15 Amherst

Byrne ’24 posted a goal and two assists for the Continentals

AMHERST, Mass. – Amherst College's Brendan Reilly scored six goals and the Mammoths posted a 17-5 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals on Amherst's Pratt Field at Lehrman Stadium on Saturday, March 9. 
 
Season Update
  • Hamilton (2-1, 1-1 NESCAC) had scored 43 goals in its first two games. 
  • The nationally ranked No. 15 Mammoths (2-1, 1-1) picked up their second consecutive win. 
How It Happened
  • The Mammoths scored twice in the opening two minutes of the first quarter. 
  • Christian Byrne '24 sliced Hamilton's deficit in half with 10:22 left in the first. 
  • Amherst scored the next seven goals for a 9-1 advantage with 6:58 remaining in the second quarter. Reilly led the Mammoths' surge with three of the seven goals. 
  • Sixty-seven seconds later, Frank Coyle '26 scored on a pass from Justin Pearl '25 with 5:51 to go. 
  • The Mammoths closed out the second quarter with a pair of goals for an 11-2 cushion. 
  • Hamilton countered with two man-up goals at the start of the third quarter. Pearl struck 33 seconds into the third on a pass from Will Heher '25, and Heher scored 31 ticks later off a feed from Byrne. 
  • Amherst ran off the next three goals and led 14-4 with 4:19 left in the third. 
  • Thomas Healy '26 scored the Continentals' last goal and Byrne picked up another assist with 2:29 remaining in the third quarter. 
  • The Mammoths tallied three goals and held the Continentals scoreless in the final quarter.  
Notes
  • Byrne recorded three points with one goal and two assists. 
  • Heher scored his team-leading eighth goal and handed out his first assist. 
  • Pearl added his third goal of the season and his second assist. 
  • Coyle scored his sixth goal in three games while Healy buried his seventh. 
  • Carter Hampson '24 scooped up a team-best five ground balls.
  • Johnny Oblak '24 caused three turnovers.
  • Jack Fried '25 made 20 saves in 46-plus minutes in goal. Ben Keppler '26 stopped two shots in the final 13:24. 
  • Reilly paced Amherst with seven points. 
  • Nicholas Kopp won 13 of 22 faceoffs and added a team-best six ground balls.
  • Mitch Likins stopped eight shots for the Mammoths in 51-plus minutes of action. Brooks Catlin made two saves in 8:15 of relief. 
  • The Mammoths held a 57-41 shot advantage. 
  • The Continentals were 17 of 23 on clear attempts.  
Next Game
The Continentals face Tufts University (3-0, 2-0) in Stevenson University's Mustang Classic on Friday, March 15 at 5:45 p.m. 
 
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