WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Williams College had nine players score and the Ephs held onto a 12-9 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Williams' Farley-Lamb Field on Wednesday, April 10.
Season Update
- The Continentals (6-5, 3-5 NESCAC) are in eighth place in the team standings with two conference games remaining.
- Williams (6-5, 4-3) is receiving votes in this week's U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III Top 20 coaches poll.
How It Happened
- Justin Pearl '25 and Thomas Healy '26 scored unassisted goals to give Hamilton an early 2-0 lead in the first 2:11 of action.
- Williams countered with the next three goals to take a 3-2 lead with 8:47 to go.
- The Ephs led 5-3 with 13:41 left in the second quarter.
- Pearl cut Hamilton's deficit to one at 5-4 on another unassisted goal with 12:42 on the clock.
- Trailing 7-4, Will Heher '25 kept the Continentals within arm's reach with a goal on a pass from Frank Coyle '26 with 11:29 remaining in the third stanza.
- The Ephs stretched their advantage back to three goals at 9-6 with 4:06 to go.
- Troy Pollock '25 scooped up a ground ball and scored with 2:22 left in the third.
- Pearl netted his third goal of the game 31 seconds later and narrowed the Continentals' deficit to 9-8 heading into the final quarter.
- The Ephs dominated most of the fourth frame with three straight goals for their largest lead at 12-8 with 6:37 remaining.
- Hamilton called its final timeout and the Continentals executed a set play for an impressive point-blank goal by Coyle on a feed from Pollock with 1:27 left.
Notes
- Pearl tallied his sixth multi-goal game of the season.
- Healy collected seven ground balls and leads the team with 24 goals.
- Heher recorded his 23rd goal of the season.
- Pollock and Coyle finished with one goal and one assist apiece.
- Christian Byrne '24 picked up five ground balls and passed out his 13th assist of the season.
- Reece Hickey '26 tied a season high with 10 ground balls and won 16 of 23 faceoffs.
- Jack Fried '25 made 16 stops in goal for the Continentals.
- Calvin Caputo finished with six points on one goal and five assists for the Ephs.
- Gavin Timoney recorded two goals and two assists.
- Ryan Johnson and Finlay Macknight had three points (2 goals, 1 assist) apiece.
- Matt Wetmore made 20 saves including eight in the third quarter.
- Hamilton and Williams were both 0-for-1 on their extra-man opportunity.
Next Game
Hamilton hosts No. 10 Wesleyan University (8-2, 5-1) for another conference contest on Saturday, April 13 at 1 p.m. The Continentals will recognize their nine seniors before the start of the game.