CLINTON, N.Y. – A last-minute goal by Hamilton College's Julia Lee '27 and the play of goalie Eliza Schwarz '27 in the fourth quarter rallied the Continentals to a 9-8 NESCAC win over the Trinity College Bantams at Hamilton's chilly and breezy Steuben Field on Saturday, April 6.
 

Season Update

• The Continentals (4-4, 3-3 NESCAC) evened their season record and snapped their losing skid at four games.
• Trinity (5-5, 2-4) lost for the fourth time in its last five games.

 

How It Happened

• Hamilton took possession of the ball with 1:22 left in the fourth quarter when an errant pass by the Bantams rolled out of bounds just outside Trinity's offensive zone.
• After a timeout by the Continentals, they worked the ball around their offensive third until Lee received a pass about 20 yards from the goal with 22 seconds remaining. Lee came down the right wing, deftly split two defenders and cut into the fan. Her overhead shot from about 15 feet away bounced at the goalie's feet and into the back of the net with 16.8 seconds to go for Hamilton's first lead of the afternoon.
• Aine Cleary '25 won the all-important draw control, took the ball deep into the Continentals' offensive zone and intentionally ran out of bounds with just a few seconds left – not enough time for the Bantams to get downfield.
• Schwarz entered the game at the start of the fourth quarter with Hamilton trailing 8-5. She made a save on a free-position shot and stopped another while the Continentals were a player down early in the quarter.
• Lee made it 8-6 on a bouncing shot with 10:39 remaining after she drove hard down the center of the fan while Hamilton was still down a player due to a two-minute yellow card.
• Alex Orlando '25 pulled Hamilton within a goal on a free-position shot with 7:15 to go.
• Trinity's last shot with about 5:20 left was also caught by Schwarz and the Continentals tied the score on their next possession.
• Cleary found Sarah Stonestreet '25 in the middle of the fan five yards from the goal and Stonestreet was immediately surrounded by four defenders. She backed off, took a couple steps to her left and fired a shot into the top-right corner of the net with 4:19 left.
• The Bantams scored the first four goals and also led 7-3 with 5:10 remaining in the third quarter. Trinity held a 4-1 advantage after one and was up 4-2 at the half.
• Hamilton scored six of the last seven goals as the Bantams found the back of the net once in the last 20 minutes.

 

Notes

• Cleary ended up with three points on a goal and two assists and won four draws. She tops the team with 19 points.
• Lee finished with the two goals in the fourth quarter and leads the team with 15.
• Orlando (two goals) recorded her first multi-goal game this season.
• Maddigan Leifer '26 scored twice for her second career multi-goal game and added four draw controls.
• Stonestreet has three goals in the last two games and seven this season.
• Marin Ciardiello '26 scored her first goal this season and the second of her Hamilton career.
• Meghan Lane '24 topped the Continentals with six draw controls and four ground balls and caused two turnovers.
• Bailey Lillis '24 scooped up three ground balls and Anna Zoccolillo '25 caused a pair of turnovers.
• Kaitlin Reed '24 made two saves in the first three quarters.
• Schwarz, who was making her second collegiate appearance, stopped all three shots that were on goal. She has a .714 save percentage on seven shots on goal this season.
• Trinity's Molly McGuckin led all players with four goals and Brooke Kurtz added two goals and an assist. Natalie Miller picked up three ground balls, Caitlyn Buermann caused three turnovers and Grace Denious won three draws. Ali MacDougall turned away nine shots including five in the second quarter.
• Hamilton held a 27-18 shot advantage and won 15 draws to the Bantams' five.
• The Continentals scored twice while they were down a player.
• Hamilton's last five wins against Trinity have all been by a goal.

 

Next Game

The Continentals host Williams College (7-3, 3-3) for another NESCAC contest on Wednesday, April 10 on Withiam Field at 7 p.m.