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Delaney Grace turns over her stick to control the ball at midfield against Wesleyan
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Delaney Grace '25
3
Winner Hamilton HCFH2024 (4-3)
1
William Smith WSC (3-5)
Winner
Hamilton HCFH2024
(4-3)
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Final
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William Smith WSC
(3-5)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HCFH2024 1 1 1 0 3
William Smith WSC 0 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Jim Taylor

No. 23 field hockey scores three goals in win at William Smith

Kelley '25 tallied her team-leading fourth goal this season for the Continentals

GENEVA, N.Y. – Hamilton College established a season high for goals in a game as the Continentals posted a 3-1 non-conference win against the William Smith College Herons at William Smith's McCooey Field on Wednesday evening, Sept. 25.
 

Season Update

  • Nationally ranked No. 23 Hamilton (4-3 overall) recorded its first win away from home this season.
  • The Herons (3-5) lost their third straight game – all at home.
 

How It Happened

  • The Continentals scored one goal in each of the first three quarters.
  • Hamilton scored on the game's first shot with 7:03 left in the first quarter. Sammy Higgins '26 hammered the ball into the arc from the left wing and a defender got their stick on it. The ball continued to bounce towards the cage and Lilly Truchon '26 whacked a one-timer inside the right post.
  • Delaney Grace '25 made it 2-0 with 8:49 remaining in the second quarter. Becky Felker '26 cracked a shot that was stopped by the goalkeeper and Grace was there to clean up the rebound. The Continentals took their two-goal lead into the break.
  • William Smith cut its deficit in half 2:46 into the third quarter when Mia Batchelder scored off a pass from Ana Dios Vidal.
  • Hamilton restored its two-goal cushion with 7:23 to go in the third. Lydon Kelley '25 found the back of the cage after a pass from Higgins. At that point, the Continentals had three goals on just five shots.
  • The Herons were awarded two penalty corners and took two shots in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter but came up empty.
 

Notes

  • Kelley scored her team-leading fourth goal and has eight points. She entered the season with one goal in her Hamilton career.
  • Truchon has two goals this season and 12 in her career with the Continentals.
  • Grace also notched her second goal this fall and has 14 in her career.
  • Higgins collected her first point of 2024.
  • Abby Griffin '26 started in the cage and didn't face any shots in the first half. Griffin's goals against average is 1.00 in 180 minutes.
  • Kelly Janssen '28 relieved Griffin and made one save in the second half.
  • Hamilton registered five of its 10 shots in the fourth quarter. The Continentals limited William Smith to just four shots.
  • Hamilton has won five of the last six meetings with the Herons.
 

Next Game

The Continentals return to NESCAC play at No. 22 Bowdoin College (3-3, 1-2) on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m.
 
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