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Delaney Grace controls the ball with one hand on her stick against Trinity in September 2023
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Delaney Grace '25
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Hamilton HAMILTON (1-1, 0-1)
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Winner Middlebury MIDFH (2-0, 1-0)
Hamilton HAMILTON
(1-1, 0-1)
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Final
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Middlebury MIDFH
(2-0, 1-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 0 1 0 1
Middlebury MIDFH 2 0 0 1 3

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Jim Taylor

Field hockey falls 3-1 at top-ranked Middlebury in NESCAC opener

Kelley '25 scored for the second straight game for the Continentals

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury College's Caroline Segal scored twice in the first quarter and the Panthers went on to a 3-1 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Middlebury's Peter Kohn Field on Saturday, Sept. 7.
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (1-1, 0-1 NESCAC) was playing its 2024 conference opener.
  • The Panthers (2-0, 1-0) are the top-ranked team in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Top 25 poll.
 

How It Happened

  • Segal scored 4:56 into the opening quarter and made it 2-0 with 5:20 left.
  • The Continentals still trailed by two goals early in the third quarter when they capitalized on a penalty corner. Delaney Grace '25 entered the ball to Lydon Kelley '25 on the left wing near the edge of the arc. Kelley's slap shot went into a crowd in the goal mouth and ended up in the back of the cage with 9:21 remaining.
  • Hanna Medwar restored Middlebury's two-goal lead with 9:45 to go in the fourth quarter.
  • Hamilton put three shots on goal in the final five minutes but Izzy Redzic stopped all three.
 

Notes

  • Kelley, who had one goal coming into this season, has one in each game so far.
  • Grace collected her first assist since 2022.
  • Abby Griffin '26 started in the cage and made three saves.
  • Kelly Janssen '28 relieved Griffin at the start of the third quarter and finished with four stops.
  • The Panthers held a 24-6 shot advantage and were awarded 14 corners to the Continentals' five.
 

Next Game

Hamilton hosts University of Rochester (3-0) for a non-conference game on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m.
 
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