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Field Hockey players celebrate their win at Bates in October 2025
Photo by Steve Fuller
Hamilton celebrates its win over No. 5 Bates in Lewiston, Maine, on October 5.
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Winner Hamilton HAMILTON (8-3, 3-3)
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Bates BATES (9-1, 5-1)
Winner
Hamilton HAMILTON
(8-3, 3-3)
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Final
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Bates BATES
(9-1, 5-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HAMILTON 1 0 0 1 2
Bates BATES 0 1 0 0 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Grace Long '27

No. 10 field hockey hands No. 5 Bates first loss in dramatic fashion

McMahon '29 scored the game-winner with 2:12 left in the fourth quarter for the Continentals

LEWISTON, Maine - Hamilton College's Brighton McMahon '29 scored with 2:12 left in the fourth quarter and lifted the Continentals to a 2-1 win against the Bates College Bobcats in a clash of top 10 NESCAC teams at Bates' Campus Avenue Field on Sunday, Oct. 5.
 

Season Update

  • The 10th-ranked Continentals (8-3, 3-3 NESCAC) handed the Bobcats their first loss and rebounded from a disappointing setback at Colby College on Oct. 4.
  • No. 5 Bates (9-1, 5-1) had five wins against ranked teams going into Sunday, including 2-1 against No. 7 Williams College on Oct. 4.
 

How It Happened

  • Sammy Higgins '26 inserted on a penalty corner late in the fourth quarter to Isabelle Nahon '27, who slid the ball horizontally to Morgan Clarke '28 for a beautiful, sweeping one-timer to the cage. Clarke's shot deflected off the stick of McMahon on the left post and beat the Bobcats' goalie.
  • Higgins gave Hamilton a 1-0 lead with 2:53 left in the first quarter. Higgins carried the ball into the circle on a restart and shot it towards the cage. The ball got tied up just in front of Bates' goalie and bounced to the goal line near the left post. Higgins chased it down, settled it and ripped a shot past the diving goalie, Ava Donohue.
  • Bates tied it up with 1:37 remaining in the first half on a Caroline Nowak goal after the Continentals' Abby Griffin '26 had stopped a shot by Haley Dwight.
  • The Bobcats had three corners and Hamilton players blocked five shots in the final 30 seconds of the fourth quarter.
 

Notes

  • Higgins recorded her third goal in the last four games.
  • McMahon scored her third goal and her first since Sept. 13. She picked up her sixth and seventh points.
  • Clarke picked up her second assist in the last three games.
  • Griffin recorded three saves in the first half.
  • Kelly Janssen '28 didn't have to make a save in the second half as the Continentals clamped down on defense.
  • Hamilton outshot Bates 16-12.
  • The Continentals were awarded five corners to the Bobcats' nine.
 

Next Game

The Continentals host Connecticut College (3-5, 1-5) for another NESCAC matchup at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11. Hamilton will honor its six seniors with a pregame ceremony.
 
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