CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Jack Fried '25 came up with a clutch point-blank save with less than five seconds left and the Continentals outlasted the Connecticut College Camels 12-11 in NESCAC action at Hamilton's Steuben Field on Saturday afternoon, April 19.
 

Season Update

• Hamilton (7-7, 4-6 NESCAC) is in sixth place in the conference standings and will wait for the NESCAC Men's Lacrosse Championship seeding release the evening of Wednesday, April 23. The top eight teams advance to the conference championship quarterfinals on Saturday, April 26.
• The Camels (7-7, 2-7) dropped their third straight conference contest. 

How It Happened

• Hamilton capitalized on a Camels turnover early in the fourth quarter. Justin Pearl '25 charged in from the right side and found Thomas Healy '26 wide open in front of the net. Healy took the feed and skipped a shot off the turf and into the goal for a 10-9 lead with 12:15 to go.
• Conn. College answered less than a minute later, but Hamilton responded with back-to-back goals for a 12-10 lead with 7:58 left. Troy Pollock '25 broke the tie with a strike from long-distance, and Healy struck again 46 seconds later after he corralled a high pass, sliced through three defenders, and finished strong in front of the net.
• The Camels gave the ball away on back-to-back possessions with bad passes, but after a Hamilton turnover they managed a successful clear and cut the deficit to one with just 44 seconds remaining.
• Hamilton won the ensuing faceoff, but a turnover gave Conn. College one last chance. After scooping up the loose ball, the Camels called a timeout with 17.3 seconds remaining to draw up a final play. As the clock wound down, Liam Horkan broke free for a point-blank look, but Fried laid out for the clutch save and sealed a crucial conference win for the Continentals.
• Hamilton struck first with 10:22 remaining in the opening quarter as Carson Kraus '28 put the Continentals on the board. After receiving a pass, Kraus shook his defender with a slick juke, cut to the right, and ripped a one-hopper into the back of the net.
• Hamilton made it 2-0 with 7:04 to go in the first, capitalizing on another Camel turnover. Frank Coyle '26 started the play from behind the net, cut to the left, and delivered a pass to Jesse Delinsky '26. Delinsky caught it in stride down the middle and fired a shot from just outside the crease into the top-right corner.
• Less than two minutes later, Hamilton added a third goal. Long-stick midfielder Jayme Wilde '25 scooped up a loose ball in the Camels' attack zone, sprinted down the field, and unleashed a powerful shot past Conn. College's Patrick Hogan with 5:33 left in the first.
• Conn. College cut the Continentals' lead to 3-1 just 11 seconds into the second quarter, but Kraus answered with his second goal and pushed Hamilton's lead to 4-1 with 13 minutes remaining. The Camels trimmed Hamilton's lead to one with a goal at the 10:55 mark.
• The Continentals quickly responded by scoring twice in a span of just 42 seconds. Wyatt Estepp '27 split two defenders and fired a shot into the upper-right corner. Will Heher '25 scored with 7:58 remaining in the second quarter. Sean Gebauer '25 won the faceoff and, after a few passes, Heher drove down the middle and finished with a clinical shot into the net for a 6-2 lead. 
• Conn. College's offense came alive as the Camels closed out the second quarter with five unanswered goals and took a 7-6 lead into halftime.
• The third quarter was a back-and-forth battle as the rain poured down, but Hamilton broke through first with two goals just 45 seconds apart. A costly turnover by the Camels set up the first, and with five seconds left on the shot clock, Coyle ripped a low shot under his defender that snuck through the legs of Hogan and tied the score at 7–7. Moments later, Pollock caught the defense off guard with another low strike that put the Continentals back in front. The Camels pulled even again with 11:29 left.
• Hamilton answered just a few minutes later. Coyle found Estepp cutting on the left wing, and Estepp buried a top-shelf shot for a 9–8 lead with 8:37 to go.
• Conn. College had the last word in the third quarter, and the score was tied as the teams headed into the final frame.

Notes

• Hamilton's 12 seniors were honored before the start of the game. 
• Coyle netted his 17th goal of the season and tied a career-high with three assists. He leads the team with 17 assists and 34 points. 
• Estepp recorded the second multi-goal game of his career.  
• Healy scored twice and paces Hamilton with 28 goals on the season. 
• Pollock tallied his second multi-goal game of the season. 
• Delinsky has scored in Hamilton's last three games. 
• Wilde scored his fifth goal of the season, scooped up four ground balls and caused two turnovers.  
• Heher netted his 18th goal of the season. 
• Pearl passed out his 20th career assist. 
• Andrew Higgins '28 won 8-of-15 faceoffs and had three ground balls. 
• Jake Mair '25 had four ground balls, while John McKinnon '27, Ford Collins 27, Wylie Ocken '27 and Ryan Olivo '28 scooped up three each. 
• Fried came up huge for the Continentals with 13 saves. 
• The Continentals were 23-of-24 on clear attempts.
• Horkan paced the Camels with four goals. 
• Nick McLaughlin scored two goals and picked up four ground balls. 
• Graydon Diamond and Aidan McAvoy scored two goals apiece. 
• Aidan Gaudet won 14-of-25 faceoffs and scooped up four ground balls. 
• Hogan made 12 saves for Conn. College. 
• The Camels were 0-for-2 on extra-man opportunities and were 16-for-19 on clear attempts.