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Aine Cleary looks for a women's lacrosse teammate to pass to from the goal line to the left of the crease against Wesleyan
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Aine Cleary '25
17
Winner Hamilton HAM 6-8
11
Ithaca College ITHACA-W 9-6
Winner
Hamilton HAM
6-8
17
Final
11
Ithaca College ITHACA-W
9-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HAM 3 6 4 4 17
Ithaca College ITHACA-W 1 1 3 6 11

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Jim Taylor

Women's lacrosse knocks off No. 21 Ithaca, Cleary '25 scores 100th goal

Senior attack reached the milestone with the last goal of her career for the Continentals

ITHACA, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Aine Cleary '25 posted a career-high seven points, including her 100th career goal, and the Continentals finished the season with a 17-11 non-conference win against the Ithaca College Bombers at Ithaca's Higgins Stadium on Tuesday evening, April 22.
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (6-8 overall) ended 2025 on a high note with three straight victories, including its first against a ranked team.
  • The 21st-ranked Bombers (9-6) lost at home for the first time in seven games this spring.
 

How It Happened

  • The Continentals scored twice in the opening four minutes and led the whole way. Hamilton held a 3-1 advantage at the end of the first quarter.
  • Elizabeth Green pulled Ithaca within a goal 2:02 into the second quarter. The Bombers didn't score again for nearly 23 minutes.
  • The Continentals ran off the next 10 goals and left little doubt about the final outcome. Hamilton led 9-2 at the half and 13-2 after Alex Orlando '25 scored with 6:48 left in the third quarter.
  • The Continentals still held an eight-goal cushion at 13-5 after three quarters. Ithaca didn't get closer than six goals down the stretch.
  • After the Bombers cut their deficit to six goals at 13-7 early in the fourth quarter, Hamilton ran off four of the next five for a 17-8 lead with 4:37 remaining and cruised the rest of the night.
 

Notes

  • The Continentals boasted a season high with the 17 goals.
  • Hamilton rebounded in a big way from its nine-goal setback against Ithaca at home last April.
  • Cleary finished with three goals and a career-best four assists and ended up leading the team with 35 points. Her milestone goal came during a woman-up situation with 8:52 to go in the third quarter and gave the Continentals a 12-2 lead.
  • Orlando notched four goals and added two assists for a career-high six points. She also caused two turnovers. Orlando led Hamilton with 25 goals this year.
  • Julia Lee '27 scored three goals for the second consecutive game.
  • Maddigan Leifer '26 found the back of the net twice and won a season-best seven draw controls.
  • Eugenia Kaltsas '26 scored twice and registered her second multi-goal game.
  • Sarah Creamer '26 and Sarah Stonestreet '25 contributed a goal and an assist apiece. Stonestreet topped the team with 17 helpers.
  • Leyna Schlaefer '28 scored her sixth goal and scooped up three ground balls.
  • Grace Martucci '28 collected a season-high four ground balls.
  • Kat Showalter '26 came up with a career-best seven draw controls.
  • Clara Paolucci '28 made four of her 10 saves in the first quarter.
  • The Continentals held a 42-27 shot advantage.
  • Lily Cody paced the Bombers' offense with three goals and four points. Green had three ground balls, Lexi Kellish won six draws and Mikaela Dattilo stopped 20 shots.
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