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Olivia Waruch stickhandles the ball during the field hockey opener with RPI
Photo: Finn Norsen '28
Olivia Waruch '28
0
Amherst AMHERST (6-4, 2-4)
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Winner Hamilton HAMILTON (9-2, 5-2)
Amherst AMHERST
(6-4, 2-4)
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Final
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Hamilton HAMILTON
(9-2, 5-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Amherst AMHERST 0 0 0 0 0
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Jim Taylor

Waruch '28, Janssen '28 lead No. 7 field hockey in win over Amherst

Continentals improved to 5-2 in the NESCAC with the nail-biting 1-0 victory

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Olivia Waruch '28 scored late in the third quarter and Kelly Janssen '28 made five saves in the Continentals' 1-0 NESCAC win against the Amherst College Mammoths at Hamilton's Goodfriend Field on Saturday, Oct. 10.
 

Season Update

  • The Continentals (9-2, 5-2 NESCAC), who are fifth in the NCAA Power Index (NPI) rankings and seventh in the Division III Top 25 coaches poll, were coming off a 2-1 overtime setback against undefeated Tufts University on Oct. 4.
  • Nationally ranked No. 15 Amherst (6-4, 2-4) was a 3-0 winner over Western New England University on Oct. 7.
 

How It Happened

  • The first half was quiet from an offensive perspective as the teams combined for just five shots and three penalty corners. The highlight was Janssen coming out to the top of the shooting circle to stop a breakaway chance by the Mammoths' Cate LaFreniere midway through the first quarter.
  • The game's lone goal was scored on a penalty corner with 1:01 left in the third quarter. Eva Bell '29 smacked a shot from the edge of the shooting circle on the right wing that was blocked. Eleanor Cooper '28 gained control of the loose ball, turned and passed it across the front of the cage. Waruch, who had inserted the ball on the corner, was positioned at the left post and deposited a one-timer into the back of the cage.
  • Amherst's best scoring chance came midway through the fourth quarter off a penalty corner. Isabelle Nahon '27 came up with a defensive save on a shot by Emily Huehn, but the Mammoths were awarded a penalty stroke with 7:26 remaining. Katie Kantrovitz was selected to take the shot and Janssen deflected it wide of the cage with her stick.
  • Amherst pulled its goalkeeper for an 11th field player with 3:16 to go, but the Mammoths didn't generate a shot with the advantage.
 

Notes

  • Waruch scored for the second time in the last three games and for the third time this season.
  • Janssen lowered her goals against average to 1.10 and improved her save percentage to .831. She's second in the NESCAC in save percentage and tied for third with four shutouts.
  • Cooper picked up her second assist this fall and the third of her Hamilton career.
  • Nahon was credited with her second defensive save.
  • Amherst had all five shots and all three corners in the fourth quarter.
  • The Continentals defeated the Mammoths at home for the first time since 2019.
 

Next Game

Hamilton hosts University of Rochester (8-4 overall) in non-conference action on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 5 p.m.
 
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