HARTFORD, Conn. – Trinity College led by 17 points early in the second quarter and the Bantams defeated the Hamilton College Continentals 37-6 at Trinity's Tansil-Muldoon Stadium on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10.
Season Update
- Hamilton (0-4 NESCAC) previous season low in points was 21. The Continentals' four opponents so far this fall have a combined record of 15-1.
- The Bantams (4-0), who received votes in the Oct. 5 Division III Top 25 coaches poll, have allowed 20 points this season.
How It Happened
- Trinity led 10-0 after one quarter and had a 17-point cushion with 12:27 left in the second after a one-yard touchdown run by Josh Woodford and the extra point by Tyler Beliveau.
- Hamilton scored its touchdown on the next possession. On the second play, Luke Kurzum '27 completed a pass deep down the middle of the field to Matthew Kearns '28 for 41 yards down to the Bantams 34. Six plays later, backup quarterback Connor Laverty '28 ran it into the end zone from the one with 8:10 remaining.
- Trinity scored two more touchdowns late in the second quarter thanks to interceptions. The first pick was by Shane Lewis at the Continentals' 27-yard line and Jack Tosone scored from the one eight plays later with 1:09 to go. Marshall Rice returned an interception 64 yards for another score 18 seconds later and Beliveau's PAT made it 31-6. Shane Mosia ended the first half with an interception in the end zone on a Hamilton Hail Mary pass attempt.
- Woodford completed the scoring with another one-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
Notes
- Kurzum finished 25-of-42 passing for 213 yards. He leads the NESCAC with 108 completions and is second with 1,162 yards passing and a completion percentage of 70.1 percent.
- Laverty scored his fourth rushing touchdown in the last two games. He's tied for the team lead with those four touchdowns.
- Mitchell Ivatts '29 led the Continentals with 12 catches for 68 yards. Ivatts leads NCAA Division III with 11.75 receptions per game. He's eighth in Division III with 119.5 receiving yards per game.
- Mat Bucher '27 tied a career high with 13 tackles including eight solo stops. Bucher is second in the conference with 10.8 stops per game.
- Ben Hochadel '27 recorded his first career sack.
- Brody Harrington '30 broke up the first three passes of his collegiate career.
- Jaxon Carroll was 19-of-31 for 343 yards passing and one touchdown for the Bantams. Carroll's favorite target was Nolan O'Brien, who finished with nine catches for 123 yards. Lincoln Moore led the defense with 13 tackles and Ethan Krauss added 10.
Next Game
Hamilton takes on Bowdoin College (0-4) in Brunswick, Maine, on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.
