Hamilton College

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Aly Fernandes '30 and Emma Kelesoglu '27 combined to score five goals in the Continentals' 5-0 non-conference win against the Utica University Pioneers at Hamilton's sunny and unseasonably mild Love Field on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 25.
 

Season Update

• The 19^th-ranked Continentals (10-2-3 overall) are unbeaten in their last five matches with three wins and two ties. Sunday's match was Hamilton's regular season finale.
• Utica (6-6-6), which is 3-3-5 in the Empire 8 Athletic Conference, had been unbeaten in its previous four matches with two wins and two draws.

 

How It Happened

• Fernandes started the scoring in the 36^th minute. She settled a pass with one touch and lofted a perfect right-footed shot into the top-right corner of the goal from nearly 25 yards out.
• Fernandes struck again just 31 seconds after halftime. Her second goal came on a shot on the run that was at least as long as the first. The shot went to the top-left corner of the net and the goalkeeper was able to get a hand on it, but it stayed under the crossbar.
• Kelesoglu made it 3-0 in the 63^rd minute on a shot from near the penalty kick spot. She was able to control a loose ball after a defender blocked a shot by Haley Cramer '28.
• Fernandes increased the lead to four goals in the 68^th minute. She put a shot into the lower-right corner of the goal from a couple yards to the left of the penalty spot after receiving a nice pass from Helena Crate '28 who was on the right side of the 18-yard box.
• Kelesoglu completed the scoring in the 83^rd minute on a header shot from about six yards out that squeezed between the goalkeeper and the left post. The shot came off a corner kick by Keira Nyarady '28.

 

Notes

• Fernandes' three-goal match was the second this year for the Continentals. Lila Sullivan '29 accomplished the feat against Bates College on September 12. Fernandes came into the day with one goal this season.
• Kelesoglu scored the second and third goals of her Hamilton career.
• Sarah Flood '27 recorded her first multi-assist match and has three helpers this season.
• Cramer moved into a tie for second in the NESCAC with her sixth assist.
• Crate collected her first career assist.
• Diana Baffor '29 picked up an assist for the second straight match.
• Nyarady was credited with her first assist this season.
• Olivia Connolly '27 didn't have to make a save in posting her fifth shutout of 2026. Connolly is second in the conference with a 0.53 goals against average and is tied for first in clean sheets.
• Kyler Weatherred started in goal for Utica and stopped 13 shots in 76-plus minutes.
• The Continentals dominated the action with a 41-2 shot advantage and five corner kicks to none for the Pioneers.
• Hamilton ran its win streak against Utica to 16 matches.
• Connolly, Kelesoglu, Flood, Ryan Manning '27, Carly McMahon '27, Maddie Buck '27, Samantha Tyska '27 and Abby Douglass '27 were honored before the match.

 

Next Match

The Continentals play a NESCAC championship quarterfinal on Saturday, Oct. 31 against an opponent and at a site to be determined by Tuesday night, Oct. 27.