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Grace Seaman passes the volleyball to a teammate for a spike in a match at Amherst
Grace Seaman '29
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Trinity (CT) TrinCT 15-6,3-6 NESCAC
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Winner Hamilton Ham 10-8,4-5 NESCAC
Trinity (CT) TrinCT
15-6,3-6 NESCAC
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Hamilton Ham
10-8,4-5 NESCAC
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Trinity (CT) TrinCT 20 25 17 25 8 (2)
Hamilton Ham 25 20 25 16 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Jim Taylor

Volleyball outlasts Trinity in five thrilling sets for huge NESCAC win

Seaman '29 smashed a career-high 17 kills and handed out 14 assists for the Continentals

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Grace Seaman '29 hammered a career-high 17 kills and added 14 assists and three blocks in the Continentals' five-set NESCAC win against the Trinity College Bantams inside Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Friday evening, Oct. 30.
 

Season Update

  • The Continentals (10-8, 4-5 NESCAC) have won three straight matches and four of their last five. According to the conference, Hamilton has clinched a spot in the NESCAC championship quarterfinals and could finish anywhere from the fourth to the eighth seed with one match remaining.
  • Trinity (15-6, 3-6) had won its last five matches going into Friday night. The Bantams could end up as the seventh or the eighth seed with a win in their last match, or wind up out of the postseason with a loss.
 

How It Happened (25-20, 20-25, 25-17, 16-25, 15-8)

  • The Continentals jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the fifth set and still held a 6-4 edge when they ran off six straight points and essentially clinched the set and the match. Caitlin Allen '27 had a kill and two blocks during the spurt. Ayzlinn Trefren '28 smacked a kill on set and match point.
  • Neither team led by more than two points in the first set until Hamilton went up 15-11 after scoring four straight. The Continentals stayed ahead the rest of the way. After Trinity pulled within two points at 22-20, Hamilton recorded the next three on two Bantam attack errors and an ace by Trefren.
  • In the second set Trinity went on a 7-1 run and turned a 5-5 tie into a 12-6 lead. The Continentals drew within two points at 19-17 but didn't get any closer. Emma Ewart ended the set with a kill and the Bantams evened the match.
  • Hamilton trailed 12-9 in the third set when the Continentals rattled off 13 consecutive points for a commanding 22-12 advantage. Lucy Proud '29, who was the server for Hamilton's run, finished the set with a kill.
  • Trinity responded by opening the fourth set with five straight points. The Continentals got within 6-4, but Trinity scored the next four points and Hamilton didn't get closer than five the rest of the set. Ewart forced the fifth set with another kill.
 

Notes

  • Seaman posted her second straight double-double in kills and assists.
  • Trefren chipped in 15 kills, 13 digs and three aces. She has eight double-doubles this season. She's second in the NESCAC with 3.33 kills and 0.53 aces per set and she leads the conference with 4.03 points per set.
  • Elodie McGeiver '27 registered a season-high 12 kills and tied a season best with four blocks.
  • Mackenzie Sickinger '28 had seven kills and no attack errors in 17 attempts for a .412 hitting percentage. Sickinger came up with six blocks for the third time in 2026.
  • Proud tied a career high with 27 assists, served three aces and helped lead the defense with 10 digs.
  • Allen tied a season best with five blocks as the Continentals finished with a dozen as a team.
  • Mia Jessen '28 led all players with 19 digs and is fifth in the NESCAC with 3.74 per set.
  • Zua Vang '29 added 10 digs and has made it to double figures in four of the last five matches.
  • The Bantams had just two aces and tallied eight service errors.
 

Next Match

Hamilton wraps up the regular season with another NESCAC home contest against Connecticut College (10-10, 3-6) at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31. The Continentals will honor McGeiver, Allen, Kathryn Fox '27 and Kendall Scholz '27 before the match.
 
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