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Megan Mazzeo congratulates Isabelle Nahon after Nahon's goal in the NCAA Field Hockey championship first round win
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#1 Megan Mazzeo '27 congratulates #15 Isabelle Nahon '27 after Nahon's goal against Southern Maine on Nov. 11, 2026.
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Southern Me. SOUTHERN (15-8)
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Winner Hamilton HAMILTON (12-5)
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
(15-8)
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Final
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Hamilton HAMILTON
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 0 0 0 0 0
Hamilton HAMILTON 2 1 0 1 4

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Jim Taylor

No. 9 field hockey cruises into NCAA championship second round

Nahon '27 led the Continentals with a goal and an assist in a 4-0 win over Southern Maine

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Isabelle Nahon '27 had a goal and an assist and the Continentals' defense was dominant in a 4-0 win against the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a 2026 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship first round game at Hamilton's Goodfriend Field on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
 

Season Update

  • The ninth-ranked Continentals (12-5 overall) were shut out in three of their previous four games and had scored a total of four goals in their last five contests.
  • USM (15-8) had won six of their last seven games going into the NCAA championship.
 

How It Happened

  • Hamilton put the pressure on right away with eight shots in the first quarter. Morgan Clarke '28 lofted a long pass down the right side on a reset after a shot by the Huskies went wide and over the end line. Alden Duserick '27 caught up to the ball at the edge of the shooting circle and moved towards the end line. Duserick tapped a centering pass to Brighton McMahon '29 just before the ball went out-of-bounds. McMahon, whose back was to the goal, turned to her left and lifted a backhand shot over the sprawling goalkeeper into the top of the cage 3:06 into the first.
  • The Continentals made it 2-0 just 1:24 later. Eleanor Cooper '28 inserted the ball on a penalty corner to Nahon at the top of the circle and her hard, low shot snuck past the goalkeeper.
  • It remained a two-goal game until 3:54 left in the second quarter. Olivia Waruch '28 inserted the ball on another corner to stick-stop Kenna White '28 and White left it for Nahon. She immediately passed to Clarke on the left wing and Clarke slapped a one-timer past the goalkeeper's right foot and into the back of the cage.
  • Brooke Bilodeau '27 completed the scoring 72 seconds into the fourth quarter. Shaw Huston '28 hammered a backhand pass from the top of the circle towards the right post. Bilodeau was all by herself at that far post where she calmly redirected the ball into the open cage.
 

Notes

  • Nahon is tied for third in the NESCAC with nine assists, tied for sixth with nine goals and tied for fourth with 27 points.
  • McMahon scored her seventh goal and her second game-winner of 2026.
  • Clarke has two goals in the last three games and three total this season.
  • Bilodeau's goal was the second of her career.
  • Cooper picked up her fourth career assist and Duserick collected her third.
  • Huston has all three of her collegiate assists this fall.
  • Kelly Janssen '28 and Reilly Loughman '27 combined on the shutout. Loughman played the last 11-plus minutes. It was the first time this season someone besides Janssen was in the cage for Hamilton.
  • The Continentals held commanding advantages in shots (22-1) and penalty corners (16-1).
  • Hamilton finished the season with an 8-1 record at home.
  • The Continentals evened their NCAA championship record at 2-2 and advanced to the second round for the second year in a row.
  • USM was 0-5 against ranked teams and outscored 11-0 in three games against NESCAC opponents.
 

Next Game

Hamilton plays familiar conference foe Wesleyan University (11-6) at Middlebury College in the second round at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14. Wesleyan routed SUNY Geneseo 8-1 at home on Wednesday.
 
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