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Hamilton College's Kate Giglio '28 dribbles up the field during a NESCAC Championship semifinal match against the Tufts University Jumbos at Williams College on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 7
Rachel Davis
Kate Giglio '28
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Hamilton HAMILT (11-3-3, 6-2-2)
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Winner Tufts TUFTS (13-0-3, 7-0-3)
Hamilton HAMILT
(11-3-3, 6-2-2)
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Final
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Tufts TUFTS
(13-0-3, 7-0-3)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hamilton HAMILT 1 0 1
Tufts TUFTS 2 0 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | James McGlynn

No. 16 women's soccer edged by No. 3 Tufts in NESCAC semifinals

McMahon ’27 scored her second goal of the season for the Continentals

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Hamilton College Continentals battled back to even the score in the first half, but the Tufts University Jumbos scored the eventual winner just before halftime and held on for a 2-1 victory in a 2026 NESCAC Women's Soccer Championship semifinal at Williams College's Cole Field on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Season Update

  • Nationally ranked No. 16 Hamilton (11-3-3 overall), the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament, was unbeaten in its previous six matches.
  • The third-ranked Jumbos (13-0-3), who were the No. 2 seed for the championship, recorded their 10th win in their last 11 matches.

How It Happened

  • Hamilton's Corah Boller '29 saved a shot by Hannah Batt from the edge of the six-yard box in the eighth minute, but the Jumbos scored the first goal just over one minute later as Maren Jones redirected a cross from Maggie Rogers with her right foot into the center of the net.
  • Lila Sullivan '29 forced a save by Tufts goalkeeper Gigi Edwards with 23:44 left in the half, and the Continentals evened the score in the 27th minute. Kate Giglio '28 drove a corner kick toward the far post where Carly McMahon '27 rose above her defender and headed the ball into the top-left corner of the goal.
  • Both Boller and Edwards made a pair of saves over the next 10 minutes.
  • With just over two minutes left in the half, Tufts' Gussie Robillard sent a cross in from the left wing and Claire Brady volleyed a shot out of the air that tucked inside the left post and put the Jumbos back in front.
  • Edwards punched away a dangerous cross by Giglio nearly 10 minutes into the second half, and Boller dove to her right and saved a shot by Jones with 25:40 remaining.
  • Abby Douglass '27 received a pass from Sullivan on the left side of the box in the 86th minute and curled a right-footed shot toward the right side of the Tufts goal, but Edwards made a diving save and knocked the ball away for a Hamilton corner kick.

Notes

  • McMahon scored her second goal of the season and career.
  • Giglio notched her sixth assist of the season and the 10th of her career.
  • Boller finished with six saves for the Continentals.
  • Haley Cramer '28, Sullivan, Diana Baffor '29 and Aly Fernandes '30 recorded two shots each for Hamilton.
  • Tufts outshot Hamilton 21-12, including an 8-6 advantage on goal. The Continentals held a 7-4 edge in corner kicks.
  • Jones and Sarah Hauck tallied a game-high three shots apiece for the Jumbos.
  • Edwards collected five saves for Tufts.

Next Match

Hamilton will find out if it will be participating in the NCAA Division III championship on Monday, Nov. 9 when the selection show airs on NCAA.com at 11:30 a.m.
 
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