CLINTON, N.Y. – Amherst College's Gretchen Dann scored one minute into sudden-victory overtime and lifted the Mammoths to a 1-0 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals inside Hamilton's Russell Sage Rink on Saturday night, Feb. 21.
Season Update
- The Continentals (11-7-5, 7-5-3 NESCAC) are in fifth place in the conference standings with 25.5 points and one game remaining.
- Nationally ranked No. 6 Amherst (15-2-6, 8-1-6) moved into third place in the standings with 32 points.
How It Happened
- About 50 seconds into the 3-on-3 extra period, the Mammoths' Maeve Reynolds won a defensive zone faceoff and eventually Amherst worked the puck into its offensive zone. Eve-Marie Marleau shot the puck and goaltender Teagan Brown '27 stopped it, but Dann was there for the rebound and the game-winning goal.
- Sarah Myziuk '28 nearly scored for Hamilton midway through the first period but her shot rang loudly off the pipe.
- The Continentals had to fight off a Mammoths power play late in the third period after one of the Hamilton players was sent off for tripping with 3:02 left. Amherst finished 0-for-3 on the power play and the Continentals were 0-for-2. The Mammoths held a 16-8 advantage in shots on goal in the third.
Notes
- Brown tied a season high with 36 saves. She's fourth in the conference with a 1.41 goals against average and is third with a .951 save percentage.
- Grace Crowley '26 won 13-of-21 faceoffs for Hamilton. Crowley has won nearly 54 percent of her 408 faceoffs.
- Natalie Stott stopped 29 shots and recorded her eighth shutout this season for Amherst.
Next Game
The two teams meet again at Sage Rink on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m.
