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Lily Goldsmith '28
11
Winner Hamilton HAMILTON 1-2, 1-1
9
Bowdoin BOWDOIN 1-2, 0-2
Winner
Hamilton HAMILTON
1-2, 1-1
11
Final
9
Bowdoin BOWDOIN
1-2, 0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HAMILTON 2 4 2 3 11
Bowdoin BOWDOIN 1 2 2 4 9

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Samuel O'Reilly '29

Women's lacrosse makes plays down the stretch, wins 11-9 at Bowdoin

Goldsmith '28 put the Continentals in the lead for good midway through the fourth quarter

BRUNSWICK, Maine – Hamilton College's Lily Goldsmith '28 and Julia Lee '27 notched goals midway through the fourth quarter and lifted the Continentals to an 11-9 NESCAC win against the Bowdoin College Polar Bears at Bowdoin's Howard F. Ryan Field on Saturday, March 7.
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (1-2, 1-1 NESCAC) has had all three games decided by three goals or less.
  • Bowdoin (1-2, 0-2) was coming off a dominant 17-1 victory at home against Roger Williams University.
 

How It Happened

  • With the score tied at 9-9, Goldsmith weaved through the defense and scored the go-ahead goal with 7:24 left. Just 65 seconds later, Lee followed up with a shot over the goalkeeper's head and into the back of the net for an 11-9 lead.
  • The Continentals held the Polar Bears without a shot for almost four minutes after Lee's goal. Bowdoin finally took three shots in the final 2:30, including two on goal, but Eliza Schwarz '27 stopped them both and secured the win.  
  • Maddigan Leifer '26 opened the scoring for Hamilton by converting a free-position attempt just 1:40 into the first quarter. Grace Schorr responded two minutes later with the equalizer for Bowdoin.
  • Michaela Scannevin '27 ignited a 4-1 run for the Continentals, scoring with 2:18 left in the first quarter. Three of the four goals came on free-position shots for Hamilton, and the Continentals went up 5-2 with 7:36 remaining in the second quarter.
  • After a yellow card for Bowdoin gave Hamilton a player-up advantage, Scannevin notched her third goal of the day by splitting two defenders and rifling the ball into the back of the net for an 8-4 advantage with 5:21 left in the third quarter.
  • Bowdoin scored five of the next six goals and drew even at 9-9. Ellie Fabbro capped the run with 9:53 to go in the fourth quarter.
 

Notes

  • Sophia Wright '28 notched two goals and two assists and tied her career high with four points for Hamilton. Wright currently leads the team with 11 points.
  • Scannevin finished with three goals for her first multi-goal game for the Continentals.
  • Grace MacLean '29 scored two goals for the second straight game.
  • Lee (two goals) posted her first multi-goal game this season.
  • Goldsmith's pivotal goal was her first of 2026.
  • Leifer scored her 56th career goal for Hamilton.
  • Elizabeth Rudge '27, who entered the day with one draw control, won eight of the Continentals' 12.
  • Grace Martucci '28 caused three turnovers. Martucci led the NESCAC in caused turnovers per game last season.
  • Schwarz ended up with 11 saves. She leads the conference with 11.33 saves per game and is second in save percentage at .523.
  • Schorr paced the Polar Bears' offense with two goals and an assist.
  • The Continentals scored on five out of their eight free-position shots, while Bowdoin scored on just one out of four.
  • Hamilton has defeated the Polar Bears in back-to-back seasons.
 

Next Game

Hamilton returns home for a non-conference matchup against SUNY Geneseo (1-3) on Wednesday, March 11 at 4:30 p.m.
 
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