Hamilton Blanks Field Hockey

Field Hockey 9/28/2010 11:55:43 PM Chris Gondek, Hartwick SID

Hamilton Blanks Field Hockey

             CLINTON, NY – Hamilton College defeated Hartwick's field hockey team by a final score of 8-0 tonight at Hamilton's Campus Road Athletic Field. The Continentals improve to 5-1 on the year while Hartwick slips to 2-6.
            The Continentals needed just three minutes, 39 seconds to grab a 1-0 lead. Erin McNally notched the first goal on a penalty corner. Senior Colleen Callaghan then tallied the next four goals of the night, including three in the first half of play. Junior Marisa Spagnolo assisted on Callaghan's first goal with 18:40 left in the half.
            Callaghan made the score 5-0 with 26:50 remaining. McNally followed with another goal on a penalty corner with 13:43 left. Freshman Nikki Haskins scored her fourth goal of the year on an assist from sophomore Mary Lancaster with 7:43 remaining, and McNally accounted for the final marker with 2:44 left.
            Callaghan entered the night ranked first in NCAA Division III with 1.6 assists per game. She leads the Continentals with nine goals and 10 assists. McNally finished with three goals and one assist, and Catie Torcivia added four assists for the winners.
            Hartwick goalie Mackenzie Chapman (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) tallied eight saves and sophomore Megan Campbell (Rutland, MA/Washusett Regional) picked up five in the last 26 minutes of the game.
            The Continentals had a 33-6 shot advantage, and were awarded 16 penalty corners to five for Hartwick, which lost its third straight match. The Hawks still lead the all-time series, 24-8.
            Hartwick returns to action on Saturday, October 2^nd, with a 3 p.m. match at defending Empire 8 champion Stevens Institute of Technology. Hamilton travels to St. Lawrence University for a Liberty League game on Friday, Oct. 1.

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