Becky Cairns '11
(Andover,
Mass. /Andover High
School) scored the
game-winning goal with
45 seconds remaining in
the third period to lift
Hamilton College to a
dramatic 3-2 win against
nationally ranked No. 5
Middlebury College in a
New England Small
College Athletic
Conference game at
Hamilton's Russell Sage
Rink on Feb. 6.
This marked the first
time in 26 meetings with
Middlebury that Hamilton
has come out with a
victory. Amy
Allen
’10 (Bright's
Grove, Ontario /Loomis
Chaffee School)
scored one goal for the
Continentals (8-8-3
overall, 3-6-3 NESCAC).
Laura DiCarlo
‘12 (Chicopee,
Mass.
/Williston-Northampton
School) chipped in
one goal, and
Rachel Rapoza ’10
(Barrington, R.I. /Pomfret
School) added two
assists. Becca
Hazlett ‘13
(Grosse Pointe Park,
Mich. /Taft School)
played all 60 minutes in
goal and turned aside 40
shots.
.
After a scoreless first
period, Allen broke the
silence 23 seconds into
the second period, as
she sent a shot through
a crowd in front of the
net for her 10th goal of
the season.
Katie Zimmerman ‘13 (Plymouth,
Mich. /Plymouth-Salem HS
(Victory Honda))
and
Laura Stirrat '10 (Wellesley,
Mass. /Wellesley High
School) were
credited with assists.
The Panthers (13-5-1,
10-3-1) tied the score
6:09 into the second
with a shot into the top
left corner of the goal.
Middlebury took the lead
with a Hamilton skater
already in the penalty
box and a delayed
penalty call. The
Panthers pulled their
goalie for an extra
skater, and were able to
send a shot past Hazlett
with 6:42 left in the
period to go up 2-1.
With 2:56 left in the
third period, DiCarlo
tied the score 2-2 with
a power-play goal on
assists from
Meredith Bitterman '12 (Villanova,
Pa. /Loomis Chaffee
School) and Rapoza.
It was DiCarlo’s seventh
goal of the season. A
little more than two
minutes later, Cairns
scored her third goal of
the season to give the
Continentals the win. Riley
Smith '12 (Rhinelander,
Wisc. /Culver Academy)
and Rapoza tallied the
assists.
Hamilton was 1-for-5
with the extra skater,
while Middlebury was
1-for-4. The Panthers
held the advantage in
shots on goal, 42-25.
The Continentals return
to action on Wednesday,
Feb. 10, when they
travel to play a
non-conference game at
SUNY Oswego.
