AMHERST, Mass. – Junior Emily Hester found the back of the net in the opening minutes of each half, as the No. 15 Amherst women's soccer team secured an 3-0 victory over NESCAC opponent Connecticut College on Hitchcock Field Sunday afternoon. 

RECORDS

Amherst (6-2-0, 3-2-0 NESCAC)
Connecticut College (1-5-3, 0-3-3 NESCAC)

• The Camels dictated the pace for the majority of the opening half, however Amherst took a 1-0 lead into intermission and used the momentum from a strong final 10 minutes to drive its dominant play in the second half.   
• 19 total shots were taken between the sides in the first 45 minutes of play, with Connecticut College narrowly edging the home team, 10-9.
• Hester would get Amherst on the board and score her second game winner of the season just 2:46 into play. Off a cross, Hester beat her defender to a 50-50 ball in the air and was able to use her body to redirect the ball past the Camel goalkeeper. First-year Maeve McNamara notched her team-leading third assist on the play.
• With Connecticut College on the attack, Holly Burwick '16 made a clutch save for the Purple & White in the 22nd minute to keep the one goal lead. After collecting the corner kick from Livi Block, Mackenzie Kingston sent a hard shot from just inside the box on net, but Burwick was up to the task, making a jumping save with two Camels rushing towards her.
• Similar to the first half, it would take Hester only 2:21 into the second period to tally her team-leading fourth goal of the season. Taking advantage of a corner kick, Hester headed the pass from Sarah Zuckerman '17 off of Alex Santiago's fingertips and into the goal. 
• McNamara would record her third point of the matchup and give Amherst a 3-0 lead with 32:05 remaining in the game. Lined up 10 yards outside the box for the Purple & White's fifth corner kick of the day, McNamara got her foot on the bouncing inbound cross and lofted the ball just over the reach of Santiago.  
• Connecticut College held a slight advantage in corner kicks, 7-6, while the Purple & White edged the Camels in shots, 19-14.
• Hester, McNamara, and Zuckerman led the way for Amherst, accounting for all of the Purple & White's points on the day. Burwick collected six saves in 70:31 of action to earn the win, while first-year Chelsea Cutler notched 19:29 of play in a relief effort.  
• Santiago registered seven saves for the Camels in the outing, while Michelle Medina and Alex Baltazar each recorded a team-leading three shots in the game. 

• Today's game marks the 18th meeting between the sides since 2000.
• The series now stands at 13-4-1 in favor of Amherst over the past 15 seasons with the Purple & White outscoring the Camels 39-12 during that time.

UP NEXT

• Amherst will travel to Clinton, N.Y. on Saturday, Oct. 10 to play NESCAC foe Hamilton College beginning at 11 a.m. The matchup is the first of four consecutive road games for the Purple & White who will not return to Hitchcock Field until Homecoming on Oct. 24.     
• The Camels return home to take on Bates College in a NESCAC conference game Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11:30 a.m.