AMHERST, Mass. -- Sean Wrenn's short-handed goal early in the third period was the difference Sunday as the Amherst College men's hockey team edged Hamilton in NESCAC action at Ork Rink.

Amherst evened its record at 6-6-2 overall while improving to 5-4-1 in conference play. Hamilton fell to 5-5-0 overall and 4-4-0 in NESCAC play.  The Mammoths take on #5 Babson Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Babson Park. 

Dan Dachille was outstanding in goal for the Mammoths, finishing with 38 saves on 39 shots. 



GAME HIGHLIGHTS

* Wrenn broke a 1-1 tie with 16:26 left in the game, creating a turnover just outside the Hamilton blueline, skating into the Contientals zone 1 on 3, cutting to his left at the face-off dot, transitioning to his backhand in one fluid motion and flipping a backhand shot over the goaltender's left pad and into the lower corner of the goal.

* The Mammoths took a 1-0 lead on the power-play in the first period. Joey Verkerke took a shot from the right point that got caught up in a Hamilton defender's skates foe a moment before Pitts extracted it, turned toward the goal and fired top shelf on the right side at the 11:10 mark.

Amherst was back on the power-play mid-way through the second period and created three dangerous scoring opportunities, but we turned away each time by Continental keeper Sean Storr. 

Dachille was busy in the opening 20 minutes, making 16 stops. He made 15 more in the final stanza. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Hamilton finished with a 39-29 advantage in shots. 

* Hamilton was 0 for 3 on the power-play, the Mammoths finished 1 for 6. 

* Dachille allowed just two goals in two starts between for the pipes for the Mammoths, stopping 68 of 70 shots faced.