WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - On a chilly Wednesday night in Western Mass., the Williams College Ephs (4-0) defeated the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers (4-2) 13-11 in their last home match of the year.
 
Senior Johnny Hincks scored first as he shoveled the ball over RPI goalie Brian Doughty. Harry Gahagan made a stop at point-blank to keep the Engineers scoreless, but Conor Schnapp was able to level the score halfway through the first quarter. 
 
Conor Glosner got the lead for RPI when we came around the net and scored from close range. In a man-up situation, Jake Haase faked out the goalie and put away a pass from Hincks to get one back for the home side. Senior Kevin Stump scored his first of the game moments later off an assist from Michael Greenberg to regain the lead. The landslide of goals continued as Jason Bram slid two into the Williams net and Glosner added another as the buzzer sounded. The first quarter ended 5-3 in RPI's favor.
 
Gahagan started the second quarter off with another great save but the scoring restarted as Cory Lund came around the net and jumped before smashing the ball into the back of the net. After a lull in the action, RPI broke the second quarter deadlock off a goal from Will Hatcher and another shortly after from Matt Boldt. Lund put away a pass from Haase to stop RPI's run. The first half ended with strong defense and good stops by both goalkeepers to keep the score at RPI 7, Williams 5.
 
After a quiet beginning to the third quarter, Nicholas Colucci scored for RPI. Both teams continued their strong defensive performances until Lund was able to complete his hat-trick with 8:28 remaining in the third. Owen Putman responded with a goal for RPI. 
 
Hincks passed to a cutting Jared Strauss, who scored to start an Ephs run. Kevin Stump and the Williams offense stormed right back down the field after the faceoff to get another goal for the Ephs. The defense held RPI to no more goals and the score at the end of the third quarter was RPI 9, Williams 8.
 
Stump picked up right where he left off as he scored a minute into the fourth quarter to even up the game. Brendan Hoffman opened up his season scoring tally and put the Ephs back on top for the first time since the first quarter. Lund scored two more to bring his total to five.
 
Ryan Cole was able to halt Williams' scoring run with just over five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter with a goal. As the final minutes came off the clock, Rock Stewart made his presence known with a great block on an RPI shot. Putman put one in the Williams net with under a minute remaining to bring the game close, but it was not enough as Noah McCoy put in a final goal on an empty net to secure the game. 
 
Three Engineers registered two goals and six registered an assist while Nicki Phelps led the team with four ground balls. Doughty spent the whole night in net and saved 14 shots en route to a .519 save percentage.
 
Lund's five goals and Haase's four assists led the way for Williams, which also got a hat trick from Stump. Alex Kitt picked up 14 ground balls for the Ephs and Gahagan saved 11 shots for a .524 save percentage. Will Bock also saw time at goalie for Williams.