AMHERST — Hamilton scored four second-half goals to beat the Amherst College men’s soccer team, 4-3, Saturday afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the NESCAC Tournament.

Amherst (11-3-2) made its 18th consecutive appearance in the tournament and had reached the finals in six of the past seven seasons.

Saturday’s contest was a rematch of the 2016 championship game won by the Mammoths, 3-0. Hamilton (8-6-2) was making its first back-to-back postseason appearances in program history.

“I think we have history with every team that we play, we’ve been a top dog and everyone wants to come in and beat us,” Amherst coach Justin Serpone said. “They deserved to win and they should enjoy it.”

With just over 5 minutes remaining in regulation, Hamilton attacker Aidan Wood completed his hat trick when he got his rebound past Amherst goalie Kofi Hope-Gund for the final tally to secure the win.

Culter Coleman had netted the 3-3 equalizer for the Mammoths a few minutes earlier on a free kick that soared right around the Continental defense.

Serpone said that no soccer team can give up four goals in one half and still manage to pull out a victory in the end.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been a part of a 4-3 game in my entire career,” Serpone said. “We just weren’t good enough today.”

Hamilton was held to three shots as Amherst took a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.

Weller Hlinomaz sent a hard pass to a center-cutting Sebastian Derby, who kicked a one-timer toward the far post past Hamilton keeper Linds Cadwell to put the Mammoths on the board just over 10 minutes into play.

Jimmy McMillian doubled the Mammoths’ lead just over eight minutes into the second half after beating his defender up the right sideline and ripping a shot past Cadwell.

Matt Kastilahn put the Continentals on the board at the 54:17 mark with an unassisted goal. Wood tied it at 2-2 in the 62nd minute and gave Hamilton a 3-2 lead in the 74th minute.

Keepers Caldwell and Hope-Gund each had six saves. Hamilton held a 15-13 shot advantage, including 12-8 in the second half.

“NCAA selections are next Monday and we’re just going to have to wait for it all to play out,” Serpone said.

Mollie Walker can be reached at molliewalker@umass.edu and followed on Twitter at MWalker2019.