North Dartmouth, Mass. - Visiting Clark broke a 4-4 tie with three runs in the top of the seventh inning and held off the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's baseball team, 8-7, in a non-conference game at the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Complex Wednesday.

Senior right fielder Philip DiMarco (Bellingham, Mass.) broke the tie with a sacrifice fly in the seventh, and junior catcher Kevin Kopec (Katonah, N.Y.) singled home two more runs to give the Cougars a 7-4 lead.

The Corsair fell behind early, but rallied on a pair of home runs by junior catcher Matt Ryan. He hit a solo homer in the second inning, and tied the score with a three-run blast in the sixth.

Clark got a run in the eighth on an RBI single by senior center fielder Stephen DeMartino (East Haven, Conn.).

The Corsairs scored twice in their half of the eighth on an RBI single by senior left fielder Tom LaDore and a sacrifice fly by sophomore third baseman John Granahan.

Junior first baseman Anthony Fiorita brought UMD back to within a run when he drove home a run with an infield out in the bottom of the ninth.

The Corsairs had the tying run in scoring position when sophomore Michael Lamothe (Bellingham, Mass.) relieved starter Brendan Solecki (Portsmouth, R.I.) and snagged Ryan's hard ground ball up the middle, throwing him out at first base to end the game.

Solecki earned the win and improved to 4-3, Lamothe earned his first save, and UMass Dartmouth reliever Niall Mitchell took the loss and fell to 0-1.

UMass Dartmouth dropped to 13-8 with the defeat, while Clark improved to 13-12 with the victory.

The Corsairs will return to action when they visit UMass Boston Saturday. The Cougars will visit MIT Saturday.