Worcester, Mass. – Clark sophomore Mel Melkonian (Worcester, Mass.) scored a career-high five goals – including the Cougars first four tallies – en route to a 7-2 win over visiting New England College on Saturday afternoon at Granger Turf Field.

The win for Clark avenges a 2-1 loss to the Pilgrims a season ago and pushes their record to 2-0 for the first time since 2004.

For Melkonian, it gives her 26 career goals in just 18 games and 60 career points good for 13th place on the school's all-time list.

The scoring started in the opening moments as Melkonian recorded her first goal less than four minutes into the contest.

Emily Kuchta (Norwalk, Conn.) responded for the Pilgrims at the 21:23 mark, but Melkonian put the Cougars up for good with a goal with less than a minute left in the first half.

Melkonian was back at it again to start the second half when she found the back of the cage, upping the Clark edge to 3-1.

Her fourth goal, which came on the rebound of her own shot, seemed to put New England College away, but the Pilgrims answered with a tally from Samantha Escobar (Rumney, N.H.) to keep the visitors close.

The Cougars, however, scored the contest's final three goals to end any hope of a comeback.

Katherine Rowe (Fountain Valley, Va.), who scored Clark's lone goal against NEC last year, registered her first of the season and freshman Erin O'Neil (Willington, Conn.) notched the first of her career.

Fittingly, it was Melkonian who put a cap on the day's scoring, recording her fifth score at the 65:52 mark.

Kate McGrath (Wilmington, Mass.) made five saves in goal to pick up her second win, while the netminding combination of Courtney Duquette (Enfield, Conn.) and Molly Wilcox (Northfield, N.H.) made ten saves for the Pilgrims.

Clark returns to the field on Tuesday evening when they host UMass-Dartmouth, while New England College will look for their first win of the season on Wednesday when they visit Wellesley College.