Saratoga Springs, N.Y. - Despite hat tricks from both Chris Johnson (Amherst, Mass.) and Phil Winslow (Providence, R.I.), visiting Clark could never quite catch host Skidmore, falling to the Thoroughbreds 17-9 in non-league men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at Wacheheim Field.

Skidmore scored the game's first three goals and never looked back as they got five goals from Mike Holden to even their record at 3-3.

The Cougars meanwhile see their record go to 2-2 in advance of Wednesday's home game against Maine Maritime.

After Johnson scored the final two goals of the first half to pull Clark to within 9-6, Skidmore broke the game open with four straight second half goals, including three by Holden.  

Up 12-8 in the third, the Thoroughbreds scored three times in the final 4:00 of the quarter to open a 16-8 lead at the end of three. 

Brock Bakewell scored his first of the season at 4:00 and then Holden scored off the Ryan Paradis faceoff win at 3:52. Holden scored again at 3:29 from Bryan Connolly.   The fourth goal in the run came when Holden connected on a man-up goal at 6:22 of the fourth.

Skidmore's balanced attack featured goals from nine players. Mike Perlow had three goals, Jon Hoeg had a goal and three assists, and Connolly had two goals and three assists.  Paradis finished with two goals and an assist and tied a team record with 13 ground balls.  Sam Christiansen contributed five ground balls and four caused turnovers.

In addition to Johnson and Winslow, Clark also got a goal and an assist each from Jonah Bass (Amherst, Mass.) and Jeffrey Wasson (Buckhorn, Ontario) and a goal from Nick Figliola (Weston, Conn.).