Wellesley, Mass. – Led by a pair of goals from senior Hannah Flesch, No. 10 Wellesley College ran to a 5-2 win over Clark University in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) field hockey action on Saturday at the Wellesley Athletics Fields Complex.

With the win, the Blue have now won five straight to improve to 14-2 overall and 7-1 in the NEWMAC. Clark is now 5-11 overall (1-6 NEWMAC).

Wellesley scored five unanswered goals to open the contest, as the Blue finished the game with a 20-5 advantage in shots and a 13-3 advantage in penalty corners.

Sridhar hammered home a rebound on a penalty corner for her eleventh goal of the year at 17:53 of the first. The Blue would double their advantage before halftime, again scoring on a penalty corner when Flesch redirected a drive from junior Nikki Sharkin (Summit, N.J.).

Wellesley continued to attack in the second half, making the score 3-0 when first years Cecie Negron (Midlothian, Va.) and Rachel Hwang (Campbell, Calif.) combined for a goal at 39:31. With Huang breaking toward the top of the circle, Negron fired a crossing pass on to her stick before Huang calmly finished for her seventh goal of the season.

Courtney Peterson (Glastonbury, Conn.) scored the fourth Wellesley goal in the 46th minute, using a great individual move to score her tenth of the year.

Flesch then added her ninth goal of the season, and her second of the game, when she one-timed a pass from outside the circle from Peterson at 47:59.

The Cougars scored a pair of goals late to break the Blue's shutout bid. Clark capitalized on a corner in the 57th minute when junior Alyssa Williams (New Sharon, Maine) scored her first of the year after slamming home the insertion pass from first year Olivia Barksdale (Fort Washington, Md.).

Clark added another on a restart with less than three minutes to play. Julia Baud (Utrecht, Netherlands) took a big swing from outside the circle following a foul. As the ball skimmed in toward the Blue cage, Lauren Mackey (Dublin, N.H.) got around the Blue defense and redirected the ball past Wellesley goalkeeper Lucy Hurlock (Needham, Mass.).

Hurlock made a pair of saves for the Blue. Senior Christine Tinsman (Prairie Village, Kan.) and first year Dani Michaud (Providence, R.I.) combined to make 10 saves in the Clark cage, with Tinsman starting the contest and making seven.

Clark, now eliminated from postseason contention, will host Smith in their final game on Saturday, October 31, 1:00 p.m. when they honor seniors Maria Manning (Manchester, N.H.) and Tinsman.