Worcester, Mass. – Julia Hamilton (Williamstown, Mass.) finished with a two goals and an assist and visiting Smith College spoiled senior day for Clark University with a convincing 5-1 win over the Cougars in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) field hockey action on Saturday afternoon.

The win for the Pioneers sends their record to 10-8 overall and they finish the conference slate at 5-3, good enough to earn the No. 3 seed in the upcoming league tournament, which begins on Tuesday. They will play host to sixth-seeded and Pioneer Valley rival Springfield College at a time to still be determined.

For the Cougars, meanwhile, they see their 2015 that began with a 2-1 start, wind up at 5-12 overall.

Smith wasted little time getting on the board as Hamilton set up Mariah Ollive (Milton, Vt.) just 6:15 into the contest.

That lead doubled a little more than five minutes later when Emily Biggs (Florence, Mass.) rattled the back of the cage with help from Casey Rau (Pottstown, Pa.).

Smith moved ahead 3-0 moments into the second period as Ollive connected with Carloine Labriola (Westbrook, Conn.) for her second tally of the year at 38:04.

Hamilton then recorded a pair of unassisted markers – her eighth and ninth of the season – a little more than six minute apart to push the Pioneer advantage to 5-0.

The Scarlet and White avoided the shutout when Olivia Barksdale (Fort Washington, Md.) registered her team-leading 13th goal with a little more than 15 minutes left to play.

Cameo Tietje (Massapequa, N.Y.) only need to made two saves to improve to 9-5 in the cage for Smith, while Clark senior netminder Christine Tinsman (Prairie Village, Kan.) recorded a pair of stops of her own before giving way to Dani Michaud (Providence, R.I.) who turned aside six shots.