Buzzards Bay, Mass. - Jack Goracy (Lumberton, N.J.) netted a hat trick, while Nick Johnson (Amherst, Mass.) added a goal and four assists to lead Clark to a 13-4 New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference men's lacrosse victory over Massachusetts Maritime Wednesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium.

Goracy tallied twice in the opening 25-plus minutes of play as the visiting Cougars (7-5, 2-2 NEWMAC) jumped out to a 5-0 advantage after the first quarter of action and extended that margin to 8-0 at the break. 

Johnson's four assists give him a league-leading 33 helpers on the year, becoming just the second player in school history to hand out 30 or more assists in a season and is now three away from setting the school record for assists in a season. Joe Figler set the program's high-water mark in 1999 with 35.

Clark netted the first nine goals overall, including Johnson's marker with 6:14 remaining in the third quarter, as the Cougars forced 15 first half turnovers in claiming their second win in the last three outings.

Jon Spencer (Hollis, N.H.) scored twice in the triumph for Clark, which also received goals off the sticks of Peter Christiansen (Seattle, Wash.), Keegan Callahan (Tewksbury, Mass.), Rob Holden (East Longmeadow, Mass.), Ryan Moore (West Hartford, Conn.) and Alex Turgeon (Holden, Mass.), Darius Jagminas (East Greenwich, R.I.) and Will Mandracchia (Melrose, Mass.). 

Conor Greaney (Milton, Mass.) netted a goal and an assist in the setback for the host Buccaneers (6-7, 1-3 NEWMAC), who also received a marker from sophomore Ryan McNeill (Burlington, Mass.). Freshmen Keaghan Bartley (Richmond, Va.) and Cody Parks (Plymouth, Mass.) also tallied for Massachusetts Maritime, which received three assists off the stick of senior Dylan Freudenberg (Islip, N.Y.).

Drew Riopelle-Tyrrell (Northville, Mich.) picked up the win in goal with three first half saves for Clark, which received nine stops in 21-plus minutes from sophomore Jacob Reiner (Farmington, Conn.) to go with three saves over the final 8:56 from junior Daniel Marcus (Boca Raton, Fla.).

James Klose (Ellicott City, Md.) made 12 saves in the setback for Massachusetts Maritime, as the Cougars outshot the Buccaneers by a 36-31 margin overall (25-19 on goal) and forced 25 turnovers for the contest.

Massachusetts Maritime hosts MIT in a New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference outing on Saturday afternoon at Clean Harbors Stadium beginning at 1:00 p.m., while Clark heads to Babson Park, Mass. on Saturday afternoon to take on Babson in a NEWMAC match that also begins at 1:00 p.m.