New London, Conn. – Senior Justin Huemme scored with 3:31 to go in the first overtime, leading Coast Guard (7-3, 1-1) to a 8-7 victory over Clark (8-1, 1-1) in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon.

Huemme had two goals giving him 17 on the season while freshman Jack Pope had a game high four points with three goals and one assist which was on Huemme's game winning goal. Freshman Benner Geurtsen also tallied a goal and an assist.

The Cougars were led by sophomore Will Mandracchia (Melrose, Mass.) who scored a team high three goals. Mandracchia is third in the conference with 24 goals on the season. Junior Nick Johnson (Amherst, Mass.), who leads the NEWMAC in points (44) and assists (23), had a goal and an assist.

Clark held a slim one goal lead at half time as senior Rob Holden (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and Johnson scored the final two goals of the half giving the Cougars a 3-2 advantage going into the locker room.

The Bears took their first lead of the game at 4-3 as Guertsen scored an unassisted goal with 8:05 to go in the third quarter.

Mandracchia answered for Clark, as the Cougars scored three of the final four goals of the period, two by Mandracchia, for a 6-5 lead going into the final quarter of regulation.

Coast Guard was able to take the lead on goals by Pope and freshman Anthony Wyler, before Mandracchia's goal with 2:19 to go in the fourth quarter pushed the game to overtime.

Freshman Colin Cashin won the opening faceoff of the first overtime, and after a Coast Guard timeout, Pope found Huemme at the top of the box who cranked a shot into the upper left corner for the game winner and the Bears first overtime victory in program history.

Trey Johnson (6-2) made 10 saves on 17 shots faced allowing seven goals in 61:29 minutes of work.

Drew Riopelle-Tyrrell (Northville, Mich.), meanwhile, turned aside 15 shots for the Scarlet and White.

Freshman Colin Cashin was 8-18 on face-offs and collected four groundballs. Junior Blaise Curtis and freshman Connor Ellis each had a game high six groundballs leading the Bears to 42-32 advantage over Clark.

The Bears defense pressed Clark the entire game forcing 11 turnovers and only allowing the Cougars to complete 10-16 clears including zero in the fourth quarter (0-4).

Clark will have another week off before their visit next Saturday to MIT for a meeting with the Engineers at 1:00 p.m.