WORCESTER, Mass. --  Graduate Dylan Horn (Sterling, Conn.) rapped out six of Clark University's 28 hits on the day, as the Cougars received a five RBI performance from fellow graduate Collin Porter (Brookfield, Conn.) to sweep a New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader from Springfield Saturday afternoon at Granger Field.  The hosts prevailed by a 7-2 margin in the opener before belting four homers in a 14-7 nightcap triumph.

Clark (3-7, 3-3 NEWMAC) overcame an early 1-0 deficit in the lid-lifter to even matters in the second when Horn scored on a wild pitch, and the Cougars grabbed the lead for good in the third on first-year Billy Sullivan's (Hicksville, N.Y.) double to left center.  The hosts extended their edge to 5-1 in the fourth on RBI singles from Porter and graduate Nick Jordan (Seaford, N.Y.) that were followed by a run-scoring groundout off the bat of graduate Derek Lefebvre (Groton, Mass.), and after the visiting Pride (1-3, 1-3 NEWMAC) got a run back in the fifth on senior Ryan Smith's (Millis, Mass.) homer, Horn crossed the plate for the second time on a wild pitch in the bottom of the frame.  Jordan's second RBI single of the opener in the eighth plated Porter and accounted for the final margin.

Graduate Andrew Thibault (Nashua, N.H.) collected three of 11 hits in the first contest for the Cougars, who received two hits each from Lefebvre, Horn and Jordan.  Smith had two of Springfield's opening game hits, as senior Jack Cooney (Pittsfield, Mass.) plated the first Pride run with a first inning RBI single.

Junior Jafar Vohra (Shelton, Conn.) earned his first victory of the spring by scattering four hits and striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings of work for Clark, while senior Chris Radovic (Fairfield, Conn.) allowed just one hit over the final three frames to pick up his first save of the year.  Senior Noah Bleakley (Granby, Mass.) suffered the setback on the hill for Springfield, as he allowed five runs in four innings to fall to 0-2 on the season.

After the teams traded runs in the first two innings of the nightcap, back-to-back homers from Lefebvre and senior James Huber (Rochester, N.Y.) highlighted a three-run third inning outburst by the Cougars, who also received an RBI triple from Horn.  Huber extended the lead to 5-1 with a fourth inning sacrifice fly before Porter drove in a pair on a double to left center and crossed the plate on a throwing error that gave the hosts an 8-1 cushion in the fifth.

Springfield clawed its way back into the contest with a six-run uprising in the seventh, as junior Joe Penkala (Warren, R.I.) drove in a run with an infield single before sophomore Michael Barrett's (Longmeadow, Mass.) three-run homer pulled the Pride back within three at 8-5.  Smith closed that gap further with a two-run single to make it a one-run affair, but that was as close as the visitors would come, as Clark responded with six runs of its own in the eighth to regain a seven-run advantage.  Senior Trevor Ham (North Andover, Mass.) belted a three-run shot to left center that was followed by a two-run blast off the bat of Porter, and Jordan's RBI single to center capped the rally and closed out the scoring in the nightcap for the hosts.

Horn rapped out four of 18 hits in the second outing for the Cougars, who received a pair of doubles and a triple from junior Andrea Casablanca (Yonkers, N.Y.) to go with two hits and four RBI from Porter.  Lefebvre and Thibault also added two hits each for the winners in support of senior Torsten Sloan Anderson (Shelburne Falls, Mass.), who allowed one hit and fanned six over five innings to pick up the victory on the mound.  Sophomore Benjamin Spencer (New Holland, Pa.), who protected a one-run eighth inning lead and allowed just two hits over the final two innings of action, picked up his first save of the season for Clark.

Penkala and first-year Andrew McCarty (Meriden, Conn.) each had two hits as part of a nine-hit nightcap attack for Springfield, as sophomore Blake Roberge (Warwick, R.I.) allowed five runs in 2 2/3 innings of work to suffer the setback for the Pride.

The two teams meet again on Sunday afternoon in a NEWMAC twinbill in Springfield, Mass. beginning at 1:00 pm.