WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark field hockey team (6-9, 1-6 NEWMAC) traveled across town to take on WPI (8-6, 5-1 NEWMAC) in a NEWMAC clash and fell 5-1 to the Engineers on Tuesday afternoon from H. Carr Field.

How it Happened

• First-year Loren Root kept the Cougars in the game early as she recorded five saves within the first six minutes of play, which was capped off by a pair of saves on shots from WPI's Eliza Dutton.
• Root recorded two more saves in the 12th minute as the two teams ended the first quarter tied 0-0.
• Graduate student Kimberlie Asseng earned a pair of penalty corners to open the second quarter and Asseng fired a shot on goal that was saved in the 17th minute.
• After two more saves from Root, WPI got on the board with a goal from Lauren Dishong off a feed from Lauren Meinhold to give the Engineers a 1-0 lead at the half.
• Arie Lang pushed the WPI lead to 2-0 in the 32nd minute and senior Abbe Cravinho nearly cut the deficit in half with a shot on goal on the following possession that was saved by Nini Acquista.
• Rachel Drasser pushed the Engineer lead to 3-0, but on the next possession first-year Ciaran Cubbage put Clark on the board to make it a 3-1 game.
• Root opened the fourth quarter with a pair of saves and made five saves in total in the fourth, but WPI came away with a 5-1 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• Root recorded 14 saves in the contest.
• Cubbage led the team with two shots on goal and the goal was her fourth of the season.

What's Next

The Cougars will return to the pitch on Saturday as they host No. 9 Babson in their Senior Day game beginning at 12:00 p.m.