NORTON, Mass. – The Clark University men's lacrosse team (4-7, 3-2 NEWMAC) earned a spot in the NEWMAC Tournament with a 13-7 victory over Wheaton (5-9, 0-5 NEWMAC) on Saturday afternoon from Nordin Field.

How it Happened

• Graduate student Ryan Mickelson opened the game with a pair of saves and after a Lyon goal, sophomore Matt Wells answered with a goal just over two minutes later to tie the game at 1-1 with 8:29 to go in the first.
• Junior Patrick Liddy and senior John D'Eufemia scored the contest's next two goals, as graduate student Benjamin Hollerbach found Liddy for a man-up goal and gave Clark a 3-1 edge.
• Mickelson opened the second quarter with another pair of saves before D'Eufemia netted his second goal of the contest to extend the lead to 4-1.
• After Wheaton got one back, Hollerbach found graduate student Tommy McCarthy for a man-up goal to take a 5-2 lead into the half.
• Junior Colin Howard opened the scoring in the third with a goal before Wells and sophomore Ryan Kerr each scored as Clark opened the third on a 3-0 run to take an 8-2 lead.
• Junior Attilio LaVecchia added Clark's ninth goal of the game and Hollerbach netted a pair of goals with less than 13 seconds to go in the third as the graduate student scored, then fellow graduate student Mark Zito won the ensuing faceoff and found Hollerbach to make it 11-4.
• Wells pushed the lead to 12-4 early in the fourth and Howard netted a man-up goal in the fourth off a feed from Hollerbach as Clark came away with a 13-7 win.

Inside the Box Score

• Clark fired 40 shots, scooped up 23 ground balls, and forced 14 turnovers.
• Mickelson registered 14 saves in the win.
• Hollerbach scored two goals and dished out four assists.
• Wells added three goals.
• Howard and D'Eufemia each netted a pair of goals.
• Zito scooped up a team-leading nine ground balls.

What's Next

The Cougars will be back in action on Wednesday night when they welcome Skidmore to Granger for a non-conference contest beginning at 5:00 p.m.