DUDLEY, Mass. – The Clark women's soccer team (1-0-0) opened the 2023 season with a 2-1 win over Nichols (0-1-0) on Friday afternoon from the Nichols Soccer Field led by a game-winning goal from graduate student Siobhan Lounsbury less than 30 seconds after Nichols tied the match.

How it Happened

• Neither team put a shot on target over the first 29 minutes of play before graduate student Jamie Stern found fellow graduate student Emma Tziachris on the pitch and Tziachris sent a ball into junior Andrea Mortimer, who put the ball in the back of the net to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead.
• Clark earned a corner kick in the 36th minute and senior Anika Floeck put a shot on target that was saved by Adie Hughes.
• Junior Anabella White recorded her first save of the match in the 38th minute off a shot from Sarah Rucci as Clark took a 1-0 lead into the half.
• The Bison tied the game in the 57th minute as Natalie Gray scored, but the Cougars answered less than 30 seconds later as Tziachris sent in a ball that found Lounsbury, and Lounsbury beat the keeper to give Clark the edge back at 2-1.
• Mortimer and Lounsbury each put shots on goal that nearly extended the lead, but both were saved in the 67th and 68th minutes.
• Junior Isabella Ramirez put a pair of shots on target that were saved and Clark didn't allow a shot attempt over the final 28 minutes of play as the Cougars came away with a 2-1 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• Clark attempted six shots in the game, with three of them going on goal.
• Mortimer recorded the Cougars first goal of the year and first career goal.
• Tziachris notched her first two assists of the season and seventh and eighth career helpers.
• Lounsbury scored her first goal of the 2023 campaign, with the goal being her 11th career goal and seventh game-winner.
• Stern dished out her first assist of the year and third of her career.

What's Next
The Cougars are set to play their home opener tomorrow with a home match against Maine Farmington beginning at 3:00 p.m. from Granger Field.