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MURPH/AUT 24
2
Mount Holyoke MOUNT HO (6-5, 0-3)
3
Winner Clark University CLARK UN (5-5, 1-2)
Mount Holyoke MOUNT HO
(6-5, 0-3)
2
Final
3
Clark University CLARK UN
(5-5, 1-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Mount Holyoke MOUNT HO 2 0 0 0 2
Clark University CLARK UN 2 1 0 0 3

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Scores Off Three Penalty Corners in Senior Day Win Over Mount Holyoke

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark University field hockey team (5-5, 1-2 NEWMAC) earned their first NEWMAC victory of the season with a thrilling 3-2 win over Mount Holyoke (6-5, 0-3 NEWMAC) off goals from three penalty corners on senior day from Granger Field on Saturday afternoon.

Seniors Autumn Golding and Becca Murphy were honored prior to the game for their contributions to the Clark field hockey program.

How it Happened
  • Graduate student Greer McCarty gave the scarlet and white an early 1-0 advantage as junior Jenna Beauchain passed a penalty corner to fellow junior Elizabeth Cacciapaglia, who fired a ball in that was tipped by junior Ciaran Cubbage and found McCarty's stick to beat Rachel Katzenberg in goal.
  • After junior Loren Root's first save of the match, Mount Holyoke's Diane Lee scored off a feed from Scout Climie to tie the game up at 1-1 in the seventh minute.
  • Off another penalty corner taken by Beauchain, Beauchain found junior Alison Kopec and Kopec sent the ball over to graduate student Rachael Romain, who fired a ball past Katzenberg as Clark held a 2-1 advantage.
  • Sophia Guziewicz tied the game at 2-2 before the end of the first quarter as the team's entered the second tied in a back-and-forth match.
  • Early in the second quarter, Root recorded three saves and Beauchain added a defensive save as the Cougars kept the Lyons out of cage before junior Morgan Brown broke the deadlock with a goal off a feed from junior Elizabeth Cacciapaglia in the 27th minute as Clark led 3-2 at the half.
  • Golding recorded a shot attempt on goal in the third that was saved and Root tallied another save as the Cougars took a 3-2 edge into the fourth.
  • Root stopped a pair of shots early in the fourth before McCarty and Golding each applied pressure with shots on target that were stopped.
  • Over the final seven minutes of action, Root recorded two more saves as the scarlet and white pitched a second half shutout to prevail 3-2.
Inside the Box Score
  • Clark attempted 16 shots (12 on target) and earned six penalty corners.
  • McCarty registered her fifth goal of the season and 22nd as a Cougar.
  • Cubbage tallied her first assist of the year and third of her career.
  • Romain's goal was her fourth this season and sixth in the scarlet and white.
  • Kopec dished out her fourth assist of the year and eighth as a Cougar.
  • Brown connected on her second goal of the campaign.
  • Cacciapaglia's assist was her team-leading fifth of the season and seventh of her career.
  • Root matched a season-high with 10 saves.
What's Next
The scarlet and white will return to action on Tuesday night when they travel to Smith for the first of a three-game road trip beginning at 6:00 p.m.  
 
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