Worcester, Mass. – The Pioneers were unable to spoil senior day as Clark University honored their four outgoing seniors with a thrilling 6-3 win over Smith College in a marathon of a match in New England Women's And Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tennis action on Tuesday.

The win for the Scarlet and White bumps their overall record to 6-7 but more importantly they improve to 2-5 in league contests, keeping open the chance of advancing to next Wednesday's opening round of the NEWMAC Tournament. Smith's postseason chances come to an end as they fall to 3-5 overall, 2-5 in league play. 

Doubles action went in the Cougars' favor in all three matches beginning with Isabelle Long and Emily Shuman posting an 8-3 win over Noa Dubin (Southampton, N.Y./Southampton) and Joanne Kim at No. 1.

The momentum kept going in Clark's direction as the duo of Phoebe Hughes and Adrien Horowitz made their way past Margaret Anne Smith (Spring Lake, N.J./High Technology) and Morgan Barney (North Attleboro, Mass./North Attleboro), 8-5 at No. 2.

After closing out doubles with Rebecca Kravetz and Kera Snyder topping Janan Fugel (Franklin Lakes, N.J./Saddle River Day) and Aninna Van Riper 8-4 at No. 3, things looked to be easily in the Scarlet and White's favor.

Things changed dramatically in singles action as Margaret Ann Smith collected a straight set, 6-2, 6-2 win over Shuman at No. 2 to get the Pioneers on the board.

Fugel kept the good vibes going for the Pioeerss as she recorded a 6-4, 6-2 win over Hughes at No. 3, but Long swung things back around with her three set win over Dubin at No. 1.

Things tightened up even more when Van Riper edged out Kravetz in a tiebreaker at No. 6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).

Snyder, however, clinched the match for the hosts when she outlasted Barney, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 at No.4 and then Horowitz added another win with her 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 triumph at No. 5 over Kim.

Smith travels to MIT in the NEWMAC finale Saturday at 1:00 p.m.