NORTHAMPTON - A balanced scoring effort and late fourth quarter goal helped Smith College secure a 4-0 win against Clark University in NEWMAC field hockey action on Tuesday evening.
Ellie Szostalo (Gorham, ME/Gorham) scored her first career goal and
Emma Newman (Clarks Summit/Abington Heights) earned her first career shutout.
Records
- Smith 2-9, 1-3
- Clark 5-6, 1-3
Game Highlights
- Callahan Day (Shady Side, MD/Elizabeth Seton) put the Pioneers on the board off a feed from Karlie Guimond (Hatfield, MA/Smith Academy)
- Szostalo doubled the lead in the third and Laura Dreher (Durham, NH/Oyster River) buried a shot with under 30 seconds left in the period
- Karlie Guimond (Hatfield, MA/Smith Academy)Â capped the scoring in the 56th minute when she gathered the ball in front of the cage and slipped it past the keeper
- Kyleigh Poot (Fairfax, VA/Woodson)Â recorded her fifth defensive save of the year early in the fourth quarter
- Newman made one save in her first career victory
- Clark's Rachel Reiter stopped 27 shots for the visitors
- Smith had the upper hand in shots (41-4), shots on goal (31-2), and penalty corners (17-4)
Up Next
Smith travels to Mount Holyoke for a 7:00pm road match on Saturday, October 12
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