WORCESTER, Mass. - The Hartford field hockey team dropped a non-conference game on Tuesday night falling to Clark University by a 7-0 final. 

Rapid Recap:

• The Cougars and Hawks were in a stalemate the first 11 minutes with freshman Carolyn Somers (Worcester, Mass.) making two saves. Clark would get the first goal of the game in the 12th minute as Elizabeth Cacciapaglia scored on an assist by Jenna Beauchain and Alison Kopec. Less than a minute later the Cougars would double the lead as Seona Lee scored on an assist by Cassidy Cloutier. 
• Clark would get a third goal in the 21st minute as Olivia Bass beat Somers. The Hawks would get a pair of shots in the 23rd minute as freshman Ava Lipson (Colchester, Vt.) took a shot that was saved by Loren Root. Somers would make three more saves in the period. Sophomore Catie Melchiorre (Elmer, N.J.) would try to get the Hawks on the board, but her shot would be stopped as the Clark lead was 3-0 into the break. 
• In the third quarter Somers would keep the Hawks in it making more five more saves in the third as the Cougars would get five shots on target with 10 penalty corners in the 15 minutes.
•  Clark would come out firing in the fourth scoring four times over the final minutes. Freshman Kyra Benard (Agawam, Mass.) would get the final shot of the game, but Root made the save to preserve the shutout. 

• Somers played the full 60 minutes making 13 saves in the loss. 
• Hartford was out shot by Clark 28-6 with a 21-4 on target margin.