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WORCESTER, Mass.- Senior co-captain Nicole Cemelli (Towaco, N.J.) scored two goals and Babson College posted a 4-1 come-from-behind victory over Clark University in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) field hockey game played Saturday at Granger Field on the Clark campus. With the win, Babson improved to 9-4 overall and 3-1 in league play. Clark dropped to 4-7 (0-3 NEWMAC).

Clark took a 1-0 lead on a penalty stroke after an infraction was called on Babson goalie Jess Pashos (Winchester, Mass.) just over six minutes into the game. Senior Madeleine Henefield (Pelham, Mass.) pushed the stroke to the top left corner of the net to give the Cougars the advantage.

However, Clark's lead would be short-lived. Babson's Cemelli took a nice crossing pass from teammate Colleen Kelly (Milton, Mass.) to tie it, 1-1, at the 11:28 mark.  Then sophomore Sarah Fredlund (New Preston, Conn.) and junior Jess Paladino (Turner, Maine) tallied single goals within a 4:48 span to give the visitors a 3-1 margin.  

Clark had a few solid chances to get back in the game with less than five minutes remaining in the half, but back-to-back shots by Henefield were turned away by Pashos and a breakaway chance by Meghan Lennon (Charlton, Mass.) was stopped on a defensive save by Anneliese Brosch (Essex, Mass.).   

In the second half, Cemelli scored her team-leading 10th goal of the season at 62:25 to give Babson the 4-1 victory.

Babson held a 27-11 advantage in shots in the game. Dawsey made 14 saves in goal for Clark, while Pashos stopped six shots for Babson.

Babson will travel to Wheaton College Tuesday for a 3:30 pm NEWMAC contest. Clark will also be back in action Tuesday night against Smith College at 7:00 pm.

Game story courtesy of Clark University Sports Information.