All-Time Series & Streaks
Today's contest marked the first-ever meeting between the Cougars and Bison. Clark is now 1-0-0 all-time against its Worcester-area rivals.

Three Stars of the Game
1 – Nikki Feinberg (Clark ) (San Antonio, Texas) – GWG on a penalty kick in the second half
2 – Meghan Dunn (NC) (Dudley, Mass.) – one goal; six shots
3 – Kara Fischer (Clark) (Belmont, Mass.) – game-tying goal

Key Stat of the Game
The Cougars outshot the Bison 9-4 in the second half and scored twice in a span of 3:46 to turn a 1-0 halftime deficit into their first win of the season.

Turning Point
After Fischer's first goal of the season knotted the score at one at 64:11, Feinberg was taken down in the box and awarded a penalty kick. She tucked a low shot inside the left post to put the visitors ahead for good.

Quick Hits
-Senior Kelly English (Mansfield, Mass.) stopped nine shots for the Bison.
-Clark senior goalkeeper Gabby Paolini (North Potomac, Md.) turned aside four shots to earn her first win of the season.
-Dunn's goal at 41:03 came on a rush down the right side of the field. She eventually broke in 1v1 and drilled a shot over Paolini.
-Fischer finished with a team-leading five shots while Feinberg had four.
-Senior Lindsey Stewart (Mashpee, Mass.) sent Dunn in for her goal and was credited with an assist on the play.

Quote(s):
"These are the growing pains that sometimes come at the start of a season. We're trying to figure out who the first 11 on the field are going to be for us. We're going to try some new things during these early non-conference games and I expect them to play to their full potential, which we definitely did not do today. We didn't show our true talent. We're hope that we're able to get a good rhythm going tomorrow at practice heading into Saturday's game with Mount Holyoke." – Nichols head coach Damir Pesa

"This wasn't our best effort. We worked very hard all preseason and that should have shown today, but we came out slow. We picked it up for a little while and scored, but I don't know what happened (after that). We didn't do what we should have today." – Senior captain Kathleen Ledbetter

Next up
Nichols – Saturday, Sept. 5 vs Mount Holyoke, 2:00 p.m.
Clark (MA) – Saturday, Sept. 5 vs Framingham St., 1:00 p.m.