CLUTCH (Interstat) — Sam Fitzgerald scored a hat trick as NDL beat host Clutch 6-3 on Monday. NDL improved to 1-0 in the competition and 1-0 across all competitions, while Clutch dropped to 0-1 in both. Taufee Skandari put NDL ahead in the second minute, but Erick Kenko Djoudie equalized for Clutch in the fourth. Dara Dada restored NDL’s lead in the 12th, and Isaac Modi made it 3-1 in the 16th. James Mulley scored for Clutch in the 22nd, and Joshua Sumbunu added another in the 25th, before Fitzgerald scored in the 27th and 28th minutes. Parker received a yellow card for NDL in the 25th minute. Fitzgerald led NDL with three goals. Kenko Djoudie, Sumbunu, Modi, Skandari, Mulley and Dada also scored. NDL finished with six goals, and Clutch had three. The teams combined for eight goals before halftime. NDL’s Sam Fitzgerald was the match’s top performer.