BOX SCORE

BABSON PARK, Mass. - Senior tri-captain Tim Winn (Sutton, Mass.) scored the go-ahead goal just over three minutes into the second half as the Babson College men's soccer team won a hard-fought contest with visiting Bowdoin College, 2-1, in non-conference action at Hartwell-Rogers Field on Sunday afternoon. It was the sixth straight victory for the Beavers, ranked fourth in New England, as they improved to 13-4-1, while the Polar Bears dropped to 6-6-0 with the loss.

 First-year Max Walker (Newton, Mass.) put Babson in front at the 15-minute mark, as he collected a rebound of his own blocked shot and tucked it into the lower left corner for a 1-0 advantage. Things stayed that way until the 34th minute, when Bowdoin sophomore David Schaeffer (Barrington, Ill.) hit a perfect through-ball to first-year Eddie Jones (Scarborough, Maine), who netted a wide-open breakaway goal to even the contest at 1-1.

Babson took the lead for good early in the second half, beginning when junior Sean Gleason (Clinton, N.Y.) hit a cross from deep in the right corner. First-year Billy Nickerson (Middleton, Mass.) then headed the ball to the left side of the box, where Winn picked it up and blasted home his team-leading 12th goal of the season at 48:17.

Bowdoin's best chance the rest of the way came less than four minutes later, when Jones beat two defenders on the left side of the box and ripped a shot from 10 yards out. However, his bid sailed just wide of the left post and the Babson defense managed to keep the Polar Bears at bay over the final 38 minutes as the home team secured the 2-1 victory.

First-year goalie Peter Crowley (Lexington, Mass.) went the distance in net without making a save for Babson while sophomore Dan Hicks (New York, N.Y.) turned away one shot in goal for Bowdoin. Polar Bears' first-year defenseman Sean Bishop (Danvers, Mass.) also added a goal-saving play in defeat when he blocked a hard shot by Winn on the goal line in the 61st minute.