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WATERVILLE, Maine -- The Babson College men's ice hockey team moutned a commanding 36-19 shot advantage but still came up on the short end of a 3-2 decision in an ECAC East/NESCAC matchup at Colby College on Saturday afternoon. The Beavers fell to 0-2-0 (0-2-0 ECAC East) with the loss, while the White Mules remained unbeaten at 2-0-0 (2-0-0 NESCAC).

Colby jumped in front with two powerplay goals in the first period, as Dan Nelson scored at 12:50 and Mike White made it 2-0 less than three minutes later. Babson got one goal back when senior co-captain Brad Baldelli (Northboro, Mass.) scored off assists from first-year Mike Hoban (Medfield, Mass.) and senior Pat McLaughlin (Berlin, Mass.) at 18:20 of the first, and senior JT Balben (Wayland, Mass.) evened the game with a powerplay goal off a feed from junior Jason Schneider (Littleton, Mass.) at 9:46 of the second.

The White Mules regained the lead late in the second period, as Nelson scored his second of the game with 1:06 left. Colby then withstood a furious third-period assault by the Beavers, who outshot the hosts 12-6 in the final session. However, Mules' goalie Cody McKinney was equal to the task, stopping all 12 shots en route to a 34-save performance as Colby held on for the 3-2 victory.

First-year Andrew Peabody (Mablehead, Mass.) played all but 1:20 in his collegiate debut in net for Babson, finishing with 16 saves.