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BABSON PARK, Mass. - Just one day after earning NEWMAC Player of
the Week honors, Babson College first-year forward Eric
Anderson (Scituate, Mass.) recorded his first collegiate
hat trick to lift the host Beavers to a 3-2 victory over visiting
Brandeis University in a matchup of longtime non-conference rivals
at Hartwell-Rogers Field on Tuesday afternoon. With the win,
Babson, ranked ninth in New England by the NSCAA, improved to 9-4-1
overall, while the Judges saw their record drop to 4-6-1.
Just as they did in a 2-1 loss to 11th-ranked Rochester on
Saturday, the Judges struck first when sophomore Alexander Farr
(Nahant, Mass.) gained possession on the right end line off a
missed defensive pass from the right corner. The team's leading
scorer then slipped a shot from the near post past diving sophomore
keeper Peter Crowley (Lexington, Mass.) for the
game's first goal at 6:03.
Babson tied the contest in the 23rd minute, beginning when
sophomore Salomon Guindi (Mexico City, Mexico)
dribbled through the midfield and fed a thru-ball to classmate
Billy Nickerson (Middleton, Mass.) on the right
side of the box. Nickerson then sent a short pass in front to a
wide-open Anderson, who put away the easy score at 22:32.
The Beavers took their first lead of the game less than three
minutes later, as Anderson took a feed deep in the box and fired a
shot that was blocked. The rebound came right back to the Babson
rookie, who buried it from close range to give the hosts a 2-1
advantage at 24:52.
A rare defensive miscommunication led to an own goal that helped
Brandeis even the contest early in the second half, as Farr took a
throw-in from senior Corey Bradley (Holyoke, Mass.) in the left
corner and chipped it toward the box with his back to the goal.
Crowley then came out to make the catch, but a collision with a
teammate at the near post sent the ball ricocheting across the goal
line to tie the score at 2-2 at 47:28.
Babson finally put the game away at the 61-minute mark, as a
free kick from midfield was booted back out to the left side by a
Judges' defender. Babson senior Dan Fogarty (Brookline,
N.H.) then collected it and sent a cross to the near side
of the box, where Anderson headed it into the upper left corner
from 15 yards out for the game-winning goal at 61:05. It was the
fifth game-winner of the season for Anderson, who now leads the
Beavers with 11 goals and two assists for 24 points on the
year.
Despite the five goals allowed, both goalies played well, making
numerous stops on close-range breakaways. Crowley finished with
five saves in the victory for Babson, while junior Matt Lynch
(Weymouth, Mass.) made seven stops in defeat for Brandeis.
