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BABSON PARK, Mass. - Senior E.J. Peterson (Framingham,
Mass.) led all players with nine points and senior captain
Max Owen (Hamilton, N.J.) made 17 second-half
saves in net as the Babson College Beavers notched their first win
of 2009 with a 13-9 victory over visiting Gordon College in a
non-conference men's lacrosse contest at MacDowell Field on
Saturday afternoon. Babson is now 1-4 on the season, while the
Fighting Scots drop to 0-3.
Peterson recorded six goals and three assists for nine points to
go along with five groundballs for Babson, while senior captain
Bryan Wilbur (Hingham, Mass.) added one goal and
three assist for four points. Senior captain Max Artz
(Gates Mills, Ohio) and sophomore Ryan Kucinski
(Cohasset, Mass.) also picked up five GBs apiece, while
first-year Cam Caruso (St. Charles, Ill.)
collected six more. Both of the Beavers' goalies played well in
net, as sophomore Mike Saucier (Nashua, N.H.)
stopped four shots while allowing only three scores in the first
half and Owen made 17 saves while giving up only six goals in the
second.
Sophomore Dan Utz (Rochester, N.Y.) accounted for four of
Gordon's nine goals, while sophomore Jordan MacIntosh (Oakville,
Ontario) and junior Danny Mack (Columbus, Ohio) added two goals
apiece. Junior Joel Derechinshy led the Fighting Scots with 11
groundballs and 14 faceoff wins, while sophomore Stuart Knechtle
New Canaan, Conn.) chipped in with 10 groundballs. Senior Mark
Merullo (Ramsey, N.J.) went the distance in net for Gordon, making
12 saves.
Babson took control of the contest early on, scoring four
unanswered goals to start the game. Gordon would cut its deficit in
half with back-to-back scores later in the period, as the Beavers
took a 4-2 lead after one. The two teams then traded goals in the
first seven minutes of the second quarter before Peterson and
senior Matt Enright (Bristol, R.I.) netted
consecutive scores to give Babson a 7-3 cushion heading into the
half.
The Beavers continued to add to their lead in the third quarter,
as Peterson assisted Caruso on a goal at 11:55 and later scored one
of his own at 4:16. Utz answered with two straight goals in the
final four minutes for the Fighting Scots, trimming Babson's
advantage to 9-5 heading into the final quarter.
The hosts once again scored first in the fourth, as Peterson and
sophomore Andrew Packer (Hudson, Ohio) each netted
man-up goals to make it 11-5. Gordon would fight back with 13 shots
on goal the rest of the way, but Owen would stop nine of them as
part of a spectacular 11-save quarter. The Fighting Scots twice got
to within five against the Beavers' senior captain and then pulled
to within four with back-to-back scores in the final two minutes,
but that would be all Owen would allow as Babson came away with the
13-9 victory.
