BOX SCORE
BABSON PARK, Mass. – The Babson College men's
lacrosse team defeated visiting Plymouth State University on
Thursday afternoon by a score of 11-8. Babson was led by first-year
Alex Patinkin (Providence, R.I.) who finished with
two goals and three assists for five point and junior
Armand Wilson (Fairfield, Conn.) who tallied three
goals and one assist in the win. With the victory the Beavers
improve their overall record to 4-3 on the season while the
Panthers of Plymouth State drop to 2-3.
Babson sophomore Cam Caruso (St. Charles, Ill.)
got the scoring started seven minutes into the first period with an
unassisted goal at the 8:06 mark. Plymouth State then went on the
score the next three goals of the contest including two goals from
junior Andrew Eriksen (Beverly, Mass.) to take the 3-1 lead with
4:32 left in the first quarter. First-year Jamie Schmidt
(Shelburne, Vt.) scored a goal for the Beavers off a pass
from junior Tom Cykana (Minnetonka, Minn.) to
bring the Beavers to within one, 3-2, to end the first period.
Plymouth State's Brian Giroux (Wolfeboro Falls, N.H.)
scored his first goal of the game with 8:15 left in the half to put
the Panthers up 4-2. Wilson then scored his first goal of the
contest for Babson off a Patinkin assist at the 4:32 mark. The duo
struck again just over a minute later when Wilson assisted Patinkin
during a man-down situation to tie the game 4-4 going into the
break.
Babson came out of halftime to score the first two goals of the
third period taking the 6-4 lead. Plymouth senior Tim Hadley (New
London, N.H.) then chipped in a goal for the Panthers but
Babson's Wilson and Caruso answered back scoring another two
unanswered goals giving the Beavers the 8-5 lead entering the final
stanza. Outscoring Plymouth 4-1 in the third quarter proved to be
the difference for the Beavers who from that point on never trailed
en route to their 11-8 victory.
The Beavers outshot Plymouth 41-22 in the game. Junior
goalkeeper Kevin Hayes (Beverly, Mass.) came up big for Plymouth
State on many occasions playing the full 60 minutes in net and
making 13 total saves. Babson senior goalkeeper Mike
Saucier (Nashua, N.H.) also went the distance in net
making four saves.
Babson saw scoring from six different players including three
goals from Wilson, and two goals from Patinkin, Schmidt, and
Caruso. Artz and junior Andrew Packer (Hudson,
Ohio) each added one goal in the win. Defensively The
Beavers were led by junior Christian Ebert (Boxford,
Mass.) who picked up nine groundballs and senior
Shane Farrell (West Warwick, R.I.) who picked up
eight. Sophomore midfielder Jeremy Yudkin (Franklin Lakes,
N.J.) won all four of the face-offs that he took.
Giroux led Plymouth State with three goals and was followed by
Eriksen who added two. Seniors Hadley, Steve Engel (South
Windsor, Conn.) and Adam Rothbart (Portland, Maine) each chipped in
with one goal apiece. Senior Derick Smith (New London, N.H.)
finished with five groundballs.
Babson returns to action on Monday, March 29th when they host
Tufts University for a 4pm game. Plymouth will next visit Clark
University on March 31st for a 5pm game.
