BOX SCORE

NEWTON, Mass. – The Babson College men's lacrosse team defeated host Mount Ida College 10-5 in a non-conference game on Wednesday afternoon. The Beavers scored the first seven goals of the game giving the host Mustangs a large deficit to overcome early in the contest. With the loss, Mount Ida falls to 6-4 on the season and Babson improves to 6-5 overall.
 
The visitors started the game on a 7-0 run through the first half with no answer offensively from the hosts on two goals from junior Andrew Packer (Hudson, Ohio) and one a piece from senior captain Max Artz (Gates Mills, Ohio), sophomore's Scott Schachter (Rumford, R.I.) and T.J. Mallon (Manhasset, N.Y.) and first-years Jamie Schmidt (Shelburne, Vt.) and Alex Patinkin (Providence, R.I.) for a commanding advantage.
 
Packer's second goal during the seven score stretch started the third quarter but was immediately answered by the Mustangs on two first-year Nick Yacuzzi (Oakham, Mass.) goals, one unassisted and the other on a dish from junior Paul Battapaglia (Clinton, Conn.) trailing 7-2. 
 
Babson did not let up, scoring two consecutive unassisted goals from sophomore Cam Caruso (St. Charles, Ill.) and senior Jon Standen (South Hadley, Mass.) inflating their advantage up 9-2 at the 6:16 mark in the third frame.
 
Mount Ida never backed down scoring two more goals, the first from junior Dan Harrington (Westford, Mass.) on a feed from senior Chris Prophete (Waltham, Mass.) and the second coming on Yacuzzi's third goal of the day this time from sophomore Zach Jacobson (Shoreview, Minn.) still behind 9-4 in the beginning of the fourth quarter.
 
The squads exchanged goals to end the contest with Babson striking first on another Artz goal from Caruso.  Junior Matthew Savage (Peabody, Mass.) scored the final tally of the game on a dish from sophomore Derek O'Reilly (East Setuaket, N.Y.) giving the Beavers a 10-5 non-conference victory.
 
Babson senior goaltender Mike Saucier (Nashua, N.H.) had a brilliant day in net making 17 total saves and picking up six groundballs. Mount Ida sophomore netminder Jimmy McAllister (Smithfield, R.I.) also had a good game in goal denying 15 Beaver shots.

Artz and Packer finished with two goals each and Schmidt, Patinkin, Caruso, Schachter, Standen, and Thomas Mallon (Manhasset, N.Y.) each finished with one. Defensively the Beavers were led by junior Christian Ebert (Boxford, Mass.) who finished with eight groundballs.
 
The Beavers return to action on Saturday when they host Massachusetts Maritime Academy for a 1pm Pilgrim League contest.

Note: Taken from a Mount Ida press release.