BOX SCORE

BABSON PARK, Mass. – The Babson College men's lacrosse team defeated visiting MIT, 15-9 on Saturday afternoon in a Pilgrim League contest at MacDowell Field. Nine different Beavers scored in the win including first-year James Schmidt (Shelburne, Vt.) who led all players with four goals and one assist. With the win, Babson improves to 9-5 on the season and 4-1 in the Pilgrim League. MIT falls to 6-6 overall and 2-3 in the Pilgrim League.

The Beavers came out strong scoring the first four goals of the game taking the early 4-0 lead with just over seven minutes remaining in the first quarter receiving goals from sophomore Cam Caruso (St. Charles, Ill.), first-year Alex Patinkin (Providence, R.I.) and two from Schmidt. MIT junior Dan Piemont (Summit, N.J.) put the Engineers on the board at the 5:11 mark with a goal off a pass from teammate Nick Sisler (Waterbury Center, Vt.). The two teams then traded goals once more to end the quarter including a remarkable shot from MIT goalkeeper Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) with one second remaining from the MIT defensive end earning his first collegiate point. Babson entered the first break with the 5-2 lead.

Babson scored four of the five second quarter goals including an unassisted goal from senior Travis Clarke (Waltham, Mass.) for his first of the season. Schmidt chipped in two more goals during this span and Babson junior Armand Wilson (Fairfield, Conn.) added one to give the Beavers the 9-3 advantage entering halftime.

The Beavers kept the six goal lead for the remainder of the game not allowing MIT to get any closer en route to their 15-9 victory.

Along with Schmidt's four goals, Patinkin, Caruso and sophomore Thomas Mallon (Manhasset, N.Y.) finished with two goals each. Patinkin also chipped in with two assists. Wilson, Clarke, junior Ryan Kucinski (Cohasset, Mass.), sophomore Paul Grip (Shrewsbury, Mass.), and junior Andrew Packer (Hudson, Ohio) each finished with one goal apiece.  Along with Wilson's goal, he added three helpers and picked up five groundballs. Defensively Babson was led by junior Christian Ebert (Boxford, Mass.) who picked up a game high eight groundballs and first-year Benjamin Jette (Old Lyme, Conn.) who added five groundballs. First-year Michael Griffin (Duxbury, Mass.) won seven of nine face-offs to lead all players.

Piemont and first-year Gabe Blanchet (Hadley, Mass.) each tallied two goals for MIT. Rullan, junior Corey Garvey (Garden City, N.Y.), sophomore Carl Tilbury (Newbury, Berkshire, U.K.), senior Garth Grove (Jarrettsville, Md.) and junior John Kucharczyk (Manhasset, N.Y.) each chipped in one goal apiece for the Engineers. Junior Justin Myers (Highland Falls, N.Y.) led MIT with four groundballs.

 Babson's three goalkeepers all saw time in net with senior Mike Saucier (Nashua, N.H.) earning the win making four saves. First-year Ryan Lee (Wallingford, Conn.) finished with four saves and no goals against in just over ten minutes of play and first-year Jay Whalen (Westwood, Mass.) had two saves. MIT goalkeeper Rullan finished with 17 total saves playing all 60 minutes for the Engineers.

MIT will next host Norwich University in a Pilgrim League contest on Wednesday, April 28th at 4pm. Babson will continue Pilgrim League play when they visit Clark University also on Wednesday for a 7pm game.