BOX SCORE

BABSON PARK, Mass. – Eastern Connecticut State scored twice in the first half and then added a key insurance goal in the second to claim a 3-2 victory over host Babson College in the championship game of the 2010 Babson Fall Classic at Hartwell-Rogers Field on Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Warriors improved to 2-1-0 on the season, while the Beavers suffered their first loss to fall to 2-1-0.
 
Babson grabbed an early lead when sophomore Eric Anderson (Scituate, Mass.) sent the ball to junior captain Max Walker (Newton, Mass.) in the right corner. Walker then sent a cross into the box, where junior Jimmy Stento (Needham, Mass.) headed a shot into the upper right corner for the game's first goal at 17:39.
 
Eastern Connecticut State answered with a pair of goals in a six-minute span, both coming off restarts after Babson fouls just outside the box on the right side. On the first, junior Aaron Smiles (Bedford, Mass.) sent a free kick to the far side, where junior Matt Furman (Montville, Conn.) headed the ball back to the near side post. There, sophomore Cory Tobler (Portland, Conn.) easily blasted it over the goal line to even the contest at 20:06.
 
Six minutes later, another foul gave the Warriors another free kick at nearly the same spot. Smiles again hit a perfect service, this time to the center of the box where first-year Luke Capezzone (Colchester, Conn.) one-timed it inside the right post to give Eastern Connecticut a 2-1 lead at 26:07.
 
Eastern Connecticut State scored what would prove to be the decisive goal in the 68th minute, as a perfect through-ball by sophomore Jon DeCasanova (Glastonbury, Conn.) sent Thurman in all alone on Babson junior keeper Peter Crowley (Lexington, Mass.). The junior forward then tucked it past the charging goalie and inside the right post to give the visitors a 3-1 lead at 67:22.
 
Babson pulled back to within one at 70:32, as freshman Mike Fisher (Longmeadow, Mass.) headed a chip from junior back Derek Foy (East Bridgewater, Mass.) into the upper right corner for his first collegiate goal. However, Warriors' junior Carl Appel (West Windsor, N.J.) would make his seventh and final save on Babson's only shot on net in the final 20 minutes as Eastern Connecticut State finished off the 3-2 win.