BOX SCORE

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Sophomore attack Robert Young had three goals and two assists to lead Union men's lacrosse (3-1) to a 15-8 win over Babson (2-4) at Frank Bailey Field.

Senior Union attack Brendan Kinnane had a goal, two assists, and five ground balls, and senior midfielder Derek Meyer led both teams with eight ground balls.

Babson got on the scoreboard first on an unassisted goal by sophomore Alex Patinkin (Providence, R.I.) at 10:02, but Union rattled off five straight goals in the first and second quarters to take the lead for good.

Junior attack Ted McKenna got things going for the Dutchmen, scoring his third goal of the season at 7:33. Just 23 seconds later, sophomore midfielder Kyle Christine scored his first goal of the season to give Union the lead while Ethan Meyer scored at 4:10 to give Union the 3-1 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Freshman midfielder Jonathan Andrews scored his first career goal just over a minute into the second quarter and Union added another score from Young, his first of the game, with 6:47 remaining in the half to put the Dutchmen up 5-1.

Babson senior Armand Wilson (Fairfield, Conn.) scored with 2:45 to play in the half, the first of four goals on the afternoon for the Babson senior. But Young struck for his second goal of the day with 12 seconds left, taking a short pass from Kinnane and beating Whalen from in tight for a 6-2 Union lead at the half.

Babson would be unable to get any closer as Union went on to outscore the Beavers 9-6 in the second half on their way to the 15-8 victory.

Junior goalie Sean Aaron made five saves in the first 51:42, while freshman goalie Devyn Jefferies stopped three shots in the final 8:18. Babson sophomore goaltender James Whalen (Westwood, Mass.) made 17 saves, as Union outshout Babson 51-25 for the contest.

Babson was led by Wilson who tallied four goals and Patinkin who chipped in with two goals and three assists. Defensively, the Beavers were led by sophomore Cam Caruso (St. Charles, Ill.) who picked up seven groundballs while winning six of nine faceoffs and sophomore Mike Griffin (Duxbury, Mass.) who finished with six groundballs.

The Beavers return to action on Tuesday when they host Mount Ida at 4pm.

Note: Portions of this story taken from a Union press release.