SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—Senior Charlie Ross (Westport, N.Y.) scored three times and classmate Stefan Basile (Fayetteville, N.Y.) made 16 saves as fourth-ranked Union College defeated visiting Babson College, 10-4, in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at Frank Bailey Field.

With the victory, Union moves to 3-0 on the year, while Babson drops to 1-2 overall.

Senior Richard Gregory (New Canaan, Conn.) and sophomore Peter Richardson (Darien, Conn.) both scored twice, while senior Adam Rosenthal (Tiburon, Calif.) added a goal and two assists for the Dutchmen. Basile led all players with six groundballs, senior Connor Hall (Sudbury, Mass.) added five, and classmate Adam Sands (Greenwich, Conn.) finished with four groundballs and a game-high four caused turnovers in the win.

Junior Scott Doten (Western Springs, Ill.) had a goal and two assists, while senior Kyle Barsalou (Longmeadow, Mass.) scored once and added an assist for the Beavers. Classmate Phil Russo (Middleton, Mass.) won 8-of-13 face-offs and picked up four groundballs to go along with a goal, junior Spencer Low (Natick, Mass.) scored once, and first-year Austin Fabel (East Rockaway, N.Y.) tied for team-high honors with five groundballs and three caused turnovers.

Low gave the Green and White a 1-0 lead when he converted a feed from Doten at the 12:47 mark of the first quarter. Union responded with a six-goal run though, scoring five times in the final 11:15 of the first quarter, and building a 6-1 lead on Richardson's first of the day with 13:10 to go in the second quarter.

Barsalou stopped the run with a goal at the 9:21 mark, and Doten followed with a man-up goal with 4:25 to play in the second quarter to pull the Beavers to within 6-3 at halftime.

Basile made three saves in the first in the early part of the third quarter to help the Dutchmen maintain its lead, and Ross and Richardson both scored late in the stanza to push the hosts' lead back to 8-3 after three. Russo won the opening face-off of the fourth quarter and scored his first goal of the season at 14:23 to cut the Beavers' deficit to four, but Basile made seven fourth-quarter stops to halt the comeback.

Rosenthal gave Union a five-goal edge with his tally at the 9:17 mark, and then set up Gregory's second marker to make it 10-4 with 5:23 to go.

Babson first-year goalkeeper Jordan Shapiro (Pleasantville, N.Y.) made eight saves and picked up five groundballs.

The Green and White won 11-of-18 face-offs and held a 43-39 edge in shots on the afternoon, while both teams finished with 35 groundballs. The Beavers went just 1-for-9 on man-up opportunities.

Both teams return to action on Wednesday as Babson hosts New England College at 3:30 p.m., while Union visits Wesleyan at 4 p.m.