BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior Peter Reuter (Ridgewood, N.J.) finished with four goals, and visiting Bowdoin College scored eight times in the second quarter on its way to defeating Babson College, 16-11, in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Tuesday night at MacDowell Field.

Bowdoin, which snapped its six-game losing streak, is now 2-9 overall, while Babson falls to 5-6 on the year.

Senior David Nemirov (Setauket, N.Y.) added three goals and two assists, while sophomore Brandon Lee (South Salem, N.Y.) scored once and dished out a game-high five assists to lead the Polar Bears. Sophomore Alex Osgood (Marblehead, Mass.) and first-year Matthew Crowell (Medfield, Mass.) both contributed two goals. Senior Robert Talcott (Washington, D.C.) won 17-of-29 face-offs and led all players with 10 groundballs.

Sophomore Matthew Logan (Downingtown, Pa.) finished with two goals and two assists to lead the Beavers. Sophomore Brendan Coan (Towson, Md.) and first-year Axel Brown (Little Compton, R.I.) both scored twice and had one assist, while junior John Harrison (Pembroke, Mass.) and first-year Jason Cox (Westwood, Mass.) added two goals apiece. Senior Christian Cattaruzza (Guilford, Conn.) led the team with four groundballs and three caused turnovers.

Babson took a 2-1 lead with 10:40 to go in the opening quarter on a tally by Logan, but Nemirov tied the game 56 seconds later, and Osgood put Bowdoin back in front 3-2 with a tally at the 7:20 mark. Harrison scored off a feed from Brown to make it 3-3 with six minutes to play in the stanza, and Logan notched his second marker of the game, converting a feed from Coan with 42 seconds left in the period to give the Beavers a 4-3 edge.

The teams traded goals to open the second quarter before the Polar Bears ripped off a 7-1 run to close the half. Nemirov scored twice and Lee contributed three assists during a five-goal spurt over the span of 3:59 that put Bowdoin in front 9-5. Brown picked up a groundball and scored while going to the ground to get Babson within 9-6 at the 1:40 mark, but senior Mac Caputi (Brunswick, Maine) scored a man-down goal with 51 seconds left in the stanza, and Osgood caught a deflected shot and found the back of the net just before the horn sounded to give the Polar Bears an 11-6 advantage at the break.

Reuter made it a six-goal game with his third tally of the night 2:23 into the third quarter. Cox notched a man-up goal off a feed from Logan to get the Beavers back within 12-7, but Bowdoin scored the final three goals of the period to build an eight-goal edge. Reuter and junior Brandon Rothman (Warren, N.J.) scored back-to-back markers just 1:27 apart, and Lee followed with his first of the night with 33 seconds left in the frame to make it 15-7.

Harrison and Coan scored to open the fourth quarter, cutting the Babson deficit to 15-9 with 7:00 remaining. The Beavers had a chance to get within five but Polar Bears' sophomore Peter Mumford (Plymouth, N.H.) made a save on junior Scott Doten's (Western Springs, Ill.) shot that set up sophomore Matthew Hillman's (Moorestown, N.J.) goal in transition with 5:49 to play.

First-year Jordan Shapiro (Pleasantville, N.Y.) finished with seven saves for Babson while Mumford stopped 10 shots for Bowdoin.

 The Polar Bears finished with a 46-30 advantage in shots and 45-29 edge in groundballs.

The Beavers went 18-of-19 on clear opportunities, but finished just 13-of-30 at the face-off X.

Both teams return to action on Saturday as Babson hosts Massachusetts Maritime at 11 a.m., while Bowdoin will take on Connecticut College at 1 p.m.