Box Score BABSON PARK, Mass.—Sophomore Carlo Araujo (Mexico City, Mexico) scored a pair of first-half goals to help Babson College defeat visiting Lesley University, 4-0, in non-conference men's soccer action on Wednesday afternoon at Hartwell-Rogers Field.
With the win, Babson is now 3-4-1 on the year, while Lesley slips to 1-6-0.
Sophomores Ian Fromhein (Osterville, Mass.) and John Leonard (Great Falls, Mont.) both added a goal for the Beavers. Senior Joe McWeeney (Lexington, Mass.), juniors James Takami (Kenmore, Wash.), Pat O'Rourke (Hingham, Mass.) and HS Jung (Seoul, Republic of Korea), sophomore Cole Farrey (Burlington, Conn.) and first-year Chris Czarnecki (Baltimore, Md.) all contributed one assist apiece in the victory.
Arujo opened the scoring in the 15th minute when he collected the rebound of a shot by O'Rourke and calmly knocked his finish off the inside of the right post from the center of the box for a 1-0 lead. Fromhein doubled Babson's lead in the 27th minute when he headed home a corner kick from Jung for his first goal of the season.
Araujo struck again just over three minutes later when he converted on a breakaway. Following a long goal kick by Takami, Czarnecki sent Araujo into space with a header over the defense, and he slipped his shot past Lynx junior goalkeeper James Webb (San Francisco, Calif.) and inside the left post for a 3-0 advantage.
The Green and White capped the scoring in the 86th minute on Leonard's one-touch finish from inside the six-yard box off a service from McWeeney.
Lesley's best scoring opportunity came in the 81st minute when Beavers' first-year goalkeeper Austin Mankouski (Suffield, Conn.) dove to his right to deny junior Nuno Pereira's (Sao Filipe, Cape Verde) free kick from the top of the box.
Mankouski and Takami, who did not have to make a save over the first 72 minutes, combined for one save for Babson. Webb turned away seven shots, while first-year David Crutchfield (Shrewsbury, Mass.) finished with one save for the Lynx.
The Green and White had a 27-4 advantage in shots and 11-1 edge in corner kicks.
Both teams return to action on Saturday as Babson visits MIT at 1 p.m., while Lesley hosts Regis at 12 p.m.
GAME NOTES
• The Beavers are now 6-0-0 all-time against Lesley and have posted three consecutive shutouts against the Lynx.
• Babson's four-goal outburst marks its highest scoring game since a 5-0 victory over Emerson in the final game of the 2015 regular season.
• Leonard's goal was the first of his career, while Czarnecki, Farrey, McWeeney and Takami all recorded their first collegiate points with one assist apiece.
• The Beavers are now 3-1-0 this season and 39-5-2 going back to the start of the 2013 campaign.