ARV Men's Lacrosse vs. No. 11 Bowdoin
Wednesday, March 30 | 7:00 p.m.
MacDowell Field | Babson Park, Mass.

BABSON:        Roster | Schedule & Results | Stats
BOWDOIN:     Roster | Schedule & Results | Stats
NEWMAC:       Standings | Schedule & Results | Stats
USILA:            Division III Poll

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 2-20 all-time against Bowdoin in a series that dates back to 1978.
• The teams did not play each other from 2000-2014, but have played four times since 2015.
• The Beavers, who are looking for their first win over the Polar Bears in 40 years, scored 11 goals against the Polar Bears in 2015 (16-11), the first and only double-digit scoring game since the 12-11 win in 1981.

LAST MEETING
• Junior Chi Chi Price scored a season-high four goals but Babson was unable to rally from an early deficit and suffered a 14-9 loss at Bowdoin on March 11, 2020, the final game before the season was shut down due to the pandemic.
• Mason O'Hanlon '21 had two goals and graduate student Lee Sipes and juniors Tom Schofield and Nick Mitchell all scored once for the Beavers. Ethan Carpenter '21 dished out two assists, senior Drew Thomas recorded two caused turnovers and Christopher Aranalde '20 made 13 saves in the loss.
• Seniors Chris Fowler and Zack Chandler both scored three times and Jimmy Young '20 finished with two goals and two assists to lead the Polar Bears. Sophomore Ethan Barnard won 20-of-26 face-offs and scooped up 13 ground balls, Henry Savage '21 forced four turnovers and Jack O'Connor '20 made seven between the pipes.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (4-2), which is receiving votes in this week's US Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III poll, has won two of its last three games, including a 14-7 road win at Clark on Saturday.
• Price scored four goals and Babson used a five-goal third-quarter surge to pull away from the Cougars. The Beavers also got two goals and an assist from Sipes and two goals each from sophomores Ford Carney and Connor Karsh. Juniors Tyler Hughey and Dan Neill and sophomores Grey Sunderland and Topher Bower all scored one goal and Sunderland won 14 of 20 face-offs and picked up a team-high eight ground balls.
• Sipes (11-3-14), junior Matt Stucchi (10-3-13) and Price (8-4-12) lead the team in scoring. Sunderland has won 54-of-92 face-offs and leads the team with 28 ground balls. Junior Kyle Sanborn and Thomas have 17 and 15 ground balls, respectively, and share the team lead with nine caused turnovers.
• Senior Mac Mowat (.615 sv. pct., 7.03 GAA) ranks 12th in Division III in goals against average and 32nd in save percentage.

SCOUTING THE POLAR BEARS
• Bowdoin (7-0) has climbed to 11th in the USILA Division III poll after a 16-10 victory over then-No. 15 Wesleyan on Saturday in Middletown, Conn., the program's best start since 1989.
• First-year Jason Lach scored five goals and an assist in an 8-1 first-half surge to lead the Polar Bears. Sophomore Will Byrne tallied two goals and five assists while senior Donal Mullane also scored twice with four assists.
• First-year goaltender Robert Hobbs was outstanding, making 18 saves while junior Peter Kenerson had a pair of caused turnovers and two ground balls in the win.
• The Polar Bears are ranked seventh in Division III in scoring offense (17.29 goals per game) and 32nd in face-off winning percentage (.619).

BEAVERS IN THE NCAA RANKINGS
• Babson ranks 22nd out of 244 schools in Division III in scoring defense, allowing just 7.67 goals per game, and is also 64th in face-off winning percentage (.571).

BABSON VS. THE NESCAC
• Wednesday's game is the second of five games this season against teams from the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).
• Babson defeated Bates 12-7 back on February 27, and will face No. 16 Williams, Middlebury and No. 3 Tufts in April.
• The Beavers have won three of their last nine against schools from the NESCAC dating back to 2017.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers have held all six of their opponent this spring to single-digit scoring, and have limited 11 of their last 12 opponents to nine or fewer goals going back to last season.
• Babson is 3-0 this spring and has won 10 of its last 11 dating back to the start of the 2019 season when winning more face-offs than its opponents.
• The Beavers have outscored their first three opponents 15-3 in the second quarter and 15-13 in the third quarter.
• The Green and White is 3-1 this season when allowing eight goals or fewer and 23-3 going back to the 2018 campaign.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers are home again on Saturday with a NEWMAC encounter against Springfield, beginning at noon.