BABSON PARK, Mass.— Senior Zac Schuette (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) tallied three goals and four assists and Springfield College outscored Babson College 9-2 over the middle two quarters on the way to a 17-13 victory over the Beavers Saturday afternoon in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's lacrosse match-up at MacDowell Field.

With the outcome, Babson drops to 4-4 overall and 1-2 in the NEWMAC, while Springfield broke a two-game skid and improves to 4-6 overall and 2-1 in conference play.

Sophomore Topher Bower (Chicago, Ill.) led the Beavers with a career-high seven points on four goals and three assists while junior Chi Chi Price (Hingham, Mass.) added a career-best six points on four goals and two assists. Senior Drew Thomas (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.) recorded a career-high five caused turnovers and sophomore Grey Sunderland (Bellevue, Wash.) won 17 of 32 face-offs and picked up a career-high 11 ground balls.

The Pride also got three goals and one assist from junior Alek Turi (Glastonbury, Conn.) and three goals from graduate student Joe Maimone (Allendale, N.J.). Senior Chris Santa Barbara (Hillsborough, N.J.) and junior Mason Nocito (Mahopac, N.Y.) notched two goals and an assist each and junior Riley Burgmyer (Somers, Conn.) collected a goal and three assists. Junior Jackson Lane (Shrewsbury, Mass.) picked up a team-high seven ground balls and classmate Steven Betsch (Port Washington, N.Y.) scooped up six.

Springfield used a four-goal surge in the first quarter to move out to a 5-1 lead, but Babson answered with a four-goal burst of its own, including man-up goals by Price and Bower, to tie the score at 5-apiece with two minutes to go in the first quarter.

The Pride allowed just two Beaver goals in the next 34 minutes of play, an unassisted goal by Bower in the second and a junior Matt Stucchi (Rexford, N.Y.) goal from Bower in the third, while scoring 10 times to take a 15-7 advantage after three quarters. Seven different players scored for Springfield in that span, while Maimone fired in three goals and Turi added a pair.

Babson did not give up and scored the first three goals of the fourth quarter, two from Price and one from Bower, to slice the deficit and pull to within 15-10. The teams alternated goals in the final four minutes before Sunderland scored the final goal with a minute to play but time ran out on the Beaver comeback.

The Beavers ended up with a 48-40 advantage in shots and a 34-32 margin in ground balls. Babson was good on 18-of-19 clears while holding Springfield to 20-of-26. First-year goalie Dean Pesce (Monroe, N.Y.) made eight saves to record his first career victory (1-2) for Springfield, while senior Mac Mowat (Bellevue, Wash.) and junior Will Parducci (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) combined for eight for the Beavers.

Babson is home again on Wednesday for a non-conference clash against UMass Boston at 7 p.m. at MacDowell Field. Springfield returns home to host Western New England on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

GAME NOTES
• The Pride snapped a three-game regular season losing streak to the Beavers and now lead the all-time series 35-5.
• After holding their first six opponents to single-digit scoring this spring, Babson has surrendered back-to-back double-digit goals in losses to No. 12 Bowdoin and Springfield.
• With a goal and an assist, Stucchi has tallied at least one point in all eight games this season with five multi-point outings.
• Sunderland has won 48 of his last 77 face-offs (62.3%) to up his season totals to 85-of-149 (57.0%).