BABSON PARK, Mass.—Sophomore Ryan Murphy (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.) led five different scorers with a goal and an assist and classmate Nate Mueller (Rogers, Minn.) made 30 saves to record his first career shutout as Babson College defeated visiting Williams College, 5-0, in non-conference men's ice hockey action on Saturday afternoon at the Babson Skating Center. 

Babson, which extended its unbeaten streak to six games, improves to 5-3-2 on the year with the win. Williams has now dropped back-to-back games to fall to 1-2 overall. 

Junior Matt Cormier (Waltham, Mass.), sophomores Will Holland (Charlotte, N.C.) and Mike Stevens (Massapequa, N.Y.) and first-year Jimmy Fallon (Milton, Mass.) each scored once for the Beavers. Senior Thomas Kramer (Bridgewater, Mass.) and junior Wyatt George (Mount Lebanon, Pa.) both recorded two assists, while sophomores Charlie Andriole (Branford, Conn.), Brendan Kennedy (Georgetown, Ontario), and Sam Sibold (South Hero, Vt.) and first-years CJ Beals (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Sean Senier (Melrose, Mass.) each added a helper in the win. 

Junior goaltender Cal Sundquist (Evergreen, Colo.) made 26 saves on 31 shots before giving way to first-year Harrison Fogel (Sandy Springs, Ga.), who stopped five shots over the final 13 minutes of his collegiate debut for the Ephs.

The Green and White jumped on top 7:55 into the contest on Cormier's fourth goal of the season. Beals helped dig the puck out along the boards and Sibold gained the zone along the left wing before hitting Cormier with a centering pass for a one-timer from the top of the crease. 

The Beavers doubled their advantage just under five minutes later when Murphy took a cross-ice pass from George to set up Holland's first goal of the year from between the circles in transition. The Ephs took another penalty less than three minutes into the second period and Babson scored just 12 seconds into the power play as Fallon worked the puck behind the net before finishing a centering pass from Kramer for his second career goal for a 3-0 edge at the 3:04 mark. 

The Beavers extended their advantage less than three minutes later as Murphy buried a centering feed from Kramer for his team-leading fifth goal to make it 4-0 at 5:51 of the middle period. Both teams killed off a pair of minor penalties in the second before Babson struck again 7:13 into the third when a shot by Senier bounced out to the right face-off circle where Stevens blasted a one-timer past Sundquist pushing the margin to 5-0. 

After stopping 17 shots over the first two periods, Mueller made eight of his 13 third-period saves over the final 11 minutes to complete the shutout. 

Both teams return to action on Sunday at 3 p.m. as Babson hosts Amherst, while Williams returns home to face fifth-ranked Geneseo. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 21-24-3 all-time against Williams and the teams have split their last four meetings since 2018.
•    Babson is 3-0-2 at home this season and is unbeaten in its last seven contests inside the Babson Skating Center going back to last February. 
•    The Green and White is 4-1 this season when scoring first and improves to 5-1-1 when scoring at least three goals on the year. 
•    Mueller's shutout is the first for the Beavers on home since January 27 of last season when Nolan Hildebrand '23 made 19 saves in a 7-0 win over Castleton.