No. 17/16 Men's Lacrosse at Wheaton
Saturday, March 30 | 1:00 p.m.
Diane Nordin '80 Athletic Field | Norton, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 29-9 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to 1992.
• The Beavers have dominated the series as of late with 14 victories in the last 15 meetings between the teams dating back to 2011.
• Each of Babson's last seven victories since 2016 have come by at least seven goals.

LAST MEETING
• Ryan Kenney '23M matched his season high with six goals, Chi Chi Price '23 added five goals and one assist and Babson ran off 10 unanswered goals in the second quarter on the way to defeating Wheaton, 25-8, on April 22, 2023 at MacDowell Field.
• Will Spangenberg '23M tallied two goals and three assists, senior Christian Brofft added two goals and an assist, Nick Solomon '23 chipped in with two goals and sophomore Bennett Smith produced a goal and three assists. Senior Grey Sunderland won 19-of-24 faceoffs and scooped up a career-high 16 ground balls and goalie Will Parducci '23 made nine saves in the first three quarters.
• Junior Charlie Racine led the Lyons with two goals, one assist and 10 ground balls, and Shane Ross '23 and juniors Mike McLaughlin and Jack Board scored twice each. Senior Jacob Wharton caused three turnovers and picked up five ground balls and junior goalie John Drew made 14 saves in goal in the setback.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 17 USILA/No. 16 USA Lacrosse Babson (7-2, 2-0 NEWMAC) is riding a six-game winning streak after dismantling No. 9/9 Bowdoin, 13-6, Tuesday evening at MacDowell Field.
• Junior goalkeeper Alex Fascilla made a career-high 21 saves and Babson held Bowdoin scoreless for 40 consecutive minutes to secure the win. Graduate student Jared Rainville and senior Jacob Tauss each tallied two goals and an assist, and Smith added a goal and two assists in the win. Seniors Dillon Quinn and Brendan Maher each caused two turnovers and anchored a defense that limited Bowdoin to 11 goals below its season average. Grad student James Turco won 8-of-12 face-offs for the Green and White.
• Rainville (31-9-40) and first-year Seamus Rooney (25-9-34) are among the NEWMAC leaders in both goals and points, and Smith (3-18-21) and senior Topher Bower (13-13-26) are among the league leaders in assists. Turco leads the NEWMAC in face-off winning percentage (.619) and Sunderland is sixth at .541.
• Quinn (9), Maher (8), Rainville (8), junior Gavin Bailey (8), and senior Sammy Kalishman (7) are the team leaders in caused turnovers. Fascilla (8.87 GAA, .617 sv. pct) is second in the league in both goals against average and save percentage, and ranks 14th in Division III in save percentage and 29th in GAA.

SCOUTING THE LYONS
• Wheaton (6-3, 2-0 NEWMAC) brings a three-game winning streak into Saturday's game after a 10-4 conference victory at Coast Guard last Saturday. A non-conference match-up Wednesday at Emmanuel was postponed.
•  Sophomore Emmett Edwards tallied six points (3g, 3a) and junior Connor Almstrom denied 12 of 16 shots in the win. Junior Charlie Racine and first-year Will Durkee each netted a pair of goals for the Lyons, senior Jacob Wharton scooped up three ground balls and caused three turnovers, and classmate Cole Reid caused a pair of miscues and came up with three ground balls.
• Edwards (25-12-37) tops the team in scoring, while Racine (20-7-27) is also an offensive threat and Mike McLaughlin (12-11-23) is second on the team in assists. Wharton leads the league with 21 caused turnovers, Racine is among the league leaders with 39 ground balls, and first-year Chris Bodnaruk has won 50 percent (61-of-122) of his face-offs. Almstrom (8.83 GAA, .599 sv. pct) has seven games this season with at least 10 saves and leads the NEWMAC in goals against average and ranks second in save percentage.
• The Lyons have made a strong turnaround from last year, when they finished 6-10 overall and 0-6 in the NEWMAC.

NCAA LEADERS
• Babson ranks 22nd in Division III in man-up offense, converting 45.8 percent with a man advantage.
• The Beavers are 35th in scoring offense (14.44) and 32nd in scoring margin (+4.67).

NEWMAC POWERHOUSE
• The Green and White have won eight straight NEWMAC regular season games going back to last season and are 14-3 against conference foes in since the start of the 2021 campaign.
• Babson has won two of the last three conference tournament titles.
• The Beavers were picked first in this year's conference preseason coaches' poll, while Wheaton finished eighth.

BEAVER BITES
• Rainville has produced points in 37 consecutive games and goals in 36 straight dating back to his career at Connecticut College.
• Smith has a 17-game point streak dating back to last season, and Bower has points in 13 straight.
• Dillon Quinn has scooped up at least one ground ball in 20 of his last 21 games going back to last year.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers are 6-0 this season and 31-2 since the start of the 2020 season when leading at halftime.
• The Green and White are 2-0 this spring and 31-3 going back to the start of 2018 when holding the opponents to eight goals or less.
• Babson is 6-1 this year and 15-3 since the start of last season when winning at least 50 percent of the faceoffs, and 14-1 since last year when winning more ground balls than the opponents.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers return home to host UMass Boston at 7 p.m. Tuesday at MacDowell Field.