BOSTON—Junior Amelia Novitch (Dover, Mass.) scored three goals and set new career highs with six assists and nine points as No. 23 Babson College put up 19 first-half goals on the way to routing Emerson College, 27-3, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's lacrosse action on Saturday night at Rotch Field. 

Babson, which collected its sixth consecutive win, improves to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play. Emerson dropped its third straight game to slip to 3-5 overall and 0-3 in NEWMAC play. 

Junior Kathryn Blake (Medfield, Mass.) had three goals and three assists for six points, graduate student Lily Ives (Chappaqua, N.Y.) scored four times and junior Clare Connolly (Hanover, Mass.) recorded 18 draw controls for the Beavers, who saw 15 different players score in the victory. Graduate student Anna Costello (Milton, Mass.) notched her first goal of the season and led all players with four ground balls and three caused turnovers in the win. 

Junior Grace Danehy (Mansfield, Mass.) had two goals for the Lions. 

Novitch scored three times and dished out two assists to help the Green and White built a 7-0 lead less than seven minutes into the contest. Junior Michaela Downer (North Andover, Mass.) scored twice in the span of 25 seconds and senior Nicole Darveau (Sudbury, Mass.) contributed a pair of tallies over the final 5:23 of the opening period to extend the margin to 13-0. 

Senior Maddy Reyes (San Ramon, Calif.) got Emerson on the board 37 seconds into the second quarter before the Beavers responded with the next seven goals. Connolly and Blake both scored twice to stretch the Babson lead to 19-1 at halftime and junior Kylie McCarthy (Danvers, Mass.) notched the first of her two goals 48 seconds into the third quarter. 

Junior Solana Fahey (North Andover, Mass.) scored late in the third and again just under three minutes into the fourth quarter, while Tatum Sands (East Dorset, Vt.) gave Babson its largest lead of the game at 27-2 with 9:24 remaining. 

Both teams return to action on Wednesday as Babson hosts Clark at 7 p.m., while Emerson takes on MIT at 6 p.m. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 8-1 all-time against Emerson. 
•    Babson's 13 first-quarter and 19 first-half goals are both season highs.
•    Connolly has finished with at least 10 draw controls in five straight games, while Costello now has at least one caused turnover in every outing this season.
•    The Beavers' 27 goals surpasses the previous school record of 25 set against Emerson on April 20, 2019, and matched in last year's victory over Clark on April 2.