No. 11/9 Men's Lacrosse at No. 4/4 Tufts
Tuesday, April 16 | 7 p.m. 
Bello Field | Medford, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 4-13 all-time against Tufts in a series that dates back to 1979. 
•    The Beavers and Jumbos have met just twice since 2013 and seven times going back to 2000.
•    The Green and White has dropped its last seven games to Tufts and is seeking its first win the series since 1999.

LAST MEETING
•    Camden Kelleher scored six times and Tufts used a 6-1 run that spanned parts of the third and fourth quarters to pull away for a 16-9 win over the Beavers on April 19, 2022, in Babson Park. 
•    Tommy Swank had four goals, Conner Garzone made 13 saves and Kyle Adelmann contributed six ground balls and four caused turnovers for the Jumbos, who started the second quarter with four straight tallies to build a 6-1 lead. 
•    Peter Chisholm M'22 finished with five points (2g, 3a), Matt Stucchi '23 had two goals and Hayden Bean '23 had five caused turnovers for Babson, which pulled within 7-5 on a goal by senior Jacob Tauss 49 seconds into the third quarter. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 11 USILA/No. 9 USA Lacrosse Babson (11-2) has won a program-record 10 straight games after defeating Salve Regina, 18-9, on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Tauss and graduate student Jared Rainville both scored four times, first-year Luke Wang added three goals and graduate student Chip Quinn contributed three ground balls and three caused turnovers for the Beavers, who outscored the Seahawks 9-2 in the third quarter. 
•    Rainville (49-15-64) has scored 16 goals over the last three games, first-year Seamus Rooney (31-11-42) has at least four points in seven games and the duo of senior Topher Bower (13-29-42) and sophomore Bennett Smith (10-28-38) have combined for 57 assists. 
•    Graduate student James Turco and senior Grey Sunderland have combined to win 63.6 percent of their face-offs while scooping up 115 ground balls, Chip Quinn and seniors Dillon Quinn and Brendan Maher all have 12 caused turnovers, and junior Alex Fascilla is 10-2 with an 8.11 goals against average and a .631 save percentage on the year. 

SCOUTING THE JUMBOS
•    No. 4 USILA/No. 4 USA Lacrosse Tufts (10-2) has won two straight games and is coming off a 23-11 rout of Middlebury on Saturday. 
•    Jack Regnery (6g,1a), Max Ettinghausen (3g,3a) and Charlie Tagliaferri (3ga,2a) combined for 18 points, while Parker Merril won 14-of-20 face-offs and picked up eight ground balls for the Jumbos, who outscored the Panthers 8-0 in the first quarter. 
•    Regnery (47-25-72) ranks seventh in Division III averaging 6.09 points per game, Brooks Hauser (28-21-49) has produced at least four points in nine games and Ettinghausen (32-15-47) has scored in every game this spring. 
•    Merril and Victor Salcedo have combined to win 59.3 percent of their face-offs, Joey Waldbaum leads the defense with 46 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers, and Garzone has posted a 10.90 goals against average and a .519 save percentage in 12 starts. 

HISTORY LESSON
•    The Beavers set a new program record with their 10th consecutive victory on Saturday, surpassing the previous mark of nine straight wins back in 2016. 
•    Babson also won eight games in a row in 2014 and seven consecutive outings in 1979 on the way to earning the program's first NCAA Tournament berth. 

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
•    Fascilla, who is 10-0 as a starter this spring, ranks eighth in save percentage (.631) and 14th in goals against average (8.11). 
•    Turco ranks 15th in face-off winning percentage (.661), while Rainville ranks 16th nationally in goals per game (3.77) and 33rd in points per game (4.92). 

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
•    Tuesday's contest will feature two of the best man-up units in the country as Babson ranks sixth converting on 55 percent of its opportunities (22-of-40), while Tufts ranks fifth scoring 21 times on 38 extra-man opportunities. 
•    The Beavers rank 39th nationally in scoring defense (8.85 goals per game) and have allowed nine or fewer goals in six consecutive games, while the Jumbos rank fifth in Division III in scoring offense (17.42) and have put up at least 17 goals in all 10 of their wins in addition to attempting 50 or more shots in nine of 12 outings. 
•    The Green and White ranks 23rd in Division III in face-off winning percentage (.633), while Tufts boasts a .566 face-off winning percentage and has won more than its opponents in seven consecutive games. 

IRON SHARPENS IRON
•    Tufts is the fifth nationally-ranked opponent the Beavers have faced this season, and the fourth from the NESCAC.
•    Babson suffered 14-13 road losses to both Union (February 25) and Williams (March 2) before defeating Middlebury 8-6, on March 10 and Bowdoin 13-6 on March 26 in Babson Park. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 9-0 on the year and 26-1 going back to 2022 when scoring at least 14 goals. 
•    Babson is 10-0 when leading at halftime and 11-0 on the year when carrying a lead into the fourth quarter. 
•    The Green and White is 10-1 this spring when recording at least eight caused turnovers. 
•    Babson is 9-0 on the year when it wins the ground ball battle. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers travel to Clark on Saturday at 3 p.m.