SPARKS, Md.—Sophomore Seamus Rooney (Bay Shore, N.Y.) scored three times and dished out two assists and graduate student Justin Greene (Norwell, Mass.) finished with a season-high four goals to help Babson College defeat 14th-ranked Middlebury College, 14-9, in non-conference men's lacrosse action at Tierney Field on Tuesday afternoon. 

With the win, Babson improves to 5-2 overall. Middlebury, which had its two-game winning streak snapped, slips to 2-4 on the year with the loss. 

Sophomores Sam Sisk (Madison, Conn.) and Camden Matthews (Westford, Mass.) both registered two goals and two assists and classmate Anthony Stillwell (Weston, Mass.) scored twice to lead a balanced attack for the Beavers. Graduate student Sammy Kalishman (Clarksville, Md.) scooped up a team-high four ground balls, junior Gavin Bailey (Hinsdale, Ill.) had three caused turnovers and senior Alex Fascilla (Huntington, N.Y.) made 12 saves in the win. 

Senior Patrick Jamin (Rumson, N.J.), junior Logan White (Parker, Colo.) and sophomore John McCarthy (Port Washington, N.Y.) each scored twice while senior Billy Curtis (Beverly Farms, Mass.) added a goal and two assists to lead the Panthers. Fellow senior William Munroe () won 19-of-26 face-offs and led all players with 10 ground balls, and junior Hayden Kern (Westlake Hills, Texas) stopped four shots in defeat. 

Down 2-0 just over nine minutes into the contest, Stillwell and Sisk scored 56 seconds apart to tie the game with 5:05 left in the first quarter. Kalishman followed with a goal in transition late in the period and Rooney notched his first of the day 64 seconds into the second to give the Green and White a 4-2 lead. Middlebury pulled back within one three times in the stanza but Stillwell, graduate student Topher Bower (Chicago, Ill.) and Greene answered with markers to keep the Beavers in front 7-5 at the break. 

The Panthers turned the ball over on their first two possessions of the third quarter and Greene made them pay with his second goal of the afternoon extending the margin to 8-5 at the 12:46 mark. Sisk scored to make it 9-6 with 9:53 left in the frame and Fascilla made a pair of saves following two more turnovers by Middlebury before Greene struck again to for a 10-6 advantage with 4:02 to play in the period. 

Curtis and White scored 29 seconds apart to start the fourth quarter to slice the Beavers' lead to 11-9, but junior Bennett Smith (Lake Oswego, Ore.) forced a turnover on the ensuing face-off and Greene notched his fourth goal of the day as Babson regained a three-goal bulge with 12:38 remaining. Matthews added his second marker of the afternoon less than 90 seconds later and Fascilla stopped three shots over the final 10 minutes to put the game away. 

The Panthers finished with a slim edge in shots (35-34) and ground balls (35-30) while winning 19-of-27 face-offs. The Beavers converted 26-of-27 of their clears and both teams had eight caused turnovers. 

Both squads return to action on Saturday as Babson hosts MIT at 1 p.m., while Middlebury visits Connecticut College at 12 p.m. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 2-4 all-time against Middlebury and have beaten the Panthers in each of the last two seasons. 
•    Bower is now alone in 10th place on Babson's all-time scoring list with 58 goals and 85 assists for 143 points, and extend his points streak to 39 games in Tuesday's win.
•    The Green and White is 1-1 this season versus NESCAC foes and 5-4 over the last two seasons against nationally-ranked opponents. 
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this season and 33-2 going back to 2022 when scoring at least 14 goals.