BABSON PARK, Mass.— Sophomore Seamus Rooney (Bay Shore, N.Y.) tallied two goals and two assists and senior Brendan Maher (Melrose, Mass.) caused three turnovers and scooped up five ground balls as No. 20 Babson College upended Salve Regina University, 14-8, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's lacrosse game Saturday afternoon at rainy MacDowell Field.

The Beavers won their fourth straight game to improve to 10-3 overall and 4-1 in the NEWMAC, while the Seahawks suffered their first conference loss of the season to drop to 11-3 overall and 4-1 in the NEWMAC.

Sophomore Sam Sisk (Madison, Conn.) scored three times and grabbed four ground balls, classmate Rowan Mondello (Wakefield, Mass.) contributed two goals and an assist, and fellow sophomores Anthony Stillwell (Weston, Mass.) and Camden Matthews (Westford, Mass.) and junior Braden Reilly (Reading, Mass.) chipped in with two points apiece for the Beavers. Grad student Tripp Clark (Byfield, Mass.) caused three turnovers, junior Will Reading (Southlake, Texas) won 11-of-20 face-offs and collected eight ground balls, and three Babson goalies combined for 11 saves in the victory.

First-year Heath Sumwalt (East Quogue, N.Y.) scored four goals to lead the Seahawks, grad student Liam Cooney (Portsmouth, R.I.) had two goals, and juniors Chris Koltzan (East Quogue, N.Y.), Daniel Naglieri (Westhampton Beach, N.Y.) and Casey Johnson (Syosset, N.Y.) finished with two points apiece in the nightcap. Senior Gavin Johnson (Moorestown, N.J.) was strong on defense for Salve with five caused turnovers and five ground balls, classmate Andrew Senecal (Narragansett, R.I.) had two CTs and five GBs, and senior Clifton Haverly (Clifton Park, N.Y.) won 12-of-20 face-offs with five ground balls. Sophomore Andrew Hazard (Glastonbury, Conn.) made 12 save in goal in the setback.

After graduate student Topher Bower (Chicago, Ill.) and Naglieri traded goals in the first five minutes, Babson ran off three straight scores by Stillwell, Mondello and senior Emmett Martin (Milton, Mass.) in a two-minute span to pull ahead 4-1. Sumwait struck for his first goal of the game to pulled Salve to within two with three minutes to go in the period, but Sisk closed the first quarter with a goal and opened the second with another, followed by Rooney's first of the game as the Babson lead grew to 7-2 with 11 minutes to go in the second.

Sisk and Mondello answered a goal by Sumwait, and Rooney and Reilly opened the third quarter with goals after Koltzan had closed the margin to 9-4 at halftime. Cooney and Sumwalt went back-to-back to end the third quarter and keep the Seahawks to within five goals at 11-6, but Babson regained a comfortable 14-6 lead with the first three strikes of the fourth quarter by Stillwell, Matthews and sophomore Cooper Chapman (Hingham, Mass.). Sumwait and Cooney rounded out the scoring for the Seahawks.

The Beavers had a 44-30 advantage on shots and a 35-27 margin in ground balls, and the Green and White won 13 of the 24 face-offs.

Babson is on the road on Tuesday, playing at No. 1 Tufts at 7 p.m. in Medford. Salve Regina returns home to host Springfield in a NEWMAC contest next Saturday at 12 p.m.

GAME NOTES
• Babson has won four straight games and is 4-1 all-time against Salve Regina in a series that dates back to 2009.
• The Green and White are 7-1 at home this spring and 16-1 at MacDowell Field going back to the start of last season.
• The Beavers have won 21 of their last 22 games versus NEWMAC foes dating back to 2023.
• Babson is 9-0 this season when scoring at least 14 goals in a game and 10-0 when reaching double digits in goals.