OSWEGO, N.Y.— Senior Charlie Andriole (Branford, Conn.) scored two goals and junior Jimmy Fallon (Milton, Mass.) and senior Ian Driscoll (Middleton, Mass.) each tallied a goal and three assists as No. 10 Babson College defeated Elmira College, 8-4, in the opening game of the Oswego State Holiday Classic Friday evening at the Deborah F. Stanley Arena.

With the victory, Babson is unbeaten in its last three games and improves to 8-1-2 on the season while Elmira dropped its third straight game and fell to 3-8-0 overall.

Senior Mike Stevens (Massapequa, N.Y.) and sophomore Evan Brown (Little Silver, N.J.) contributed a goal and an assist apiece, senior Sam Sibold (South Hero, Vt.) and first-year Reid Pehrkon (Vienna, Va.) also scored for the Beavers and senior Ian Schmitt (Schuylerville, N.Y.) was good for three assists. Senior Nate Mueller (Rogers, Minn.) made 18 saves in goal in the first two periods, and classmate Brett Cleaves (Summit, N.J.) made 13 stops in the final 20 minutes in his season debut.

First-year Nicholas Bennett (Schomberg, Ont.) led the Soaring Eagles with a goal and an assist while senior Tyler Schwindt (New Hamburg, Ont.) and first-years Austin Jerzak (Wellsburg, N.Y.) and Makai Tarjamo (Turku, Finland) scored once each. Senior Brody Haynes (York, Pa.) and sophomore Cameron Manley (Whitesboro, N.Y.) combined to make 28 saves in the Elmira goal.

The Beavers jumped on top with the first three goals in the opening period. Driscoll poked in the rebound of his own shot from the slot at 4:32 to opening the scoring, and Andriole potted a power play goal on a shot from the point to make it 2-0 at 11:54. Fallon converted a pass from Brown from the left circle with a nice shot into the upper left corner of the net for a 3-0 lead at 15:15. Elmira got on the scoreboard with less than a second left in the opening frame when Jerzak buried a loose puck near the right circle.

Babson put the game out of reach with a five-goal second period. Brown finished off a 2-on-1 with Schmitt with a backhander from the right side just 40 seconds into the stanza and Pehrkon buried a one-timer from Driscoll at 7:15 as the Beaver lead grew to 5-1. Sibold tacked on his first goal of the season from the right face-off dot that went inside the left post at 11:44, Andriole hit a slap shot from the top of the left circle that beat the goalie inside the near post at 17:05, and Stevens rounded out the period with a goal in the final minute off a feed from Driscoll, giving the Green and White an 8-1 margin after two.

The Soaring Eagles scored the only three goals of the third period. Schwindt put in a backhander on a rebound at 4:49, Bennett's shot went through Cleaves' pads and trickled over the goal line at 12:32, and Tarjamo snapped a one-time from the top of the left circle after sophomore Owen Halloran (Markham, Ont.) won a face-off.

Babson finished with a 36-35 advantage in shots on goal and scored on its only power play attempt while killing off a pair of Beaver penalties.

The Beavers will play in the tournament championship game on Saturday at 4 p.m. against either No. 6 Oswego or Williams, while Elmira with play in the consolation game at 1 p.m.

GAME NOTES
• Babson is 11-9-0 all-time against Elmira in a series that dates back to 1977-78.
• The eight goals for the Beavers and the five-goal second period were the most since a 9-1 victory over Saint Michael's on December 30, 2022.
• Eleven different players tallied at least one point for the Beavers.
• The Beavers are 6-0 this season and 14-3-1 going back to last season when scoring on the power play.