BABSON PARK, Mass.—Sophomore Graydon Vyse (Glastonbury, Conn.) pitched six strong innings and Babson College scored twice in the bottom of the first on the way to defeating No. 22 ABCA Tufts University, 2-1, in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday afternoon at Govoni Field. 

With its third straight win, Babson improves to 14-11 on the season. Tufts has dropped three of its last four contests to dip to 18-8 overall. 

Vyse, who was making the first start of his career, struck out four and allowed just one unearned run and two hits to pick up his first collegiate win on the mound, while junior Jason Finkelstein (Walpole, Mass.) needed just nine pitches to retire the side in order in the ninth to earn his first save of the year. First-year Bobby Christensen (Scotch Plains, N.J.) went 2-for-4 with an RBI, junior Ryan Liss (Hollywood, Fla.) singled twice and graduate student Ryan Grace (Concord, Mass.) added an RBI single and a run scored the Beavers. 

Sophomores James Henshon (Wellesley, Mass.) and Jack Kamin (Shrewsbury, Mass.) both singled for the Jumbos, who were limited to a season-low two hits in the loss. Classmate Lachlan Ellis (Redding, Conn.) was tagged with the loss to drop to 1-2 on the season after giving up two runs on three hits over two innings of work. 

The Green and White wasted little time getting on the board as sophomore Ben Valente (Newton, Mass.) drew a one-out walk and moved to second on a wild pitch before coming home on Grace's single back up the middle. Liss followed with another base hit and Christensen then sliced a double down the left field line to bring home Grace for a 2-0 lead. 

Vyse retired seven consecutive batters after giving up a two-out single to Henshon in the third before Tufts took advantage of two errors to cut its deficit in half on Kamin's RBI single in the top of the sixth. Vyse got out of the inning with a double play, senior James Clark (Southborough, Mass.) punched out pinch-hitter Cole Bohane (Hingham, Mass.) with the potential tying run on first in the seventh, and first-year Bourke Reid (Ramsey, N.J.) got Henshon to ground into another double play to end the eighth Babson. 

Liss and Christensen both singled and got into scoring position with nobody out in the bottom of the eighth, but the Beavers were unable to extend their lead. Finkelstein shut the door in the ninth though, getting up pop up to second, a ground ball to shortstop and a sharp line drive to right. 

Babson is back in action on Thursday when it travels to UMass Dartmouth at 3:30 p.m., while Tufts travels to Bates for a three-game series beginning on Friday at 3 p.m. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers have won three straight games against Tufts for the first time in program history. 
•    Babson has now turned at least one double play in five consecutive games. 
•    The Green and White limited the Jumbos to their fewest hits since March 25, 2023. 
•    The Beavers are now 3-1 this season in one-run games and recorded their first victory by a 2-1 score line since defeating Wheaton back on April 30, 2024.