BABSON PARK, Mass.— Sophomore Courtney Laden (Wilmette, Ill.) and first-year Caroline Burtch (Norwell, Mass.) scored three times apiece and five players notched at least a pair of goals as No. 17 Babson College rolled past Clark University, 15-1, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's lacrosse game Wednesday afternoon at MacDowell Field.

With the victory, Babson has won two of its last three games to improve to 7-4 overall and 4-2 in the NEWMAC. Clark dropped its sixth game in a row and fell to 2-9 overall and 0-6 in conference games.

Senior Lilly Bedard (Jupiter, Fla.), sophomore Estelle Gromko (Ipswich, Mass.) and first-year Jenna Wong (Walpole, Mass.) chipped in with two goals each for the Green and White, and juniors Jen Austin (Farmington, Conn.) and Mia Shuman (Topsfield, Mass.) and first-year Grace Rooney (Milton, Mass.) rounded out the list of goal scorers with one each. Laden had a team-high four draw controls, Gromko and first-year Ellie Grahn (Holmes, N.Y.) each caused two turnovers, Austin collected a team-high three ground balls, and three Beaver goalies combined for eight saves in net for the Green and White.

First-year Jasmine Peters (Duluth, Ga.) scored the lone goal for the Cougars on a free-position shot. Senior Elizabeth Cacciapaglia (Ridgefield, Conn.) and sophomore Sydney McMonagle (Trappe, Pa.) controlled two draws each, Cacciapaglia produced a pair of caused turnovers, and sophomore Ava Soch (Cranston, R.I.) and first-years Karah Henson (Glen Burnie, Md.) and Ella Forsman (Decateur, Ga.) each scooped up two ground balls in the setback.

The Beavers took a commanding 7-0 lead by the end of the first quarter. Laden, Austin, Ronney and Burtch all scored in the first six minutes to give the Beavers an early lead, and Wong and Bedard followed as the lead swelled to six goals less than 10 minutes into the contest. Gromko put in her first of the game in the final minute of the period for the hosts.

After the Cougars kept Babson off the scoreboard the first seven minutes of the second quarter. Wong and Burtch scored back-to-back goals in a 51-second span and Gromko tacked on a woman-up goal with four minutes remaining to give the Beavers a 10-0 margin at the half.

Laden opened the second-half scoring for the Green and White before Peters put the Cougars on the scoreboard with 10:30 on the third-quarter clock. Bedard fired in her second of the game to close out the third quarter, and Laden, Burtch and Shuman rounded out the scoring in the fourth stanza.

Both teams resume NEWMAC action on Saturday as Babson takes on rival No. 17 MIT on 1:15 p.m. in Cambridge, and Clark visits Emerson for a 7 p.m. contest in Boston.

GAME NOTES
• Babson is 6-0 all-time against Clark in a series that dates back to 2021. 
• The Beavers are 5-1 at MacDowell Field this season, outscoring the opponents 82-40.
• The Green and White have won 32 of their last 35 NEWMAC regular season games going back to 2023.
• Bedard and Wong have both tallied at least one point in all 11 games this season.