Huge Fourth Quarter Helps Men's Lax Subdue Clark

BOX SCORE

BABSON PARK, Mass. - The Babson College men's lacrosse team defeated Clark University, 12-5, in a key Pilgrim League contest on Wednesday night at MacDowell Field. Six unanswered goals in the fourth quarter sealed the victory for the Beavers who have now improved their overall record to 4-8 on the season and 3-1 in the Pilgrim League. With the loss, Clark has dropped to 2-10 on the season , 1-3 in the Pilgrim League. Babson was led once again by senior E.J. Peterson (Framingham, Mass.) who scored five goals in the win.

In the first period, the game remained scoreless until the 5:59 mark when sophomore Andrew Packer (Hudson, Ohio) put the Beavers on the board with a goal off a pass from senior teammate Matt Harrington (Hanover, Mass.). Harrington setup another goal just 48 seconds later feeding the ball to first-year Paul Grip (Shrewsbury, Mass.) to put Babson up 2-0. Clark first-year Chris Johnson (Amherst, Mass.) then scored at the 2:37 mark to make the score 2-1 going into the second period.

Clark senior tri-captain Shawn Roche (Centerport, N.Y.) scored an unassisted man-down goal just over 90 seconds into the second period to tie the game, 2-2. Babson then scored three unanswered goals to bring their lead to three, 6-3 with 2:55 remaining in the half. Roche followed with another goal at the 2:30 mark to bring the Cougars back within two, 6-4, at the half.

After a scoreless third period, the Beavers scored six unanswered goals, including four in under four minutes to inflate their lead to eight, 12-4 with 2:26 left in the game. Three of Peterson's goals came in the fourth quarter while first-year Jeff MacCune (Braintree, Mass.)contributed his first collegiate goal in the period. Clark junior J.C. Tsagarakis (Stonington, Conn.) scored the final goal of the game at the 1:32 mark resulting in the  12-5 final.

In the game, Babson outshot the Cougars 42-20. Along with Peterson's five goals, seven other Babson players scored. Harrington scored his first goal of the season and added three assists. Sophomore Armand Wilson (Fairfield, Conn.) had one goal and two assists while senior Matt Enright (Bristol, R.I.) and MacCune each tallied one goal and one assist. Rounding out the Beaver's offense were sophomore Chris Smith (Wayland, Mass.), Grip and Packer who each scored one goal. Defensively Babson was led by first-year Cam Caruso (St. Charles, Ill.) with seven groundballs and sophomore Christian Ebert (Boxford, Mass.), who picked up six. Senior Max Owen (Hamilton, N.J.) and sophomore Mike Saucier (Nashua, N.H.) split the time in goal for the Beavers combining for seven saves.

Roche led the Cougars with two goals and teammates Eugene Arsenault (South Portland, Maine), JC Tsagarakis, and Chris Johnson each tallied one. Sophomore Time Roche (Centerport, N.Y.) had a game high 15 groundballs. Senior goalkeeper Tyler Campbell (Portland, Ore.) played all but the final two minutes of the game making 11 total saves.

The Beavers return to action on Saturday when they visit Springfield College for a Pilgrim League contest at 1pm. Clark will also continue Pilgrim League play on Saturday when they host MIT for an 11am game.