Men's Lacrosse Overwhelms Mass Maritime, 18-3
BABSON PARK, Mass. – First-year Alex Patinkin (Providence, R.I.) scored four goals and assisted three others to lead the host Babson College Beavers to an impressive 18-3 victory over the visiting Massachusetts Maritime Academy Bucaneers in a Pilgrim League men’s lacrosse contest at MacDowell Field on Saturday afternoon. With their sixth win in their last eight games, the Beavers improved to 7-5 overall and 2-1 in the conference, while Mass Maritime fell to 2-9 overall and 0-3 in the Pilgrim League.
Patinkin led all players with seven points, while sophomore Cam Caruso (St. Charles, Ill.) added two goals and one assist for the hosts. Sophomore Paul Grip (Shrewsbury, Mass.), junior Andrew Packer (Hudson, Ohio), and first-year Ben Jette (Old Lyme, Conn.) chipped in with two goals apiece for the Beavers, while juniors Ryan Kucinski (Cohassett, Mass.) and Brad Simpson (Neenah, Wisc.) each netted their first goal of the season in the victory. Senior captain Mike saucier (Nashua, N.H.) played the first half in net and made six saves for Babson, and first-years Jay Whalen (Westwood, Mass.) and Ryan Lee (Wallingford, Conn.) played a quarter each, making five and three saves, respectively.
Sophomore Will Doucette (Manchester, Mass.) tallied one goal, one assist, and five groundballs to pace Mass Maritime, while senior captain Connor Burke (Del Mar, Calif.) and junior Chris Davis (Cohasset, Mass.) added one goal apiece. Senior captain James Hitchings (Dover, Mass.) made 16 saves in three quarters of play in net for the Buccaneers, while junior Ryan Delaney (Whitman, Mass.) stopped two shots in the final 15 minutes.
Babson never trailed in the contest, scoring six straight goals, including two by Patinkin, in the first 10 minutes to build an early 6-0 lead. Burke scored with 3:09 left in the first to cut Mass Maritime’s deficit to five, but Patinkin scored the first of four unanswered Beaver goals in the second to give the hosts a commanding 10-1 advantage at the half. Senior captain Max Artz (Gates Mills, Ohio), Patinkin, and first-year Jamie Schmidt (Shelburne, Vt.) would all add to the lead with goals in the third as Babson surged ahead, 13-1, en route to the eventual 18-3 victory.
