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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Bowdoin Men's Lacrosse Dominates Second Half to Pull Away From Babson

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College men's lacrosse team scored the first six goals of the second half to pull away from Babson in an eventual 12-6 win on Tuesday evening at Ryan Field.

The 14th-ranked Polar Bears extend their win streak to six games and improve to 6-1 overall on the season. Babson falls to 1-6 on the year with the setback.

Game Highlights
  • The teams traded goals in a low-scoring first half
  • Babson grabbed a 3-2 lead on a man-up goal from Spencer Low with 5:48 remaining in the first half
  • Bowdoin was able to even the score 2:11 before the break as Matthew Crowell put home an unassisted goal to deadlock the contest at 3-3 heading into halftime
  • Peter Reuter scored consecutive goals in the third quarter to spark Bowdoin's decisive run
  • Daniel Buckman gave the Polar Bears a 6-3 lead late in the third quarter and Shawn Daly scored three straight goals to open the fourth quarter as Bowdoin extended its lead to 9-3 with under ten minutes to go
  • Babson stemmed the tide with a goal from Samuel Mishkind with 6:53 remaining, cutting the lead to 9-4
  • Bowdoin put the game on ice with three straight scores to lead by as many as eight goals en route to the win
By The Numbers
  • Sam Carlin dominated on the faceoff dot for Bowdoin, winning 16 of 17 to control possession for the Polar Bears
  • Daly finished with a game-high four goals while Reuter, Crowell, Buckman and Wright each had two goals and an assist for Bowdoin
  • Axel Brown had a goal and an assist to lead the Babson scoring
  • Peter Mumford made  13 saves in the victory for Bowdoin while Jordan Shapiro stopped 11 for Babson
Up Next
  • Bowdoin will return to action Saturday with a game at home against Trinity at 2:00 p.m.
  • Babson hosts Springfield on Saturday at noon in its next contest

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