Box Score BABSON PARK, M.A. – The Skidmore College men's lacrosse team dropped its season opener in a non-conference contest against Babson, 12-5, Saturday afternoon at MacDowell Field.
 
Sophomore Kevin Mulvey led the Thoroughbreds with two goals and one assist. Seth Berger and Henry Thomsett also tallied for Skidmore. In goal, senior Matt Diaco collected a team-high six groundballs and caused a pair of turnovers. He finished the day with 12 saves.
 
Spencer Low scored a career-high five goals for the Beavers, Kyle Barsalou scored twice and Christian Cattaruzza led all players with seven groundballs and three caused turnovers. In goal, Adam Daroff turned away nine shot in the first three quarters of play, and Giles Ober stopped three shots to close out the game for Babson.
 
Mulvey opened the scoring for Skidmore (0-1) just 1:04 into the first quarter, but the lead was short-lived as Babson (1-0) responded with nine unanswered tallies to build a 9-1 halftime lead.
 
Barsalou and Low each scored twice in the opening period to help the Beavers go ahead 5-1 after 15 minutes. Packer and Harrison scored just 38 seconds apart early in the second quarter to make it a six-goal game, and senior Craig Jerabeck sophomore Brendan Coan (Towson, Md.) tacked on goals before the break.
 
The Thoroughbreds got goals from Berger and Thomsett around Low's third tally of the game to cut the deficit to 10-3 after three quarters. Mulvey scored 2:35 into the fourth quarter and then assisted on Jack Metzler's first career goal to make it 10-5 with 8:34 left in the game.
 
That was as close as Skidmore would get though, as Low redirected a shot past Diaco at the 5:55 mark, and then notched his last goal of the day while falling to the ground after a Thoroughbreds turnover with 1:08 remaining for the final margin.
 
Senior Adam Daroff (Pepper Pike, Ohio) made nine saves over the first three quarters to earn his first collegiate victory, while first-year Giles Ober (Southborough, Mass.) stopped three shots in the fourth quarter for Babson.
 
The Beavers outshot Skidmore 36-29 and held a 40-31 edge in groundballs.
 
The Thoroughbreds host SUNY Potsdam in their home opener Saturday, Mar. 1 at 3:30 p.m.
 

                         Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)
                      The Automated ScoreBook For Lacrosse
      Skidmore College vs Babson College (Feb 22, 2014 at Babson Park, MA)
                Skidmore College (0-1) vs. Babson College (1-0)
Date: Feb 22, 2014  Location: Babson Park, MA       Stadium: MacDowell Field    
Attendance:325   Start time:2:00pm    End time:3:49pm    Total time:1:49   
 
SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Skidmore College....  1  0  2  2 -  5
Babson College......  5  4  1  2 - 12
 
Skidmore College SCORING: GOALS: Kevin Mulvey 2; Jack Metzler 1; Henry
Thomsett 1; Seth Berger 1.
ASSISTS: Jack Metzler 1; Kevin Mulvey 1.
 
Babson College SCORING: GOALS: Spencer Low 5; Kyle Barsalou 2; John
Harrison 1; Alex Packer 1; Brendan Coan 1; Nathan Feldman 1; Craig
Jerabeck 1.
ASSISTS: John Harrison 3; Alex Bunick 1; Spencer Low 1; Alex Packer 1;
Mauricio Palazzi 1; Alex Youngwall 1.
 
Skidmore College GROUND BALLS: Matt Diaco 6; Sam Christiansen 5; Brock
Bakewell 4; Jack Metzler 3; Kevin Mulvey 3; Quinn Hawkins 2; Richie
Davis 1; Jesse Evensky 1; Jack Howat 1; Alex Lanni 1; Dylan
Pailes-Friedma 1; Aaron Srebnik 1; Andre Stone 1; Henry Thomsett 1.
 
Babson College GROUND BALLS: Christian Cattaruzza 7; Scott Doten 4;
John Harrison 3; Craig Jerabeck 3; Kyle Barsalou 2; Alex Bunick 2;
Zach Cattaruzza 2; Brendan Coan 2; Thomas Daly 2; Benjamin Katz 2;
Mauricio Palazzi 2; Brett Rosen 2; Zach Bastarache 1; Adam Daroff 1;
Nathan Feldman 1; Matthew Logan 1; Giles Ober 1; Alex Packer 1; Cam
Spofford 1.
 
Skidmore College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Matt Diaco 2; Aaron Srebnik 2;
Jesse Evensky 1; Sean Fosse 1; Connor Hunter 1; Jack Metzler 1; Andre
Stone 1.
Babson College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Christian Cattaruzza 3; Alex Bunick
1; Zach Cattaruzza 1; Brendan Coan 1; Connor D'Amelia 1; Scott Doten
1; Brett Rosen 1.
 
SHOTS - Skidmore College 29; Babson College 36.
SHOTS ON GOAL - Skidmore College 17; Babson College 24.
 
PENALTIES - Skidmore College 3/2:30; Babson College 1/1:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - Skidmore College 0-1; Babson College 0-3.
 
TURNOVERS - Skidmore College 26; Babson College 23.
 
FACEOFFS - Skidmore College 9-20; Babson College 11-20.
 
CLEARS - Skidmore College 17-24; Babson College 12-14.
 
GOALIES - SKIDMORE: Matt Diaco 0-1 (60:00 minutes, 24 shots-12 saves,
12 GA); BAB: Adam Daroff 1-0 (45:00, 12-9, 3) , Giles Ober (15:00,
5-3, 2).