BRISTOL, R.I.— Graduate student Jared Rainville (Watertown, Conn.) and senior Topher Bower (Chicago, Ill.) combined for 15 points and No. 19/20 Babson College rattled off 10 unanswered goals to end the first quarter and begin the second on the way to defeating Roger Williams University, 20-10, in the men's lacrosse season opener for both schools Saturday afternoon at Bayside Field.

Babson (1-0) won its season opener for the eighth consecutive season while Roger Williams starts the year at 0-1.

Rainville finished with a game-high five goals and two assists while Bower contributed two goals and a game-high six assists for the Beavers. First-year Seamus Rooney (Bay Shore, N.Y.) registered four goals and two assists in his collegiate debut, junior Colt Bordonaro (Portland, Ore.) notched two goals and two assists, and senior Ford Carney (Garden City, N.Y.) was good for a goal and a pair of assists in the win. The Beavers also got two goals each from seniors Jacob Tauss (San Marcos, Calif.) and Christian Brofft (Pottstown, Pa.).

The Green and White dominated the faceoff X, winning 28 of the 33 draws. Graduate student James Turco (Woodbury, N.Y.) won 15-of-16 attempts and picked up eight ground balls while senior Grey Sunderland (Bellevue, Wash.) won 13-of-17 and scooped up eight GBs. Senior Bryan Hanley (Plainview, N.Y.) finished with four saves in goal in the win.

Graduate student Kevin Murphy (Ramsey, N.J.) led the Hawks with three goals and an assist, senior Matt Hemmert (Braintree, Mass.) added two goals and a helper, and first-year Riley Spellman (Manchester, N.H.) notched two goals in his collegiate debut. Senior Brian Gazard (Ashland, Mass.) and junior Ryan Venditti (Farmington, Conn.) tallied a goal and an assist each and junior James Dearborn (East Williston, N.Y.) picked up a team-high three ground balls.

The Beavers got off to a slow start, trailing 4-2 after the first 8-plus minutes of the game. Rainville and Bower tallied back-to-back goals to tie the score and start the 10-goal spurt, and Bordonaro, Rainville and Rooney fired in goals to put the visitors up 7-4 after one frame.

Rooney scored his second straight goal from Bower to open the second quarter before Rainville, Brofft, Bordonaro and Tauss ripped four goals in a span of a minute and 23 seconds to extend the lead to 12-4. Halpin stopped the bleeding with a goal for RWU but Brofft scored again for Babson just before the end of the half and Rooney and Rainville tacked on man-up goals to start the third quarter as the Beaver lead grew to 15-5.

The teams alternated two goals each over the remainder of the third quarter and two more apiece in the first five minutes of the fourth as Babson coasted to the victory.

The Beavers finished with a 63-28 advantage in shots and a 44-25 margin in ground balls. Babson was 2-for-4 in man-up situations while Roger Wiliams was 1-for-3.

The Beavers are back in action next Saturday, February 24, at No. 12/9 Union with a 3 p.m. matchup in Schenectady, N.Y. Roger Williams visits Salve Regina on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. opening faceoff.

GAME NOTES
• Babson has won its last eight games against Roger Williams and is 14-1 all-time in a series that dates back to 1990.
• The Beavers reached the 20-goal barrier after scoring at least 20 goals three times last season.
• Barlow matched his career high of seven points, established when he tallied four goals and three assists in a 17-13 loss to Springfield on April 2, 2022.
• The 28 face-off wins for the Green and White are the most in a game in the last 15 years, eclipsing the 27-4 mark achieved in a 20-8 victory over New England College on March 11, 2015.