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RIT Men's Lacrosse vs Grove City on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at Judson Stadium. RIT Men's Lacrosse game vs. Grove City. (Mikaela Engstrom/RIT Sports Network).
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RIT RIT 3-1
16
Winner Babson BABSON 3-0
RIT RIT
3-1
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Final
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Babson BABSON
3-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
RIT RIT 3 3 2 4 12
Babson BABSON 4 5 5 2 16

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

No. 4 Men's Lacrosse loses 16-12 to No. 20 Babson

SCHENECTDAY, N.Y. – RIT junior Erich Acton tallied two goals and two assists in the No. 4 Tigers 16-12 loss to No. 20 Babson, Saturday.
 
Sophomore Ryan Bullock tallied two goals, and an assist and first-year Evan Lyon scored two goals. Sophomore Ryan Sanders finished with a goal and two assists and senior Ethan Harkins tallied a goal and an assist.
 
First-year Philip Minardo won 8-of-18 draws and had seven ground balls. Senior Ethan Spillane won 7-of-14 faceoffs and had two ground balls. Junior Joe Holenstein caused four turnovers and had four ground balls and senior goalie Alex Zborowski made 13 saves in net.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Patrick McAleavey scored 59 seconds into the game to give Babson a 1-0 lead.
  • Bullock tied the game at 1-1 on his unassisted goal.
  • Braden Reilly scored a man-up goal to give the Beavers a 2-1 lead.
  • Lyon scored with 9:20 to play in the first quarter to tie the score 2-2.
  • Joey Allen scored two straight goals to give Babson a 4-2 lead and Lyon tallied his second goal of the quarter with 36 second remaining that cut Babson's lead to 4-3.
  • Bullock scored early in the second quarter to tie the game at 4-4.
  • Babson ran off three straight goals, taking a 7-4 lead on Jack Feeks' goal with 10:03 remaining in the first half.
  • First year Ewen Patrick cut Babson's lead to 7-5 on his goal with 9:12 remaining followed by a Camden Matthews goal midway through the quarter to give Babson an 8-5 lead.
  • Acton scored off an assist from Harkins to make it 8-6 and Matthews scored with 4:13 to play to give the Beavers a 9-6 lead at halftime.
  • McAleavey opened the second half scoring with a goal with 12:44 to play in the third to extend Babson's lead to 10-6.
  • Sanders cut Babson's lead to 10-7 on his goal with 11:03 to play in the third quarter.
  • Allen and Matthews scored back-to-back goals for the Beavers to extend its lead to 12-7 with 6:25 to play in the third.
  • First year Anthony DeRosa scored to cut Babson's lead to 12-8, but Babson ran off two straight goals, taking a 14-8 lead on Allen's goal with 2:11 to play in the third.
  • Senior Cole Teeple scored early in the fourth quarter to cut the Beaver's lead to 14-9.
  • Sam Sisk scored to give Babson a 15-9 lead before Acton scored off an assist from Sanders to make it a five-goal deficit.
  • Grayson Amrosh gave Babson a 16-10 lead on his goal with 8:29 to play in regulation.
  • Harkins scored with 3:08 to play and junior David Charney scored with 30 seconds to play to make it a 16-12 final.
 
GAME NOTES:
  • RIT outshot Babson 53-45.
  • The Tigers went 17-of-20 on clearing attempts and 0-for-1 on man-up.
  • RIT won 15-of-32 faceoffs.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
RIT returns to action on Wednesday (March 7) against Geneseo at 7:00 p.m.