HOBOKEN, N.J. – Senior attack Mike Baumbach (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) scored five goals, including four straight in the second half to lead Stevens Institute of Technology to an 11-4 win over Swarthmore College on Saturday in a non-conference men’s lacrosse game at DeBaun Field. The game was the season-opener for the Ducks.
Stevens snapped a tie game midway through the third quarter and scored the final seven goals of the game. Swarthmore drops to 1-1.
Swarthmore junior Joe DeSimone scored with 9:22 left in the third quarter to tie the game at 4-4. Baumbach then scored three straight goals in a span of three minutes in the third quarter to help Stevens take control. Junior attack Brian Lalli (Cranbury, N.J./Princeton) assisted on the first two goals. Baumbach added his fourth straight goal with 7:00 left in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to four. Junior midfielder Erik Reckdenwald (Glen Aubrey, N.Y./Whitney Point) added a man-down goal before junior attack Matt Kuppe (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley) closed out the scoring with a pair of goals in the final four minutes.
Kuppe, who finished with four goals and one assist, also scored consecutive goals in the first quarter to help Stevens erase a 2-1 deficit.
Swarthmore held early leads of 1-0 and 2-1 on goals by sophomore attack Jeff Donlea and sophomore midfielder Tim Chryssikos.
Stevens held a 38-31 advantage in shots. Junior goalkeeper Matt Cannon (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) stopped 12 shots for the Ducks. Sophomore Ryan Croken made 16 saves for the Garnet Tide.
Stevens is next in action on Wednesday, March 5, with a 3:30 p.m. Knickerbocker Conference game at CCNY.
STEVENS 11, SWARTHMORE 4
First Quarter
12:56 SW (0-1) Jeff Donlea (Joe DeSimone)
12:10 ST (1-1) Rich Benson (Brian Lalli)
9:57 SW (1-2) Tim Chryssikos
6:51 ST (2-2) Matt Kuppe
0:25 ST (3-2) Matt Kuppe (Rich Benson)
Second Quarter
12:17 ST (4-2) Mike Baumbach (Matt Kuppe)
7:40 SW (4-3) Than Court (John Murphy)
Third Quarter
9:22 SW (4-4) Joe DeSimone
6:57 ST (5-4) Mike Baumbach (Brian Lalli)
4:56 ST (6-4) Mike Baumbach (Brian Lalli)
3:56 ST (7-4) Mike Baumbach (Rich Benson)
Fourth Quarter
7:00 ST (8-4) Mike Baumbach (Chris Sinicola)
4:49 ST (9-4) Erik Reckdenwald
3:42 ST (10-4) Matt Kuppe
1:18 ST (11-4) Matt Kuppe
SHOTS: Swarthmore 38; Stevens 31
SAVES: Swarthmore (Ryan Croken) 16; Stevens (Matt Cannon) 12
SCORING (Goals-Assists): Swarthmore – Joe DeSimone (1-1),
Jeff Donlea (1-0), Tim Chryssikos (1-0), Than Court (1-0),
John Murphy (0-1); Stevens – Mike Baumbach (5-0), Matt Kuppe (4-1),
Rich Benson (1-2), Brian Lalli (0-3), Erik Rekdenwald (1-0),
Chris Sinicola (0-1).
