Box Score MEDFORD, Mass.--Senior midfielder James Reardon paced the Western New England offense with five points on three goals and two assists, but host Tufts outscored the Golden Bears 10 to 6 in the second half to pull away for a 20-14 non-conference victory in Top-20 men's lacrosse action on Sunday. The No. 9-ranked Jumbos improve to 4-2 on the season, while No. 15 Western New England levels off to 3-3.

Junior attackman Michael Donahue and junior middie Sean Lawton each added two goals and an assist for the Golden Bears, who also got three assists from junior attacker Adam Knapton.

Tufts' Beau Wood led all scorers with six points on three goals and three assists, followed by Chris Schoenhut with four goals, Andrew Fiamengo and Dan Leventhal had a hat trick apiece.

After spotting the hosts a 1-0 lead just 30 seconds after the opening face-off, Donahue and sophomore attacker George Knapp scored 1 minute and 14 seconds apart to give WNE a 2-1 advantage.

Leventhal scored twice during a 3-0 run as Tufts never trailed again, going up 4-2 with 3:26 to go in the first quarter.

Tufts eventually went up 7-4 in the first half before Western New England tied it 8-all on a goal by Lawton who was fed by Reardon at the 3:51 mark of the second.

The Jumbos took a 10-8 lead into the intermission.

Tufts also scored the first five goals of the second half to take control of the game, 15-8 at 7:00 in the third quarter, as Western New England couldn't get closer than five the rest of the way.

Western New England held a slim 38-37 ground balls edge. Junior long-stick middie Nicky Donovan and junior face-off specialist Jesse DeLucca (18-of-37) led the Golden Bears with seven apiece, while Kane Delaney matched that total to top Tufts.

Tufts outshot Western New England 49 to 45, including 30-29 on the cage. Jumbos starting goalkeeper Patton Watkins had four saves and allowed eight goals in 26:49 between the pipes to earn the victory before giving way to Alex Salazar, who stopped 11 shots and gave up six goals over the last 33:11. The Golden Bears' Brandon Body made 10 saves while playing the entire contest.

All three of Western New England's losses this season have come at the hands of Top-10 squads No. 2 Stevenson, No. 4 Rochester Institute of Technology and now the ninth-ranked Jumbos by 19 goals combined.