LEWISTON, Maine -- Jake Haase scored seven goals to lead the visiting No. 16 Williams College Ephs to a 21-8 win over the Bates men's lacrosse team Saturday afternoon at Garcelon Field. 

The Ephs (5-3, 4-1 NESCAC) scored the first eight goals of the game, including six in the first quarter, to grab the lead and never look back.

Senior captain Jack Lousararian (Mansfield, Mass.) got the Bobcats (0-8, 0-5 NESCAC) on the board with 7:35 remaining in the second quarter on an unassisted tally. Then sophomore Wil Masterson (York, Maine) found first-year Ben Miller (Scarsdale, N.Y.) and the long pole scored his first collegiate goal, trimming the deficit to 8-2 with 7:21 left in the second.

But Haase and Calvin Caputo scored back-to-back goals and the Ephs once again led by eight at halftime. 

Senior captain Jackson Sell (Mill Valley, Calif.) got the scoring started in the third quarter with an unassisted man-up goal and the Bobcats trailed 10-3. That's as close as Bates got, as the Ephs ripped off seven unanswered goals to put the game out of reach. The Ephs scored an impressive nine goals in the third quarter, with Haase scoring three of them, including the tally to put Williams up 17-3 with 5:47 left in the quarter.

Junior Malcolm Klingbeil (Powell, Ohio) broke up the run with a man-up goal from distance on an assist from Lousararian with 5:05 to go in the third quarter. 

The Bobcats outscored Williams 3-2 in the fourth quarter, with Masterson finding Lousararian with 14:20 left in regulation for the latter's second goal of the contest. Then first-years Bobby Conroy (Kirkwood, Mo.) and Denzel Evans (Baltimore, Md.) scored their first collegiate goals to round out the scoring for the Bobcats.

Williams won the face-off battle 18-13 and the ground ball battle 39-28. Noah Dewbrey won 14-20 face-offs and recorded a game-high nine ground balls for the Ephs.

Pearse Glavin (four goals, four assists) matched Haase (seven goals, one assist) to pace the visitors on the attack. Seven different players scored for Bates, with Lousararian (two goals, one assist) and Sell (one goal, one assist) leading the way.

Matt Freitas made nine saves in 30 minutes in goal to earn the win for the Ephs. Sophomore Spencer Wood (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) made 11 saves in 45 minutes for Bates. In addition to his goal, Miller led Bates in ground balls with six on the afternoon. 

The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday at 7pm when they host rival Bowdoin at Garcelon Field.