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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Fourth-ranked Middlebury College led 10-2 in the fourth quarter, but had to fend off Bates College for a 10-6 New England Small College Athletic Conference men's lacrosse victory Saturday afternoon.

Middlebury (12-1, 9-0 NESCAC) claims the regular season crown and will host the semifinals and championship games next Saturday and Sunday at Youngman Field.

Bates (5-10, 1-8 NESCAC) took a quick 1-0 lead, but Middlebury scored twice to take a 2-1 lead with 6:44 remiaing in the opening quarter. Gabriel Belsky (Avon, Conn.) would knot the game at 2-2 with a goal with just 24 seconds left to play in the quarter.

Middlebury would pull away with three goals in the final 5:11 of the second quarter to take a 5-2 advantage into the break.

The Panthers found the back of the goal four times in the third quarter to jump out to a 9-2 lead and would score the first goal of the final stanza to bump the lead to 10-2.

Charley Howe led Middlebury with three goals. Mike Saraceni scored a goal and assisted on three others. Eric Krieger made 13 saves for the Panthers.

Six Bobcats scored goals, led by Scott Duddy's (Concord, N.H.) goal and assist.  Mark Dobbyn (Warren, R.I.) recorded 12 saves in the cage for the 'Cats.