PHOTO BY JON ENDOW
Babson will make its first NCAA Division III men s lacrosse tournament appearance since 1979 when it plays No. 1-ranked Tufts in the first round Saturday.
Forty-Two Years Later, Babson is Back in the NCAA Tournament
Fri May 14 2021 | Nelson Rice | College
The callouts to 1979 in and around the Babson men’s lacrosse team are constant.
Since Rocky Batty’s first season as the Beavers’ head coach in 2019, one player has worn the number 79 every year. There’s the “79 Bucket,” an old-school helmet given to the player each week who demonstrates the grit and toughness the team wants to exude. Members of the class of 1979 talk to the team on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. Batty even had the date printed on the back inside collar of every Babson jersey.