Men's Lacrosse vs. Roger Williams
Wednesday, February 19 | 3:30 p.m.
MacDowell Field | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 10-1 all-time against Roger Williams in a series that dates back to 1990.
• The Beavers have won the last four meetings between the programs since 2015, which includes scoring three goals over the final 55 seconds to rally for a one-goal victory in the last matchup at MacDowell Field two years ago.
• The Hawks' lone win the in series came back in 2014 in Babson Park.

LAST MEETING
• Samuel Mishkind '19 and junior Ethan Carpenter both scored three times as Babson defeated Roger Williams, 11-2, in the season opener for both teams on February 22, 2019, in Bristol, R.I.
• Brendan Duffy '19 finished with two goals and one assist, junior John Antaya scooped up four ground balls and senior goaltender Christopher Aranalde made 10 saves for the Beavers.
• Junior Tim Mullane and Chris Bova both had a goal for the Hawks, who got 15 saves from Weston Nolan.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS
• Roger Williams (0-0) returns 31 players from a team that finished 12-7 overall and reached the CCC Tournament semifinals last season.
• Junior Jude Marzec (30-26-56), Mullane (32-23-55) and junior Jared Grier (39-11-50) are three of four players that finished with better than 50 points last spring for the Hakws, who averaged 11.00 goals.
• Senior Brian Brockwell scooped up 63 ground balls and caused a team-high 40 turnovers last spring, while junior Connor Hillemeir won 62.2 percent of his faceoffs and picked up 93 ground balls.
• Juniors Ryan Bannon and Henry Weld combined to play just over 42 minutes between the pipes in 2019, allowing eight goals on 16 shots.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (0-0) brings back 27 players from a team that finished 8-9 overall after suffering a one-goal loss in the NEWMAC Tournament quarterfinals.
• Despite the loss of their top scorer, the Beavers bring back six of their top eight point producers highlighted by the return of senior Owen Allen (30-14-44), Carpenter (15-12-27) and junior Mason O'Hanlon (15-8-23).
• Antaya (44 GB, 18 CT) and junior Jack Tague, who scooped up 43 ground balls and caused a team-high 25 turnovers, both return to anchor the defense after earning all-conference honors last spring, while sophomore Jack Gregory won 46.2 percent of his faceoffs as a rookie.
• A three-year starter for the Green and White, Aranalde posted a 9.66 goals against average and .531 save percentage while stopping a career-high 165 shots last spring.

TESTS ALONG THE WAY
• The Beavers have set up a challenging 2020 slate that includes a pair of teams that are currently ranked in the USILA Division III poll (No. 11 Union, No. 16 St. Lawrence) and five others that are receiving votes.
• Babson will face four NESCAC foes, four of the top five teams in last year's Liberty League standings, and two of the top three teams in the CCC.

MIDDLE MEN
• Coming off last year's fifth-place finish, the Green and White was tabbed to finish fourth when the NEWMAC released its annual coaches' poll last week.
• Defending tournament champion Springfield collected five first-place to finish atop the poll, while Coast Guard and MIT came in second and third, respectively.

CLOSE CALLS
• Of Babson's losses last season, five came by three goals or less and four of them were by a single tally.
• The Beavers' four losses in NEWMAC play came by a total of just six goals.

BEAVER BITES
• Seniors Luke Talman and Owen Peterson both finished with three caused turnovers in Babson's 2018 win over Roger Williams.
• Last year's 11-2 triumph over the Hawks helped now-second-year head coach Rocky Batty become the first coach since Bill Cole in 1995 to win his Babson debut.
• Allen enters his final season with the program ranked 19th on the Beavers' all-time scoring list with 73 goals and 34 assists for 107 points.

NUMBER TO KNOW
• The Beavers have won their season opener in three consecutive seasons going back to 2017.