Men's Soccer 10/3/2022 12:00:00 AM

Game Preview: No. 18 Men's Soccer vs. Suffolk

No. 18 Men's Soccer vs. Suffolk
Tuesday, October 4 | 3:30 p.m.
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson and Suffolk will meet for the second year in a row and just the third time overall on Tuesday in a series that dates back to 2006.
• The Beavers are 1-0-1 all-time against the Rams.

LAST MEETING
• The Beavers and Suffolk battled to a 0-0 2OT draw on October 5, 2021, in Babson Park.
• Itai Rubin '22 made two saves for the Beavers, who finished with a 28-7 edge in shots.
• Tom Bennett and Alfredo Serrano Figueroa combined to stop seven shots for the Rams.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 18 Babson (6-2-2) is unbeaten over its last three matches and is coming off a 2-0 victory against Clark on Saturday.
• Graduate student Ben Williams struck for a pair of second-half goals for the Beavers, who recorded their second consecutive shutout.
• Williams (6-1-13) leads the team with three game-winning markers, junior Shamar Rainford (3-1-7) is tied for second on the team in goals, and graduate student Ryan Goss (1-5-7) and sophomore Louis Gazo (2-3-7) have combined for eight assists on the year.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Walker White has started all 10 matches and owns a 1.06 goals against average to go along with a .714 save percentage and two clean sheets.

SCOUTING THE RAMS
• Suffolk (6-3-2) had its three-game winning streak that included victories over MIT and Endicott snapped in a 1-0 loss to Roger Williams on Saturday.
• Xander Balog finished with five saves for the Rams, who conceded for the first time in four matches just 1:40 into the contest.
• First-year Carter Van Buskirk (3-2-8) leads the team in scoring, while sophomore Taj Jensen (2-2-6) and junior Brady Sorenson (2-1-5) are two of five players with two goals on the year.
• Balog has started all 11 games and boasts a 0.82 goals against average and a .813 save percentage to go along with five shutouts.

WILLIAMS, WALKER SWEEP NEWMAC WEEKLY HONORS
• Williams was selected as the league's offensive player of the week, while Walker claimed NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Week accolades on Monday.
• Williams recorded his second brace of the year and now has 26 career goals during his time at Bryant and Babson.
• Walker finished the week with three saves on the way to picking up the first weekly award of his career.

CREATIVE BUNCH
• Goss is tied for the NEWMAC lead with five assists, while senior Mitchell Collins and junior Liam Rhatigan are tied for third in the league with four assists apiece.
• Gazo's three assists have him tied for fifth in the conference and both senior Ryan Grund and junior Ryan Kim have helped set up a pair of goals this fall giving the Beavers six players with multiple assists through their first 10 matches.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers are 3-1-1 at Hartwell-Rogers this season and have gone 24-7-6 at home since the start of the 2018 campaign.
• Babson is 4-0 on the year and has won its last 13 matches when leading at halftime dating back to October 2019.
• The Green and White is 17-0-1 over the last two seasons when scoring the first goal of the match.
• The Beavers are 6-0 on the year and have won their last 13 games when scoring at least two goals.

UP NEXT
• Babson wraps up a three-game homestand on Saturday when it hosts Coast Guard at 1 p.m.

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