No. 8 Men's Soccer vs. Wheaton
Saturday, October 14 | 1 p.m. 
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 24-20-0 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to 1990.
•    The Beavers have won eight straight and 10 of the last 11 matches against the Lyons going back to 2015, which includes six consecutive victories at home. 
•    Eight of the last 12 games between the sides have been decided by one goal. 

LAST MEETING 
•    Senior Louis Gazo broke a scoreless deadlock with 46 seconds to go in regulation to help the Beavers defeat Wheaton, 1-0, in a NEWMAC Tournament semifinal on November 3, 2022, in Babson Park. 
•    Gazo collected a pass from Mitchell Collins '23 and picked out the upper left corner just minutes after re-entering the game for the Beavers, who got six saves from junior goalkeeper Walker White. 
•    Cam Millington also finished with six saves in the loss for the Lyons. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS 
•    No. 8 Babson (8-3-3, 3-0-0 NEWMAC) in unbeaten over its last five matches after erasing a pair of one-goal deficits in Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Brandeis. 
•    Senior Liam Rhatigan scored in the 64th minute and graduate student Ryan Grund notched his first goal in the 85th minute for the Beavers, who outshot the Judges 21-11 and got four saves from White. 
•    Graduate students Justin Stone (4-1-9) and Sam Morgan (3-3-9) have combined for nine game-winning goals, Rhatigan (4-0-8) has notched three of his markers in the second half and first-year Will Lloyd (2-2-6) is tied for second on the team in assists. 
•    White has started all 14 games and boasts a 0.65 goals against average and a .878 save percentage to go along with seven shutouts. 

SCOUTING THE LYONS
•    Wheaton (3-3-6, 1-0-2 NEWMAC) ended a five-game winless skid with a 2-0 victory over Roger Williams last Sunday. 
•    Avery Dinham opened the scoring in the 63rd minute and picked up an assist on Baden McLaughlin's 80th-minute goal for the Lyons, who got a pair of second-half saves from Michael O'Gara. 
•    Alberto Franceschi (2-2-6) has one game-winning goal, Robert Lloyd has scored twice and Joey Everett has a team-high four assists. 
•    O'Gara (3-1-6) has started 10 of 12 matches and owns a 0.40 goals against average to go along with a .900 save percentage and six clean sheets. 

GAZO EARNS CONFERENCE RECOGNITION
•    After playing all 90 minutes at center back in shutouts against Tufts and Salve Regina, Gazo was chosen as the NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. 
•    In addition to his work defensively, he scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute as the Beavers edged the Seahawks 1-0 last Saturday. 

NEWMAC SUCCESS
•    Babson, which has captured three consecutive NEWMAC Tournament championships, have won 15 straight matches against conference foes going back to October 2021. 
•    Going back to 2018, the Beavers are 24-1-6 in regular season matches against league foes. 

SECOND-HALF SCORING
•    The Beavers have scored 16 goals after halftime this season and are outscoring their foes 16-6 in the second half. 
•    Rhatigan has scored a pair of game-tying goals in the 70th minute or later and Gazo (84th minute at Salve Regina) and first-year Ted Rosenfeld (90th minute at Amherst) have both notched game-winning markers over the final six minutes of regulation. 

MEN WEAR PINK
•    The men's soccer program has teamed up with Fred Hussey '84, Babson Hall of Famer and member of the Beavers' 1979 and 1980 national champion teams George Salvitti '81, and the American Cancer Society in the fight against breast cancer through the Mean Wear Pink campaign.
•    Men Wear Pink campaign ambassadors across the nation are stepping up and using the power of wearing pink to raise funds and draw attention to the breast cancer fight. In fact, every dollar raised helps the American Cancer Society save more lives from breast cancer through early detection and prevention, breakthrough breast cancer discovery and research, and lifesaving patient support.
•    To get involved in the fight against breast cancer, please visit George's donation page. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 4-1-3 at home this season. 
•    Babson is 5-0-1 this fall and is unbeaten over its last 24 matches when scoring two or more goals. 
•    The Green and White is 8-1-2 this year and 20-1-5 since the start of last season when conceding one goal or fewer. 
•    Going back to 2021, the Beavers are 12-2-5 in the month of October. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Springfield at 5 p.m. on Saturday.