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

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 9-10-1 all-time against Tufts in a series that dates back to 1965.
•    The teams have split three meetings since 2019 with both sides earning a victory in Babson Park in addition to last year's draw in Medford, Mass. 
•    The Beavers and Jumbos have played five times since 2017 after not matching up between 2001-16. 

LAST MEETING
•    Junior goalkeeper Walker White made two saves to help Babson battle to a 0-0 draw with Tufts on September 27, 2022, in Medford. 
•    Erik Lauta turned away a then-season-high eight shots for the Jumbos. 
•    The Beavers finished with a 17-10 edge in shots, which included a 9-2 margin in shots on frame. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 18 Babson (7-3-1) has won two straight and five of its last six games after defeating Emerson, 3-0, on Saturday in Boston. 
•    Graduate student Justin Stone scored twice and first-year Will Lloyd tallied for the second time on the season for the Beavers, who erupted for all three goals over the first 17 minutes of the second half. 
•    Graduate student Sam Morgan (3-3-9) leads the team in assists and points, Stone (4-0-8) has scored three game-winning goals, and senior Liam Rhatigan (3-0-6) has notched a pair of game-tying markers beyond the 74th minute. 
•    White has started all 11 matches and boasts a 0.64 goals against average and a .881 save percentage to go along with six shutouts, which is tied for sixth among Division III goalkeepers. 

SCOUTING THE JUMBOS
•    Tufts (6-1-2) is unbeaten over its last five matches following Saturday's 3-2 victory at Colby. 
•    Ethan Feigin had a goal and an assist and Liam Gerken and Bijan Akhtarzandi-Das both added first-half tallies as the Jumbos built a three-goal lead in the 41st minute before holding off a late Mules' rally.
•    Feigin (4-3-11) has a point in six of the first nine games, Sean Traynor (3-2-8) and Taylor Feinberg (3-0-6) both have recorded one game-winning goal, and Mateo Bargagna (1-4-6) has registered three assists over his last three outings. 
•    Nikola Antic has started all nine matches and owns a 0.95 goals against average and a .789 save percentage for a Tufts defense that has kept four clean sheets. 

450 AND COUNTING
•    Babson head coach Jon Anderson '75 became the 14th coach in Division III history to reach the 450-win milestone thanks to his squad's 3-0 victory at Emerson on Saturday. 
•    Anderson, who owns a career record of 450-200-81 for a .671 winning percentage, is currently fifth among active Division III coaches in wins. 

SPREADING OUT THE POINTS
•    Four different players produced a goal and eight different players collected at least one point in last week's road wins over No. 3 Amherst and Emerson. 
•    First-year Ted Rosenfield notched his first collegiate goal at the 89:55 mark to help the Beavers snap Amherst's 23-game unbeaten streak on Wednesday, while graduate student Ryan Grund picked up an assist in both matches. 
•    Seniors Joseph Cardaropoli and Samuel Kalishman also recorded their first assists of the season giving the Beavers 16 players with at least one point on the year. 

SOMETHING IN COMMON
•    Babson and Tufts share a pair of common opponents as both sides faced Connecticut College and Amherst in the opening month of the season. 
•    The Beavers bounced back from a 2-1 defeat to Connecticut College with last Wednesday's 2-1 triumph over the Mammoths, while Tufts played to a 1-1 draw with the Camels on September 9 and was handed its only loss of the year in a 3-1 defeat to Amherst on September 17.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
•    Despite having its 13-game home unbeaten streak snapped by Connecticut College on September 23, the Beavers are 13-2-1 at Hartwell-Rogers Field going back to the start of last season, which includes a 6-2-1 mark against non-conference foes. 
•    In 49 matches dating back to the start of the 2018 campaign, the Green and White is 34-8-7 at home. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 5-0 this season and have won 23 straight games when scoring at least two goals going back to the start of the 2021 campaign. 
•    Babson is 19-1-4 when conceding one goal or fewer since the start of last year. 
•    The Green and White is 11-2-3 over the last two seasons in the month of October. 
•    The Beavers have outscored their opponents 13-4 in the second half this season.