Women's Soccer at Springfield
Wednesday, October 25 | 7 p.m. 
Brock-Affleck Field | Springfield, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 7-19-5 all-time against Springfield in a series that dates back to 1998. 
•    The Beavers are looking for their first win in the series since 2018 and their first road victory over the Pride since 2017.
•    The Green and White is 2-1-3 in six visits to Springfield since 2013, which includes a 0-0 2OT draw in 2021. 

LAST MEETING
•    Kaleigh Dale converted a penalty kick in each half to help Springfield defeat the Beavers, 2-1, on October 12, 2022, in Babson Park. 
•    Dale opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and scored the go-ahead goal less than 12 minutes into the second half for the Pride, which got nine saves from A. Harper. 
•    Sophomore Meredith Greeley scored in the 30th minute for the Beavers, who got five saves from Morgan Fedosiewich '23 and finished with a 21-15 edge in shots. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (9-5-2, 7-1-1 NEWMAC) has won three straight games and is coming off a 3-2 victory at Salve Regina last Saturday. 
•    Junior Jordyn Ferrantino scored in the 25th minute and senior Olivia Maltbie struck in the 64th minute for the Beavers, who also took advantage of an own goal early in the second half. 
•    Ferrantino (9-2-18) is tied for the conference lead in goals and ranks second in points, graduate student Morgan Krauss (4-5-13) is tied for third in the NEWMAC in assists and Maltbie (5-1-11) is tied for 12th in Division III with five game-winning goals. 
•    Junior goalkeeper Nora Ryan (3-0-0), who has started the last three matches, owns a 1.50 goals against average and a .818 save percentage in five appearances this fall. 

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
•    Springfield (8-4-3, 6-2-1 NEWMAC) is unbeaten in two straight matches and is coming off a 2-0 win at Wellesley last Saturday. 
•    Kayla McGrath scored a pair of first half-goals and Taryn Ryan made 12 saves for the Pride, which was outshot 24-16. 
•    McGrath (7-1-15) ranks fourth in the league in goals and points, Jen Walker (4-3-11) has scored three times in NEWMAC play and Meredith Healy (3-5-11) is tied for third in the conference in assists. 
•    Ryan has gone 6-4-3 in 13 starts and owns a 1.25 goals against average and a .815 save percentage to go along with five shutouts. 

FERRANTINO EARNS CONFERENCE RECOGNITION
•    After scoring the opening goal in wins over both No. 9 MIT and Salve Regina, Ferrantino was selected as the NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. 
•    She has scored seven goals over the last nine matches and has at least one point in six of the nine contests. 

POSTSEASON PUSH
•    Entering the final week of the regular season, the top four teams in the NEWMAC – MIT (24), Babson (22), Emerson (20) and Springfield (19) - are just separated by five points.
•    The Beavers have already clinched a home game in next Tuesday's NEWMAC quarterfinals but can finish anywhere from first to fourth depending their results against Springfield on Wednesday and against Clark on Saturday. 

THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
•    Maltbie has scored in each of the Beavers' three straight wins with all of the goals coming in the 63rd minute or later. 

CONFERENCE SUCCESS
•    Babson is 18-4-6 against NEWMAC foes going back to October 13, 2021, which includes the Beavers going 10-1-3 on the road in conference play. 
•    The Green and White is unbeaten in its last eight conference road matches (7-0-1) since suffering a 1-0 loss at MIT on October 5, 2022. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 7-0-2 this season when taking a lead into halftime. 
•    The Beavers are 7-0-1 this fall and have lost just once over their last 23 matches when conceding one goal or fewer. 
•    The Green and White's five wins in the month of October are its most since going 6-1-2 back in 2017.
•    Babson is 7-2-2 on the year when scoring the opening goal of the match. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers host Clark in their regular season finale on Saturday at 1 p.m.