BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior goalkeeper
Walker White (Coral Gables, Fla.) finished with five saves as No. 9 Babson College played to a 0-0 draw with visiting Tufts University in non-conference men's soccer action on Tuesday afternoon at Hartwell-Rogers Field.
Babson, which is unbeaten over its last three matches, moves to 7-3-2 on the year. Tufts is now 6-1-3 on the year and is unbeaten in six consecutive games.
White recorded his seventh clean sheet of the season while his counterpart, Jumbos' sophomore Nikola Antic (Waltham, Mass.) turned away five shots to post his third shutout of the year.
White made his best save of the day in the 36th minute extending his left leg to kick away a shot by senior Liam Gerken (Palos Verdes, Calif.) from inside 10 yards before catching junior Anthony Bhangdia's (Lewisburg, Pa.) header off the rebound to keep the game scoreless. His lone save of the second half came in the 61st minute when he stepped off his line to catch Tufts' senior Sean Traynor's (Rye, N.Y.) shot from the right side of the box.
Babson graduate student
Justin Stone (Cary, N.C.) forced Antic to make a diving save in the 18th minute, and he also handled senior
Ryan Kim's (San Ramon, Calif.) shot from distance in the 26th minute. Antic's best save of the second half came when he tipped senior
Samuel Kalishman's (Rockville, Md.) 30-yard strike over the crossbar in the 70th minute.
The Beavers finished the afternoon with a 13-11 edge in shots and attempted four of the five corner kicks in the contest.
Both teams return to action on Saturday as Babson travels to Salve Regina at 5 p.m., while Tufts hosts Emerson at 1 p.m.
GAME NOTES
• The Beavers are now 9-10-2 all-time against Tufts and each of the last two meetings have ended in a 0-0 deadlock.
• Going back to the 2021 matchup between Babson and the Jumbos, neither team has scored a goal in regulation.
• The Beavers are now 13-2-3 at home going back to the start of last season.