Men's Soccer vs. Saint Joseph's (Maine)
Friday, September 1 | 3 p.m. 
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY 
•    Babson is 1-0-1 all-time against Saint Joseph's in a series that dates back to 2014. 
•    Each of the two previous matches have been played in Babson Park (2014, 2016). 
•    Friday's contest marks the second time the Beavers and Monks have opened the season against each other. Babson opened the 2014 campaign with a 3-1 victory over Saint Joseph's. 

LAST MEETING
•    Brett Mattos, Daulton Gaumer, Rory Twomey and Noah Robinson all converted penalty kicks to help Saint Joseph's advance past the Beavers in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on November 12, 2016, in Babson Park. 
•    Ian Fromhein '18 and Joe McWeeney '17 buried penalties for Babson, which lost the shootout 4-2 after the teams played to a scoreless draw over 110 minutes. 
•    Austin Mankouski '20 finished with two saves for the Green and White, while Blake Mullen turned away seven shots during regulation and overtime before making another save in penalties. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (0-0) returns six players that started at least 11 matches and 21 players in all from a team that went 15-3-3 and made its third straight NCAA Tournament appearance last fall. 
•    Senior Louis Gazo (6-7-19) tallied four game-winning goals and finished second on the team in scoring in 2022, classmate Ryan Kim tied for second on the squad with seven assists and graduate student Ryan Grund finished with two goals and two assists for six points in 21 matches. 
•    Senior Liam Rhatigan contributed a goal and four assists for six points in 12 games, while classmate Samuel Kalishman (2-1-5) and junior Lyndon Way (2-1-5) were among nine players with multiple goals last year. 
•     Junior Walker White started all 21 matches posting a 0.78 goals against average and a .800 save percentage to go along with seven clean sheets. 

SCOUTING THE MONKS
•    Saint Joseph's (0-0) returns four starters and 15 players in all from a team that went 13-5-1 and captured its second consecutive GNAC regular season title in 2022.
•    Juniors Gus Ford (7-2-16) and Rion Dos Santos (3-2-8) both scored a pair of game-winning goals, while Will Wood (1-5-7) tied for the team lead in assists. 
•    Graduate student Alec Kosinski (2-1-5) started all 19 matches and Icaro Viera (2-0-4) notched one game-winning goal. 
•    Junior goalkeeper Liam Foley came off the bench in six matches allowing three goals while making six saves in 116 minutes of action. 

OPENING ACT
•    The Beavers are unbeaten (5-0-1) in season-opening matches dating back to 2016. 
•    Babson has opened the season with a win in three consecutive seasons and four of its five victories during this stretch have come by a single goal. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    The Green and White closed the 2022 campaign with an eight-game unbeaten streak, which is the program's longest stretch without a loss since 2016 when it went 11 matches between setbacks. 
•    Babson has won eight consecutive games on Hartwell-Rogers Field, a run that includes seven consecutive shutouts going back to October 1 of last year. 

FAMILIAR PLACE ATOP THE POLL
•    After winning their third consecutive NEWMAC Tournament championship last November, Babson was picked to repeat when the conference released its preseason coaches' poll last week. 
•    The Beavers collected seven of a possible nine first-place votes to finish atop the poll with 61 points. Wheaton, which they defeated in last year's conference semifinals, came in second while MIT, WPI and Emerson, the 2022 NEWMAC Tournament runner-up, rounded out the top five. 

HITTING THE PORTAL
•    Despite graduating 11 players from last year's squad, head coach Jon Anderson '75 and his staff have added 12 players to the roster, which includes a trio of graduate transfers. 
•    Justin Stone registered four goals and four assists during his four-year career at Davidson, while Sam Morgan from West Virginia and Owen Guglielmino from UConn joined the Beavers following successful Division I careers. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 26-0-2 when scoring the opening goal of the match over the last two seasons. 
•    Babson has won 18 straight games when scoring at least two goals dating back to the start of the 2021 campaign.
•    The Green and White also has won its last 18 matches when leading at halftime, a run that stretches back to October 2019.
•    Dating back to 1999, the Beavers have won 133 consecutive games when scoring three or more goals.

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers will play the second of three straight home games to begin the season when they host Texas Dallas on Sunday at 3 p.m.