Women's Soccer vs. Springfield
Wednesday, October 30 | 3 p.m. 
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 7-19-6 all-time against Springfield in a series that dates back to 1998.
•    The Beavers enter Wednesday's match looking for their first victory in the series since 2018 although they've finished in a draw with the Pride twice over the last four seasons (2021, 2023). 
•    The Green and White has hosted Springfield just three times since 2012 and has gone 1-2  with all three contests having been decided by a single goal. 

LAST MEETING
•    Cassie Lawson '24 scored the tying goal in the 82nd minute to help Babson earn a 1-1 draw against the Pride on October 25, 2023, in Springfield, Mass.
•    Natalie Knauf '24 had an assist and senior goalkeeper Nora Ryan finished with seven saves for the Beavers. 
•    Kayla McGrath scored off a throw-in by Kate Minoudis just 77 seconds into the contest and Taryn Ryan made four saves for Springfield as both sides finished with 17 shots and five corner kicks. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (6-5-5, 4-2-3 NEWMAC) has lost just once in its last seven games and is coming off a 1-0 win over Salve Regina on Saturday. 
•    Sophomore Caroline Sutherland headed home a cross by junior Meredith Greeley for her first collegiate goal in the 71st minute and Ryan made three saves for the Beavers, who outshot the Seahawks 22-6 in the victory. 
•    Senior Elisa Diletizia (4-0-8) has scored three times in conference play, first-year Josie Lee (2-2-6) has one game-winning goal, Ferrantino (1-3-5) leads the team in assists and Greeley and senior Laura Lukowicz.
•    Ryan has started all 16 matches this fall and owns a 1.17 goals against average, a .776 save percentage and ranks first among goalkeepers with seven shutouts.

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
•    Springfield (8-3-4, 5-2-2 NEWMAC) has won two straight games and is coming off a 2-1 victory over Wellesley on Saturday. 
•    Jen Walker converted a penalty kick in the 52nd minute and Mia Salmon tacked on an insurance marker in the 83rd minute for the Pride, which got three saves from Ryan.
•    Salmon (7-3-17) has scored in three straight games and ranks second in the conference in both goals and points, Walker (5-5-15) is tied for second in the league in assists and third in points, and Molly Baxter (3-3-9) has two goals in NEWMAC play. 
•    Ryan (7-3-3) owns a 1.04 goals against average and a .827 save percentage to go along with three shutouts in 14 starts on the year. 

POINTS AT A PREMIUM
•    The Beavers enter the final week of the regular season sitting fourth with 15 points on a tightly-packed table that has six teams separated by just four points from second to seventh place. 
•    Babson, which trails both Springfield and Smith by two points, likely needs to defeat both the Pride and Pioneers to have a shot to finish second and could finish as low as seventh depending on other results. MIT has clinched the regular season title and the top seed in next week's conference tournament. 
 

School	Points	Record	Oct. 29	Nov. 2
Springfield	17	5-2-2	at BAB	vs. SMI
Smith	17	5-2-2	at MHC	at SPR
Babson	15	4-2-3	vs. SPR	at CLK
WPI	14	4-3-2	at EME	vs. MHC
Emerson	14	4-3-2	vs. WPI	at MIT
Wheaton	13	3-2-4	vs. CLK	vs. CGA

WINNING FORMULA
•    The Beavers have recorded five shutouts over their last six outings with the lone exception of being a 4-0 loss at No. 4 MIT last Wednesday. 
•    Outside of the loss to the Engineers and a 3-1 defeat to WPI when it conceded a pair of penalty kicks in the opening 10 minutes of the game, Babson has conceded just three goals in its other seven NEWMAC matches while going 4-0-3 with five clean sheets. 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
•    Ryan's seven shutouts are a career high and have her tied for 10th on Babson's single-season list. 
•    Ferrantino is tied for 14th place with 18 career goals and ranks 16th on the Beavers' career scoring list with 46 points. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 6-0-5 this season when they go into halftime with the lead or tied. 
•    Babson has conceded just four second-half goals in nine conference games this fall.
•    The Green and White has won three straight fixtures is 8-2-2 at home against NEWMAC foes over the last two season. 
•    Babson is 5-0-2 on the year when scoring the first goal of the match. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers travel to Worcester to face Clark in their regular season finale on Saturday at 1 p.m.