No. 12 Men's Soccer vs. Suffolk
Tuesday, October 8 | 3:30 p.m. 
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 2-0-2 all-time against Suffolk in a series that dates back to 2006. 
•    Tuesday's match will be the fourth in as many years between the sides after not playing in 14 consecutive seasons from 2007-20. 
•    Two of the last three matches between the Beavers and Rams have ended in a scoreless deadlock. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior goalkeeper Walker White made six saves to help the Beavers earn a 0-0 draw with Suffolk on September 5, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Junior Joao Araujo also cleared a potential go-ahead goal off the line in the 33rd minute for Babson, which was outshot 11-4 in the match. 
•    Xander Balog turned away three shots for the Rams in game that featured 30 fouls and eight yellow cards. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS 
•    No. 12 Babson (5-0-6) has won two of its last three games after cruising to a 5-0 victory over Emerson on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Senior Liam Rhatigan scored twice, sophomore McKenzy Pierre added a goal and an assist and graduate student Kento Abe and sophomore Alexander Yablonovskiy each contributed a marker for the Beavers, who tallied three times in just over nine minutes around halftime. 
•    Graduate student James Donaldson (2-4-8) picked up a pair of assists in Saturday's win, Yablonovskiy (3-1-7) has scored in two straight games, and the trio of Abe (2-2-6), Araujo (2-1-5) and junior Liam Goldstein (2-1-5) has produced three goals and three assists over the last three matches. 
•    White has started all 11 games and boasts a 0.56 goals against average and a .818 save percentage to go along with four shutouts. 

SCOUTING THE RAMS
•    Suffolk (5-3-3) has won its last two games and is coming off a 2-0 victory over Hartford on Saturday. 
•    Diego Pierantozzi opened the scoring in the 68th minute and helped set up Francisco Valck's insurance goal in the 87th minute for the Rams, who got two saves from Nathan Harlow to remain unbeaten in league play. 
•    Valck (5-0-10) has scored in three of his last four outings, Damon Smargon (3-2-8) and Pierantozzi (2-2-6) are two of five players tied for the team lead in assists, and Luke Blawn has scored three times on the year. 
•    Harlow has made eight starts and appeared in nine games in all going 4-2-3 with a 1.11 goals against average and a .730 save percentage to go along with three clean sheets. 

RHATIGAN, LLOYD SWEEP NEWMAC WEEKLY HONORS
•    Rhatigian was tabbed as the league's offensive player of the week, while sophomore Will Lloyd collected NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Week accolades from the NEWMAC on Monday. 
•    Rhatigan recorded his first career brace in the win over Emerson and Lloyd helped the Beavers post their fifth shutout of the year in addition to Tuesday's 1-1 draw at No. 2 Tufts. 

ENERGIZED OFFENSE
•    After producing eight goals over its first eight contests, the Green and White has scored eight goals over its last three matches. 
•    Abe, Yablonovskiy and Rhatigan have all scored twice and nine different players have produced a point during this stretch. 
•    Babson's five-goal outburst on Saturday was its highest scoring total since a 5-0 rout of Bridgewater State back on October 25, 2022. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    Babson is unbeaten in 20 consecutive regular season games (9-0-11) going back to September 27 of last year. 
•    The Green and White is 9-0-6 in its last 15 games in the month of October, a run that stretches back to 2022. 
•    The Beavers are 7-0-4 in their last 11 home fixtures going back to October 3 of last season. 

SUCCESS VERSUS THE CNE
•    Babson is 6-0-3 against foes from the Conference of New England dating back to 2021. 
•    This includes a 1-1 draw versus Gordon on September 10 and wins over Western New England (1-0) on September 14 and Roger Williams (2-1) on September 17. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson has gone into halftime with the lead or tied in 14 straight games going back to last year. 
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this season and 28-1-1 when scoring at least two goals over the last four seasons. 
•    The Green and White has outscored its first six opponents 12-4 at home this fall. 
•    Babson has conceded just one first-half goal in its last 14 games dating back to the 2023 conference tournament. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers conclude their three-game homestand on Saturday when they host Salve Regina at 1:30 p.m.