Women's Soccer vs. Gordon
Saturday, September 14 | 2:30 p.m.
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 0-1 all-time against Gordon in a career series that dates back to 1998.
• The Fighting Scots took the only previous game in the 1998 ECAC New England Tournament Semifinals, 2-1, in Babson Park.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (0-3) is looking for its first win of the season after dropping a 3-0 decision to Rowan last Saturday in Glassboro, N.J. 
• Senior goalkeeper Nora Ryan finished with five saves for the Beavers, who were shutout for the second consecutive match. 
• Senior Jordyn Ferrantino has a goal and an assist this season for the Green and White, while classmate Laura Lukowicz notched her first career goal in Babson's 3-2 loss to Johnson & Wales in the season opener. Ryan has started all three games in goal and has made nine saves. 
• The Beavers have five seniors, two sophomores and a first-year who have started all three games, and a senior, a junior and a first-year who have two starts under their belts.

SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS 
• Gordon (2-1-1) is coming off a 3-2 victory over Salve Regina at home on Wednesday evening.
• Sophomore Eowyn Lapp led the Fighting Scots with a goal and an assist, and senior Kristi DiRico and junior Ada Forbes contributed one goal each. Junior Emily Bengston made three saves in goal for the Scots, who finished with a 12-8 advantage in shots.
• Lapp (3-1-7) has the team scoring lead through four games, with support from Forbes (2-2-6) and DiRico (1-2-4). Bengtson (1.75 GAA) has gone the distance in goal in all five games, making 16 saves.
• Gordon finished the 2023 campaign at 10-5-4 overall after falling to Western New England in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (now Conference of New England) semifinals, 4-1.

CONFERENCE CROSSOVER
• Saturday's game in the first of two straight Babson games against teams from the CNE, with a visit to Endicott on Tuesday to follow. 
• The matchup for Gordon is the third straight and fourth in five games against teams from the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), following a loss to MIT (3-0) in the season opener and a draw at Emerson (1-1) and win over Salve Regina (3-2) in the last two.

COMFORTS OF HOME
• The Green and White dropped their home opener after finishing 6-5-1 on Hartwell-Rogers Field last season.
• Babson is 21-10-4 at home going back to the start of the 2021 season.

BEAVER BITES
• Ferrantino enters the weekend tied for 14th in school history with 18 goals and 17th on the program's career list with 44 points. 
• Over her last 31 games dating back to the end of the 2022 campaign, Ferrantino has produced 14 goals and five assists for 33 points.  

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson's 3-2 loss to Johnson & Wales was just the third setback (31-3-1) since the start of the 2021 season when scoring at least two goals.
• The Beavers are 23-0-2 going back to 2021 when leading at the half.
• The Green and White was 8-2-2 last year and is 29-3-2 dating back to 2021 when scoring the opening goal of the match. 

UP NEXT
• Babson plays its next two games on the road, beginning on Tuesday at Endicott at 4 p.m.