Women's Soccer at Bowdoin
Friday, September 20 | 5 p.m.
Pickard Field | Brunswick, Maine

Women's Soccer vs. Wheaton
Saturday, September 21 | 2 p.m.
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Bowdoin
• Babson is 3-26-5 all-time against the Polar Bears in a series that dates back to 1985.
• Two of the Beavers' victories in the all-time series have come since 2015. 
• Six of the last 11 meetings between the sides have been decided by a single goal or ended in a draw. 
vs. Wheaton
• Babson has a 15-28-9 record against Wheaton in the career series that dates back to 1981.
• The Green and White have taken five of the last nine games dating back to 2015 after five consecutive ties from 2011-15.
• The Beavers have won two straight over Wheaton at home and are 3-2-3 against the Lyons in Babson Park going back to 2008.

LAST MEETING 
vs. Bowdoin
• Senior Jordyn Ferrantino scored a pair of goals but visiting Babson suffered a 5-2 loss at Bowdoin on October 1, 2023 in Brunswick, Maine.
• Natalie Knauf '24 and Olivia Maltbie '24 both recorded an assist for the Beavers and sophomore Callahan Cottone made five of her six saves in the first half. 
• Greta Farkas '24 finished with a goal and an assist, while Morgan Smiley '24, Nina Hashimoto '24, senior Laila Nickelson and junior Rylie McLaren each scored once for the Polar Bears. Junior Charlotte Iannone made four saves in the victory.
vs. Wheaton
• Cottone made four saves in goal for her second clean sheet as the Beavers opened NEWMAC play with a 3-0 victory over Wheaton on September 17, 2023, in Norton, Mass.
• Maltbie, Cassie Lawson '24 and Morgan Krauss '23 M'24 scored goals and senior Laura Lukowicz registered an assist in the win.
• Junior Patricia Bandrup matched her season high with 10 saves in goal for the Lyons.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (2-3) brings a two-game winning streak into the weekend following a pair of 1-0 victories over Gordon last Saturday at home and Tuesday at Endicott.
• First-year Josie Lee (vs. Gordon) and senior Elisa Diletizia (at Endicott) each tallied their first goal of the season in the victories. Senior goalkeeper Nora Ryan made six saves on Saturday and seven on Tuesday to post her first two shutouts of the season.
• Ferrantino has a goal and an assist this season for the Green and White, while Diletizia, Lee, and Lukowicz have one goal each. Ryan has started all five games in goal and has made 19 saves. 
• Diletizia has a team-high 11 shots while Lee has nine and Ferrantino has eight attempts for the Beavers, who have been outshot 73-46 in the five games to date.

SCOUTING THE POLAR BEARS
• Bowdoin (1-2-2) is coming off a 0-0 draw against in-state rival Southern Maine on Tuesday in Gorham, Maine.
• A balanced contest saw the teams each take four shots on goal in the opening half before USM upped the pressure in the second half, holding a 13-2 advantage in shots. Iannone finished with 10 saves to register her third whitewash of the season.
• Nickelson, juniors Stephanie Christianson and Kyra Hacker, and sophomore Cadence Lee all have a goal and an assist this season to lead the Polar Bears, while McLaren and first-years Kayley Huleatt, Dani Musry and Sofi Rua all have one score.
• Iannone (0.72 GAA, .912 sv. pct.) has started the last 26 games for the Polar Bears, posting 12 shutouts, including two this season.

SCOUTING THE LYONS
• Wheaton (4-0-2) has remained undefeated with back-to-back scoreless draws at Bridgewater State back on September 12 and at home against Union on Wednesday in Norton, Mass.
• The Lyons owned an 8-6 shot advantage, including 5-1 in the second half. Wheaton had one last chance to score with just 67 seconds left in the game when senior Lily Brown fired a shot from the top of the box that hit the left post. Junior keeper Patricia Bandrup stopped three shots to record her fourth shutout of the season.
• Junior Julia Sternat (2-2-6) and sophomore Mackenna Reynolds (1-4-6) lead the team in scoring and Brown (2-1-5), junior Ali Roche (2-0-4) and first-year Reilly Hickey (2-0-4) are multi-goal scorers. First-years Emma-Jane Parsons (1-1-3) and Gina Trovato (1-0-2) and senior Natalie Coughlin (1-0-2) have also scored for the Lyons.
• Bandrup (0.33 GAA, .895 sv pct), who has started in goal in every Wheaton game since the start of last season, leads the NEWMAC with four clean sheets.

BEAVER BITES
• The last four Babson wins and nine of the last 10 victories dating back to last season have been one-goal verdicts.
• The Beavers have been held to two goals or fewer in their last eight games.
• The Green and White have four seniors, two sophomores and a first-year who have started all five games, one additional senior who has four starts under her belt, and a senior and a first-year who has started more than half the games.

NEWMAC POLL
• Babson got two first-place votes and finished second to MIT in this year's NEWMAC preseason coaches' poll.
• The Beavers finished second in the NEWMAC last year with an 8-1-2 record, with a program record for conference wins, and advanced to the NEWMAC Tournament title game.
• Wheaton was picked 10th in the poll after finishing in a tie for 10th with Salve Regina last fall.
 
NEWMAC HISTORY
• Babson is 22-5-7 in its last 34 games against NEWMAC foes dating back to 2021, including the post-season.
• The Beavers are 56-4-4 when scoring at least two goals in NEWMAC games dating back to Sept. 18, 2012.
• Wheaton won or shared 11 consecutive NEWMAC regular season crowns from 1999-2009 and captured seven tournament titles from 2000-07. Babson is seeking its first conference championship since 1998.
 
IN THE HISTORY BOOK
• Ferrantino enters the weekend tied for 14th in school history with 18 goals and ranks 17th on the program's career list with 44 points. 
• in 33 games dating back to the end of the 2022 campaign, Ferrantino has produced 14 goals and five assists for 33 points.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White is 10-2-2 since last year and 31-3-2 dating back to 2021 when scoring the opening goal of the match. 
• The Beavers are 26-1-2 going back to 2021 when leading at the half.
• 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.

UP NEXT
• Babson will travel to Coast Guard for a NEWMAC encounter on Friday, September 27, in New London, Conn.