No. 20 Men's Soccer at Brandeis
Saturday, September 28 | 2:30 p.m.
Gordon Field | Waltham, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 31-28-11 all-time against Brandeis in a series that dates back to 1955.
• The teams alternated wins and losses by the home team in seven straight encounters from 2015 to 2022 before last year's 2-2 draw, the first tie between the two sides since 2006.
• In the 13 contests between 2009 and 2022, 11 were one-goal affairs.
• The Beavers have dropped seven games in a row in Waltham and have not won there since a 5-1 verdict in 2002.

LAST MEETING
• Ryan Grund '23 M'24 scored the game-tying goal with five minutes remaining as No. 8 Babson came from behind twice in the second half to earn a 2-2 draw against Brandeis on October 10, 2023, at Hartwell-Rogers Field.
• Senior Liam Rhatigan also scored a second-half game-tying goal for the Beavers, and sophomore Will Lloyd, Joseph Cardaropoli '24 and Justin Stone M'24 registered assists in the draw. Senior Walker White made four saves in goal for the Green and White.
• Sancho Maroto Tobias '24 scored both goals for the Judges and juniors Elan Romo and Rainer Osselmann-Chai recorded assists. Senior keeper Quintin Wrabley turned in a solid performance in goal with a career-high nine saves, including seven in a scoreless first half and another on a second-half penalty kick.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 20 Babson (3-0-5) has posted back-to-back 1-1 draws against nationally-ranked teams, at No. 22 WPI last Saturday and at home vs. No. 25 Amherst on Tuesday.
• Junior Joao Araujo scored in the 81st minute against Amherst after classmate Liam Goldstein potted the Beaver goal at WPI.  Babson finished with a 5-3 advantage in shots on target against the Engineers and a 7-3 margin vs. the Mammoths.
• Graduate student James Donaldson (2-1-5) and Araujo (2-0-4) are multi-goal scorers for the Beavers, and junior James Modiano (1-2-4) leads the team in assists. Junior Alexander Yablonovskiy (1-1-3), Goldstein (1-0-2) and senior Matias Gutierrez (1-0-2) have also found the back of the net for the Green and White.
• White (0.63 GAA, 20 svs, 3 SO) ranks 37th in Division III in both goals against average and shutouts per game.

SCOUTING THE JUDGES
• Brandeis (3-2-2) is looking to bounce back from a 1-0 setback to Wheaton on Tuesday in Norton, Mass.
• The Judges were on the short side of an 11-2 margin in shots on goal against the Lyons, who scored the lone goal in the 49th minute. Wrabley posted a season-high 10 saves for the Judges in the loss.
• Junior Nico Beninda (3-1-7) leads the team in scoring and sophomore Aidan Chuang (2-2-6) is a multi-goal scorer. Osselmann-Chai (1-1-3) is also a threat for the Judges, who have outscored their opponents 10-8.
• Wrabley (1.14 GAA, 29 svs, 2 SO) has gone the distance in goal in all seven games for the Judges.

TIE SCORE
• The Beavers have played to a draw in five of their first eight games this season after setting the program record with seven draws last season.
• Babson has tied all three of its road games this fall and have posted draws in seven consecutive road games dating back to last season.

ON THE DEFENSE
• Babson is ranked 31st in Division III in team goals against average (0.63).
• The Beavers have allowed just five goals in eight games this year, with three shutouts and no more than one goal allowed in any contest.
• The Green and White have not conceded more than one goal in 15 of the last 16 matches going back to last season.

BEAVER BITES
• The Green and White enters Saturday's match riding an 18-game regular-season unbeaten streak (8-0-10) that dates back to September 27 of last year. 
• Babson is unbeaten through eight games for the first time since 1991.
• The Beavers have scored either the go-ahead or tying goal beyond the 80th minute eight times since the start of last season.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson is 3-0-2 this season, 12-1-3 since the start of last year and 38-1-5 since the beginning of 2021 when scoring the first goal of the game.
• The Green and White have trailed at the half in just 14 out of 112 games since 2018.
• The Beavers are 10-3-5 in the month of September over the past two seasons and 21-8-7 going back to 2021.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers travel to Medford, Mass., to face No. 5 Tufts on Tuesday at 7 p.m.