Men's Soccer at Emerson
Wednesday, October 22 | 6 p.m.
Rotch Field | Boston, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 12-0-0 with 10 shutouts all-time against Emerson in a series that dates back to 2013.
• The Beavers have outscored the Lions 36-2 over the 12 meetings.
• The Green and White have won all six games at Rotch Field, posting shutouts in the last five encounters.

LAST MEETING
• Liam Rhatigan '25 scored two goals and junior McKenzy Pierre added a goal and an assist as No. 12 Babson erupted for its highest output of the season in a 5-0 win over Emerson on October 5, 2024, at Hartwell-Rogers Field.
• Kento Abe M'25 and junior Alexander Yablonovskiy also scored for the Beavers. James Donaldson M'25 collected two assists, seniors Joao Araujo and Liam Goldstein and junior Luca Tusche had one helper each, and Walker White '25 and sophomore JB Montague combined on the shutout in goal.
• Junior Wylie Jelinek registered four saves in goal for the Lions, who were outshot 17-3 in the contest.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (7-4-3, 3-0-1 NEWMAC) brings a three-game unbeaten streak (2-0-1) into the match following Saturday's 1-1 draw at Salve Regina in Newport, R.I.
• Yablonovskiy scored the game-tying goal with 1:07 remaining, Pierre picked up his second assist of the year, and Montague made four saves for the Beavers, who doubled up the Seahawks in shots on goal, 10-5.
• Yablonovskiy (7-1-15) is third in the NEWMAC in goals while first-years Connor Hanrahan (3-1-7) and Will Boecher (2-3-7) are tied for second on the team in scoring. Junior Will Lloyd (2-1-5) and senior James Modiano (2-0-4) are also multi-goal scorers for the Beavers.
• Montague (0.84 GAA, .830 sv. pct, 39 svs.) has made 10 starts and leads the NEWMAC in save percentage, shares the league lead with four shutouts and ranks second in goals against average.

SCOUTING THE LIONS
• Emerson (4-5-5, 1-3-1) is coming off a 3-1 victory over Clark for its first conference win of the season Saturday in Worcester, Mass.
• First-year Carlo Carson notched a pair of first-half goals, assisted on both by junior Rohan Edwards, and graduate student Dominic Reiter added his first goal early in the second half for the Lions, who finished with a 6-2 advantage in shots on goal. First-year Asa Roberts made one save in goal in the victory.
• Senior Kyler Maira (3-1-7) leads the Lions in scoring after producing two goals and an assist against Springfield. Five players have scored two goals each, including first-year Alex Luca, Carson, senior Cade Mallett, junior Jason Karas, and first-year Nick Mirogiannis, and Edwards (1-2-4) top the team in assists.
• Roberts (1.54 GAA, .694 sv. pct, 34 svs.) has started 10 of the Lions' 14 matches, recording two clean sheets, while Jelinek (0.67 GAA, .750 sv. pct, 6 svs.) has three starts and one shutout.

A LOOK AT THE NEWMAC RACE
• Three teams remain unbeaten in the NEWMAC, with Wheaton (4-0-0) sitting in first place and Babson (3-0-1) and Coast Guard (3-0-1) tied for second.
• WPI (2-1-1) is alone in fourth place, Springfield (2-3-0) holds down fifth, and Emerson (1-3-1) and MIT (1-3-1) are in a battle for the final playoff berth.

STREAKING BEAVERS
• Babson has run off a 36-game unbeaten streak vs. NEWMAC foes (27-0-5) since October 30, 2021. 
• The Green and White are unbeaten in 28 straight NEWMAC regular season games (23-0-5) since October 30, 2021.
• The Beavers are unbeaten in 27 straight NEWMAC road games (19-0-8) since the start of the 2018 campaign. Their last loss was a 1-0 defeat at Coast Guard on October 28, 2017.
• Since the start of 2018, Babson is 42-2-12 against conference opponents (losses: vs. Springfield 1-0 on 11/3/2018 and vs. MIT 1-0 on 10/23/21).

ALEXANDER OF LATE
• Yablonovskiy's seven goals this fall surpasses his previous career high of six achieved last season.
• Only five Beavers in the last eight seasons have scored more than seven goals, including 13 by Ben Williams M'23 in 2022, nine by Kento Abe M'25 in 2024, and eight by Alex Crompton '20 and Mitchell Collins '22 M'23 in 2019 and Youcef Ziad '20 in 2017.

BEAVER BITES
• Babson's 20 goals have been scored by eight different players, not including one by the opposing team.
• The Beavers have gotten a dozen goals from the junior class, five from first-years, and two from seniors.
• Lloyd and first-year Blake Miller are the only two players to start all 14 games for the Green and White.
• As many as 23 players have gotten the starting nod at least once this season and 14 have started at least five matches.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson is 5-0-1 this season and 41-1-2 when scoring at least two goals dating back to the start of the 2021 campaign.
• The Beavers are 5-1 this season and 32-2-2 since 2021 when leading at halftime. 
• The Green and White are 20-2-7 in the month of October since 2022.
• All seven wins for Babson this season came after the Beavers scored the opening goal of the match.

UP NEXT
• Babson will return home to host WPI on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hartwell-Rogers Field.