Men's Soccer vs. No. 10 Wheaton
Tuesday, October 28 | 3 p.m.
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 27-20-0 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to 1990.
•    The Beavers have won 11 in a row and 14 of their last 16 matches versus the Lyons since the 2014 NEWMAC Tournament. 
•    The Green and White has won its last eight matches against Wheaton at home since suffering a 2-1 OT loss in the 2016 conference tournament semifinals. 
•    Ten of the last 15 games between the sides have been decided by a single goal. 

LAST MEETING
•    Kento Abe M'25 opened the scoring in the sixth minute and James Donaldson '25 added an insurance goal in the 51st minute to help Babson defeat Wheaton, 2-0, on October 19, 2024, in Norton, Mass. 
•    Lyndon Way '25 picked up an assist and Walker White '25 made two saves for the Beavers, who finished with an 11-4 edge in shots. 
•    Michael O'Gara turned away two shots for the Lyons, who had not conceded a goal in over 570 minutes prior to Abe's early marker. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (8-5-3, 4-1-1 NEWMAC) bounced back from its first conference loss in four years by defeating WPI, 3-0, on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Junior Titus Charles provided a goal in each half, classmate Alexander Yablonovskiy scored for the fourth time over his last four games, and sophomore goalkeeper JB Montague made three second-half saves for the Beavers, who outshot the Engineers 11-5 in the match.
•    Yablonovskiy (8-1-17) is tied for second in the league in goals and ranks fourth in points, Charles (3-1-7) and first-year Connor Hanrahan (3-1-7) have combined to score three game-winning goals, and first-year Will Boecher (2-3-7) leads the Green and White in assists. 
•    Montague is 7-3-1 in 11 starts and ranks first in the NEWMAC in save percentage (.836), is tied for first in shutouts (5) and ranks with a 0.78 goals against average. 

SCOUTING THE LYONS
•    No. 10 Wheaton (12-0-4, 5-0-1 NEWMAC) extended the program's longest unbeaten streak to start a season with a 1-1 draw at Coast Guard on Saturday. 
•    Gael Vera headed home a service from Austin Hoadley in the 86th minute for the Lyons, who outshot the Bears 21-7 but trailed for much of the match after conceding a goal in the 19th minute. 
•    Declan Rhatigan (9-5-23) leads the NEWMAC in goals, Aidan Doyle (8-7-23) is first in the league in assists and tied for first in points, and Vera (8-5-21) has scored at least one goal in five consecutive matches going back to October 7. 
•    O'Gara (8-0-4) has started 12 games and ranks first in the NEWMAC in goals against average (0.77), is tied for first with five shutouts and ranks second with a .795 save percentage. 

WHAT'S AT STAKE
•    Both teams enter Tuesday's match in control of their own destiny in the NEWMAC regular season title race and the battle for the top seed in next week's conference tournament. 
•    Babson trails Wheaton by three points in the standings and can secure a second consecutive league title and the top seed with wins over the Lyons on Tuesday and at Coast Guard on Saturday. 
•    The Beavers could also secure the top seed with a draw on Tuesday followed by a win at Coast Guard and a Wheaton loss to Springfield in the regular season finale. 
•    The Lyons can secure their first NEWMAC regular season crown since 2014 with a victory over Babson. 

HELPING HAND
•    Both junior Huey Miller and first-year Adam Stetson recorded their first career assist on Charles' 41st-minute goal on Saturday against WPI, and ironically all three players played at Northfield Mount Hermon prior to coming to Babson. 
•    Senior Joao Araujo and sophomore Maxi Martinez each picked up their second assist of the year on the Beavers' final two markers. 

A GOOD RUN
•    Wednesday's loss at Emerson was the first for the Beavers against a conference foe in almost exactly four years dating back to a 1-0 setback to MIT on October 23, 2021, at Harwtell-Rogers Field. 
•    Babson went 30-0-6 during its 36-game unbeaten streak, which featured a 23-0-5 mark in regular season matches and a whopping 27 shutouts.
•    In addition to its overall NEWMAC unbeaten streak, the Beavers' loss to Emerson was their first on the road since October 28, 2017, snapping a 27-match unbeaten run. 

HOME FIELD HEROES
•    Babson enters Tuesday's match having won 20 consecutive NEWMAC contests at Hartwell-Rogers Field since its loss to MIT back in 2021. 
•    The Beavers have kept 12 consecutive clean sheets at home versus league foes and have not conceded a goal in 1,156 minutes and 26 seconds going back to the first half of their 3-1 victory over WPI on September 16, 2023. 
•    The Green and White is 3-0 at home against league foes this fall with wins over Clark (2-0), MIT (2-0) and WPI (3-0). 

BEAVER BITES
•    Yablonovskiy, who has set a new career high with eight goals, has tallied four times over the last five games going back to October 4. 
•    Eight different players have scored at least one goal and 13 players have recorded a point this fall for the Beavers. 
•    Junior Will Lloyd and first-year Blake Miller are the only players to start all 16 matches this fall for head coach Jon Anderson '75, who has started 22 different players on the year. 
•    No. 12 Wheaton is Babson's fifth opponent ranked among the top 30 in the NCAA NPI this season and the Beavers have gone 1-3 in their previous four matches with a 1-0 win over No. 11 Wesleyan and one-goal losses to No. 1 Tufts, No. 16 Brandeis and No. 27 Amherst. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 33-4-7 at home over the last four seasons.
•    Babson is 8-1 when scoring the first goal and 6-1 this fall when leading at halftime.
•    The Green and White has limited 13 of its first 16 opponents to one goal or fewer while Wheaton has scored at least twice in 12 of its 16 matches. 
•    The Beavers are 6-0-1 this fall and unbeaten in 19 straight games when scoring two or more goals. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson will conclude the regular season at Coast Guard on Saturday at 12 p.m.