Women's Soccer at WPI
Saturday, October 4 | 11 a.m. 
H.Carr Field at Alumni Stadium | Worcester, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson has a 16-12-5 record against WPI in the all-time series dating back to 1995.
• The Beavers had a three-game winning streak and five-game unbeaten streak over the Engineers stopped in last year's game in Babson Park.
• The Green and White won their last game at WPI back in the 2023 regular season and are 1-0-3 against the Engineers in Worcester dating back to 2015.

LAST MEETING
• WPI converted a pair of early penalty kicks and hung on to defeat Babson, 3-1, on October 2, 2024, at Hartwell-Rogers Field.
• Elisa Diletizia '25 had a goal and Nora Ryan '25 made two saves in goal for the Beavers. 
• Madisyn Bagby '25, Lottie McLeod '25 and junior Maeve Steckley each provided a goal for the Engineers, and Lili Hellerman M'25 made five saves in the victory. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (3-1-4, 2-0-0 NEWMAC) suffered its first loss of the season Sunday in a non-conference affair at Johnson & Wales, 1-0, in Providence, R.I.
• Senior goalkeeper Cleo Grignard finished with three second-half saves and junior Callahan Cottone made one in the first half for the Beavers, who outshot the Wildcats 14-7. Sophomore Josie Lee had a team-high four shots in the setback.
• Josie Lee (3-2-8) and first-year Izzy Lee (2-1-5) (no relation) have combined for five of the Beavers' seven goals on the season. Junior Ally Clarkson and sophomore Mack Feeney each have one goal and first-year Autumn Simon (0-2-2) shares the team lead in assists.
• Cottone (0.67 GAA, 405 mins, 21 saves) has started all eight games for the Beavers while Grignard (0.38 GAA, 315 mins, 14 saves) has made seven relief appearances, and they have combined for four clean sheets.

SCOUTING THE ENGINEERS
• WPI (7-2-2, 2-0-1 NEWMAC) is unbeaten in its last six games (5-0-1) after a pair of conference road wins over Mount Holyoke (3-0) last Saturday and Wheaton (2-1) on Wednesday.
• Steckley has scored and sophomore Abigail Johnson potted goals in both victories for the Engineers, and first-year Tiziri Tizi-Ougdal scored once vs. the Lyons. Junior Delaney Mohl picked up an assist in each of the two games and juniors Katie Adiletta and Jess English and sophomore Caetlyn Embree added one helper each. Sophomore Ayla Verheul registered the clean sheet against Wheaton and made five saves against Wheaton.
• Steckley (5-3-13) has scored in four straight games for the Engineers and shares the team scoring lead with Johnson (5-3-13), who has two goals and two assists in her last three games. Senior Reese Pszenny (3-1-7) and Tizi-Ougdal (2-0-4) are also multi-goal scorers.
• Verheul, who has started all 11 games (1.08 GAA, 14 saves, 585 mins), has combined with sophomore Maya Mussel (0.44 GAA, 15 saves, 405 mins) for six shutouts for the Engineers, who were picked to finish fourth in the NEWMAC preseason coaches' poll.

BABSON VS. THE NEWMAC
• Babson has registered a 27-8-9 record in regular season conference matches since 2021 with four straight top-four finishes in the league standings (4th in 2024, 2nd in 2022 and 2023, 4th in 2021).
• The Green and White, which advanced to the conference tournament semifinals last season, received one first-place vote and was picked to finish second in the NEWMAC preseason coaches' poll.

ON THE DRAW
• Less than halfway through the regular season, Babson has recorded four draws, seventh most in program history.
• The single-season program record for ties is six, recorded in 2006 and 2008, followed by five draws in 2013, 2015, 2021 and 2024.

BEAVER BITES
• Babson has outscored its opponents 7-5 in the first eight matches with four clean sheets.
• Juniors Cottone, Claudia Baiter and Olga Meterkine, sophomore Josie Lee, and first-year Lindsey Cassady are the only players to start all eight games for the Beavers, while juniors Jadyn Mapura and Priscilla-Rose Men-Martin have been in the starting XI seven times.
• Sixteen different Beavers have earned a starting nod this season, with 13 starting at least four matches.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson is 9-3-8 since last year and is 31-5-11 over the past four seasons when holding the opponent to one goal or less.
• The Beavers are 9-0-3 since last fall and are 30-2-5 over the last four seasons when scoring the first goal of the game.
• The Green and White are 23-0-4 over the past four seasons when leading at halftime.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers face NEWMAC opponents the rest of the regular season, beginning Wednesday against Clark at 3 p.m. at Hartwell-Rogers Field.