Women's Soccer vs. Emerson
Saturday, November 1 | 1 p.m. 
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 7-4-3 all-time against Emerson in a series that dates back to 2013. 
•    The sides have split their last six meetings with each winning twice to go along with draws in Boston in 2022 and 2024. 
•    Eight the last nine matches between the Beavers and Lions have been decided by a single goal or ended in a draw. 
•    The Green and White is 5-2-1 all-time at home against Emerson, which includes a 2-1 2OT victory in the 2023 NEWMAC Tournament semifinals. 

LAST MEETING
•    Nora Ryan '25 stopped one shot and posted her fifth shutout of the season as Babson and Emerson battled to a 0-0 draw in Boston on October 16, 2024. 
•    The Beavers finished with a 16-3 edge in shots, including a 9-1 edge in attempts on target, but was unable to breakthrough on a stingy Lions' defense. 
•    Amara Schaub made nine saves on the night for Emerson. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (8-3-5, 7-2-1 NEWMAC) has split its last four matches and is coming off a 3-0 win over Wellesley on Wednesday afternoon. 
•    Junior Caroline Sutherland scored a pair of first-half goals, sophomore Josie Lee provided a goal and an assist, and senior Meredith Greeley contributed one assist for the Beavers, who got two saves in a combined shutout from first-year Maisie Creamer and senior Cleo Grignard. 
•    Josie Lee (5-3-15) has scored three times in league play, Sutherland (3-0-6) has produced all of her goals over the last three games, and the first-year duo of Izzy Lee (2-1-5) and Autumn Simon (1-2-4) has combined for three game-winning markers. 
•    Creamer (4-2-1) has started the last seven games and owns a 0.99 goals against average and a .813 save percentage to go along with one shutout, while Grignard (3-0-3) boasts a 0.50 goals against average and a .882 save percentage in seven games, and saw her first action since September 28 on Wednesday.

SCOUTING THE LIONS
•    Emerson (8-5-4, 6-2-2 NEWMAC) has dropped back-to-back games for the first time since late September 2024 after suffering a 4-0 loss to No. 8 MIT on Wednesday. 
•    Hailey Forman finished with four saves for the Lions, who trailed 1-0 at halftime before conceding twice of the first 18 minutes of the second half. 
•    Rowan McCrary (4-4-12) has provided three goals and three assists in conference matches, Linae Bezdek (3-2-8) has two game-winning goals, and the duo of Kelsey Yoshikawa (3-1-7) and Abby Cockerill (2-3-7) has combined for three markers against NEWMAC foes. 
•    Forman has started 15 games going 8-4-3 with a 1.13 goals against average and a .798 save percentage to go along with five shutouts this fall.

WHAT'S AT STAKE
•    Both Babson and Emerson have secured home field for next Tuesday's NEWMAC Tournament semifinals and can both finish as high as the second seed depending on Saturday's results. 
•    The Beavers enter the day sitting on 22 points, which is one ahead of third-place Springfield (21) and two clear of fourth-place Emerson (20). 
•    The Green and White will secure the second seed in next week's championship with a win versus the Lions, or a draw and a loss or a draw by Springfield against Clark. 
•    Babson can finish no worse than third with a draw and would only slip to the fourth seed with a loss to Emerson and a Springfield victory over Clark. 

SENIOR SENDOFF
•    The quartet of Grignard, Greeley, Gabby Michalski and Izzy DeMatos will play their final regular season home game on Saturday at Hartwell-Rogers Field. 
•    They have helped the Beavers go 40-21-12 over the last four seasons while advancing to the NEWMAC Tournament semifinals in 2022 and 2024, and the conference championship game in 2023.

COMFORTS OF HOME
•    Babson has lost just once in eight matches at Hartwell-Rogers Field this fall going 4-1-3, which includes dealing 11th-ranked Rowan its only defeat of the year back on September 12. 
•    The Beavers are 8-1 over their last nine conference fixtures at home going back to October 12, 2024, and have gone 10-3-4 overall at home since the start of the 2024 campaign. 

DEPENDABLE DEFENSE
•    The Beavers rank second in the NEWMAC with a 0.69 goals against average having conceded just 11 goals through 16 matches this fall. 
•    Babson has posted five of its eight shutouts against league foes, which is tied for second in the NEWMAC, and has conceded more than one goal just twice in 16 matches on the year. 
•    The Green and White has conceded just one first-half goal over its last 10 contests. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 4-0-1 this fall and unbeaten in its last 33 matches when leading at halftime. 
•    The Beavers are 7-0-1 this season and 14-0-3 dating back to the start of the 2024 campaign when scoring the first goal of the match.
•    The Green and White is 16-2-4 over its last 22 matches on natural grass since October 12 of last year. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers will host a NEWMAC Tournament quarterfinal on Tuesday, November 4.