NEW LONDON, Conn.—First-year Connor Hanrahan (Warrenville, Ill.) broke a scoreless deadlock with his 71st-minute goal to help Babson College defeat SUNY Oneonta, 1-0, in the round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Freeman Field. 

Babson, which has won three straight matches and is unbeaten in its last four, improves to 11-6-4 overall and advances out of the opening round for the second year in a row. Oneonta sees its season come to a close at 12-5-4. 

Junior Alexander Yablonovskiy (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) picked up an assist and sophomore goalkeeper JB Montague (Lutz, Fla.) made four saves for the Beavers. 

Junior goalkeeper James Citron (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) finished with seven savers for the Red Dragons. 

After creating a number of opportunities early in the second half, Hanrahan gave the Green and White the only goal it would need with 19:15 remaining. First-year Will Boecher's (Wellesley, Mass.) thru ball for Hanrahan was knocked away but Yablonovskiy regained possession and drove towards the end line on the left side of the area before slipping a pass to Hanrahan, flicked his first touch past Citron from inside the six-yard box for his fourth goal of the year. 

Citron made a terrific diving save at the left post on Yablonovskiy in the 26th minute and made an outstanding stop to get a hand on a volley from from close range by Babson junior Titus Charles (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) in the 50th minute. He also denied four shots in the span of seven minutes before the goal and caught a break when Yablonovskiy chipped a shot just over the bar in the 61st minute. 

Montague came off his line to cut down the angle on fift-year senior Luigi Prosperi (Lynbrook, N.Y.) in the 53rd minute and made his best save of the afternoon in the 83rd minute when he stepped off his line of to grab a driving header by first-year Noah Hechler (Somers, N.Y.) with traffic in front of him following a corner. 

The Beavers finished with an 18-12 edge in shots and a slim 5-4 advantage in corner kicks in the match. 

Babson will face No. 7 Connecticut College, the defending Division III runner-up in the second round on Sunday at 1 p.m. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 1-2 against Oneonta and avenged a 3-2 OT loss to the Red Dragons in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament with Saturday's victory. 
•    Babson has posted five consecutive shutouts in NCAA Tournament play after not conceding a goal in four matches en route to reaching last year's national quarterfinals. 
•    Head coach Jon Anderson '75 recorded the 50th postseason victory of his career on Saturday while tying Joe Clarke for 11th all-time on the Division III list with 482 victories. 
•    The Green and White is now 10-1 on the year when scoring the first goal and has conceded one goal or fewer in 18 of its 21 matches.