No. 10 Men's Soccer at Roger Williams
Wednesday, September 17 | 6 p.m. 
Bayside Field | Bristol, R.I. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 8-5-1 all-time against Roger Williams in a series that dates back to 2001.
•    The sides met last season for the first time in 11 years after playing every year from 2001-13. 
•    The Beavers and Hawks have split their last six matchups and nine of the last 10 games between the teams have been decided by a single goal or ended in a draw dating back to 2005.
•    Babson's victory last season snapped a streak of six consecutive wins by the road team in the series. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior James Modiano scored the go-ahead goal in the 75th minute to help the Beavers defeat Roger Williams, 2-1, on September 17, 2024, in Babson Park. 
•    Senior Joao Araujo scored his first career goal on a penalty kick in the 29th minute and James Donaldson M'25 recorded an assist for Babson, which got one save from goalkeeper Walker White '25. 
•    Dylan Thomas tied the match just 27 seconds after Araujo's marker, Andre Caceres and Jack Wildermann registered assists and Hogan Cain finished with five saves for the Hawks. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 10 Babson (4-0-2) extended its unbeaten streak to 17 games with a 1-0 win over Oglethorpe in Atlanta on Sunday afternoon. 
•    Modiano broke the scoreless deadlock in the 61st minute, sophomore Maxi Martinez picked up his first collegiate assist and classmate JB Montague made a season-high seven saves for the Beavers, who were playing their third straight road game. 
•    Junior Alexander Yablonovskiy (3-1-7) produced a point in four consecutive outings to begin the season, while the trio of first-year Connor Hanrahan (3-0-6), classmate Will Boecher (2-2-6)  and Modiano (2-0-4) have each scored a pair of goals over the Green and White's last three outings. 
•    Montague (3-0) boasts a 0.86 goals against average and a .842 save percentage to go along with two clean sheets in four starts, while senior Derek Polanco (1-0-2) owns a 0.80 goals against average and a .778 save percentage in three appearances. 

SCOUTING THE HAWKS
•    Roger Williams (4-0-1) has won three straight games after cruising to a 4-0 win at MCLA on Saturday. 
•    Dylan Robbins scored twice, Liam Blaisdell produced a goal and an assist, and Patrick Marino tacked on a second-half marker for the Hawks, who got four saves from TJ Machowski. 
•    Blaisdell (2-2-6), Robbins (2-1-5) and Max Paternaude (2-0-4) have all registered a game-winning goal, while Will Schiffer (0-2-2) is tied for the team lead in assists. 
•    Machowski (3-0) and Eliot Panaccione (1-0-1) have combined to post a 0.41 goals against average and a .909 save percentage to go along with three shutouts this fall. 

BEAVERS JOIN THE 700 CLUB
•    Sunday's 1-0 victory was the 700th in the history of the Babson men's soccer program. 
•    Now in their 71st season, the Beavers went 4-4-1 during the inaugural 1955 campaign under head coach Dick Thomas and are 700-333-128 for an all-time winning percentage of .658. 
•    The Green and White recorded its first winning season (11-3-0) in 1969 under legendary head coach Bob Hartwell, who would go on to lead the program to the first of three Division III national championships by going 17-0-1 in 1975. 
•    Head coach Jon Anderson '75, who is now in his 40th season, has amassed the last 475 of Babson's 700 wins. 

MODIANO PICKS UP CONFERENCE HONOR
•    With goals in both of Babson's victories last week, Modiano was tabbed as the NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. 
•    He scored an 89th-minute insurance marker in Tuesday's 3-1 win at Gordon before recording the second game-winning goal of his career on Sunday at Oglethorpe. 

 STREAKING BEAVERS
•    Babson's 17-game unbeaten streak (14-0-3) going back to October of last season is the program's longest run without a loss since going unbeaten in 20 straight games following an 0-2 start back in 2011. 
•    The Green and White is 6-0-2 over its last eight games away from home.
•    The Beavers also are unbeaten over their last 15 matches (8-0-7) in the month of September going back to 2023. 

SECOND-HALF PRODUCTION
•    The Green and White has scored eight of its 10 goals this season in the second half, which includes five markers in the 74th minute or later. 
•    In 10 matches going back to last season's NCAA Tournament, Babson has scored 12 of its last 14 goals after halftime. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Going back to the start of the 2024 campaign, the Beavers are 21-0-7 when leading or tied at halftime.
•    Babson has conceded more than one goal just twice in 31 matches dating back to the start of last season.
•    The Green and White is 8-0-3 versus CNE opponents since 2021.
•    The Beavers are 21-0-3 since the start of last year when scoring the opening goal of the game. 

UP NEXT
•    After playing four straight road games, Babson returns home to face Brandeis on Saturday at 1 p.m.