BABSON PARK, Mass.— Visiting Brandeis University rallied with a pair of goals 13 minutes apart midway through the second half to defeat No. 12 Babson College, 2-1, in non-conference men's soccer action Saturday afternoon at Hartwell-Rogers Field.

With its second straight setback, the Beavers fall to 4-2-2 overall while the Judges kept their unbeaten season going and improve to 6-0-1.

Junior Will Lloyd (Lexington, Mass.) scored the lone goal for the Beavers, who finished with an 8-7 advantage in total shots (4-2 in shots on goal) and took 11 of the game's 12 corner kicks.

Senior Nico Beninda (Monroe Township, N.J.) and junior Juan Vera (Caracas, Venezuela) tallied goals for the Judges, and junior Aidan Chuang (New York, N.Y.) and senior Elan Romo (Weston, Fla.) registered assists. Junior Tyler Correnti (West Newbury, Mass.) made three saves to record his second shutout of the season.

Babson, which had a 4-3 margin in shots and took five of the six corners in the first half, took the lead in the 31st minute on a corner kick. First-year Will Boecher (Wellesley, Mass.) inserted the ball into the box from the left corner, which was headed away by a Brandeis defender, but Lloyd hit the ball on one hop from 20 yards out which sailed into the top right corner of the net to break the scoreless deadlock.

The Judges had an excellent opportunity to tie the score in the 42nd minute when junior Kenshin Murakawa (Osaka, Japan) ripped a shot from 30-plus yards out but it hit the right goal post.

The Beavers had an even better chance for a goal in the 55th minute when junior Alexander Yablonovskiy (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) sent a beautiful through ball past the Brandeis defense that created a breakaway for Boecher but his clean shot from 20 yards out was denied by Correnti. Graduate student Albion Bacaj (Chappaqua, N.Y.) was also denied by Correnti from point blank range in the 59th minute following a corner kick.

Brandeis got the equalizer in the 64th minute when Chuang found a wide-open Beninda in the left side of the box and Beninda rolled a shot past Polanca inside the far right post to level the score at 1-1.

The Judges pulled ahead in the 77th minute on a similar scoring play when Romo found Vera on the left side of the box and Vera rolled a shot past Polanca inside the far right post for the go-ahead goal and the eventual game-winner.

Babson had one final chance to tie the game in the 88th minute but Yablonovsky's shot from the left side hit the side of the net.

The Green and White return to action with a road game at No. 20 Amherst on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. The Judges will host No. 13 Wheaton on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

GAME NOTES
• Babson is 32-29-11 all-time against Brandeis in a series that dates back to 1955.
• The last 23 Babson-Brandeis games going back to 2003 have been decided by two goals or less, including three ties and 14 one-goal affairs.
• The Green and White had a 23-game home unbeaten streak snapped after going 16-0-7 in the previous 23 encounters. Babson had allowed just two goals in its previous 12 home games combined.
• The Beavers had gone 21-0-3 over the past two years when scoring the first goal of the game.