Men's Soccer at Springfield
Saturday, September 27 | 1 p.m.
Brock-Affleck Field | Springfield, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 26-7-5 all-time against Springfield in a series that dates back to 1994.
• The Beavers are unbeaten in their last seven contests against the Pride (6-0-1) while posting seven consecutive shutouts. 
• The Green and White have not surrendered more than one goal in a game to Springfield in the last 26 meetings over two decades, posting a 20-2-4 mark with 15 shutouts.

LAST MEETING
• Kento Abe M'25 finished with a goal and an assist to help 11th-ranked and top-seeded Babson defeat fifth-seeded Springfield, 4-0, in a NEWMAC Tournament semifinal at Hartwell-Rogers Field on November 7, 2024. 
• James Donaldson M'25, Lorenzo Mancini '24 M'25 and Lyndon Way '25 each provided a goal for the Beavers, who got one save from goalkeeper Walker White '25.
• Senior goalkeeper Noah Pote stopped six shots for the Pride, which was reduced to 10 men following a red card in the 40th minute. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (4-3-2, 0-0-0 NEWMAC) is looking to snap a three-game losing streak after a 2-1 loss at No. 13 Amherst on Tuesday afternoon.
• Junior Alexander Yablonovskiy scored his fourth goal of the season for the Beavers and classmates Titus Charles and Will Lloyd recorded their first assists. Junior keeper JB Montague made five saves in goal in the setback.
• Yablonovskiy (4-1-9) broke a four-game scoreless streak at Amherst. First-years Connor Hanrahan (3-0-6) and Will Boecher (2-2-6) and senior James Modiano (2-0-4) are multi-goal scorers and junior Will Lloyd (1-1-3) has a goal and an assist in his last two games.
• Sophomore JB Montague (5 starts, 3-1, .808 sv. pct, 21 svs.) and senior Derek Polanco (4 starts, 1-2-2, .722 sv. pct, 13 svs.) both have a 1.11 goals against average, and Montague has two shutouts.

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
• Springfield (5-3-0, 1-0-0), which lost to Vassar on Tuesday, 1-0, captured its first conference game last Saturday at home against Emerson, 5-3.
• Senior Parker Thornton tallied two goals and an assist in the win over Emerson while first-year Gianni Pazvakavambwa notched a goal and an assist and sophomores Tommy Quiterio and Robby Herrera added one goal each. Pote made six saves in the victory over Emerson and made one stop in the loss at Vassar.
• Thornton (4-2-10), junior Connor Policarpio (4-2-10 and Herrera (4-1-9) give the Pride and balanced offensive attack. Sophomore Jared Kelly (2-2-6) and Quiterio (2-1-5) are multi-goal scorers and first-year Parker Gustine (0-5-5) leads the NEWMAC in assists.
• Pote (5-3-0) has played every minute this season in the Springfield goal, posting a 1.88 goals against average and a .722 save percentage with a NEWMAC-leading 39 saves. 

TOP OF THE POLL
• The Beavers earned seven of nine first-place votes and 62 points to finish atop the NEWMAC preseason coaches' poll back in August. 
• Babson finished 15 points ahead of second-place Coast Guard while MIT was one point behind the Bears in third place and Salve Regina was one point behind the Engineers in fourth place. Springfield finished sixth in the poll with 31 points. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
• The Green and White owns a 32-game conference unbeaten streak (27-0-5) that dates back to October 30, 2021. 
• Babson is 18-0-7 on the road against NEWMAC foes dating back to September 15, 2018. 
• The Beavers are unbeaten in 24 straight NEWMAC regular season games (20-0-4) since October 30, 2021.

TUESDAY'S LEFTOVERS
• The 2-1 setback at No. 13 Amherst on Tuesday was just the Beavers' fourth loss in 25 games (11-4-10) away from home going back to September 14, 2023.
• Yablonovskiy's goal was just the second allowed by Amherst in seven outings this season and broke a three-game shutout streak for the Mammoths.
• The Green and White are 3-3-5 against NESCAC opponents since 2023, which includes a dramatic last-second win at Amherst two years ago.

BEAVER BITES
• The Beavers have dropped three games in a row for the first time since 2013, and haven't lost four in a row since 1987, under then-second year coach Jon Anderson.
• Babson has started 21 different players over its first nine matches this fall with only Lloyd, sophomore Henry Bacon and first-year Blake Miller being part of the starting XI in every game. 
• The Green and White have scored nine of its 12 goals this season after halftime, five of which have come in the 74th minute or later.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson is 25-11-8 over the past five seasons in the month of September.
• The Green and White are 56-2-6 since 2021 when scoring the first goal of the game.
• The Beavers are 44-2-17 over the past four seasons when conceding no more than one goal.

UP NEXT
• Babson plays its next three games at home, beginning Tuesday against No. 22 Tufts at 4 p.m. at Hartwell-Rogers Field.