Women's Soccer vs. Smith
Wednesday, October 21 | 3 p.m. 
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 29-19-4 all-time against Smith in a series that dates back to 1982.
•    The Beavers have won six consecutive matches in the series and have lost just once over their last 20 contests (17-1-2) versus the Bears since 2006. 
•    Ten of the last 12 games between the sides have been decided by a single goal or finished in a draw.
•    The Green and White is unbeaten in its last nine matches (7-0-2) against Smith on Hartwell-Rogers Field. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior Caroline Sutherland and Izzy DeMatos '26 each provided a goal to help Babson defeat Smith, 2-1, on October 22, 2025, in Northampton, Mass. 
•    DeMatos opened the scoring in the 39th minute, Sutherland knocked in a loose ball off a corner kick in the 59th minute and sophomore Maisie Creamer finished with one save for the Beavers, who finished with a 24-5 edge in shots. 
•    Jenna Marsh converted a penalty kick in the 79th minute for the Bears, who got a career-high 14 saves from Sky Smith. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (6-6-3, 3-1-3 NEWMAC) is looking to bounce from its first conference loss after falling at No. 5 MIT, 2-0, on Saturday evening. 
•    Senior goalkeeper Callahan Cottone stopped eight shots, including a 72nd-minute penalty kick, but the Beavers were outshot 16-3 and put just one shot on target as the Engineers extended their NEWMAC unbeaten streak to 40 games. 
•    Senior Priscilla-Rose Men-Martin (7-1-15) is tied for fifth in the conference in goals, junior Lillian McAughan (4-2-10) and sophomore Izzy Lee (4-1-9) have combined to score five times in league play, and the trio of senior Janiya Ocampo (2-2-6), sophomore Lindsey Cassady (1-2-4) and junior Josie Lee (1-2-4) are among five players tied for the team lead in assists. 
•    Cottone (6-6-2) ranks fourth in the NEWMAC in goals against average (0.95) and sixth in save percentage (.808) to go along with three shutouts, while Creamer (0-1-1) owns a 1.15 goals against average and a .792 save percentage in nine appearances this fall. 

SCOUTING THE BEARS 
•    Smith (0-11-2, 0-6-1 NEWMAC) has lost its last three games and is winless in 17 straight matches going back to last year after falling 2-0 to Wheaton on Saturday. 
•    Riley Cioffi-Smith made a pair of first-half saves and Blair Pasarkar stopped six shots in the second half for the Bears, who fell behind in the 44th minute and conceded a second goal less than 10 minutes into the second half. 
•    Kaela Barnes leads the team in scoring (2-0-4), Helena Prusak has one goal and one assist for three points, and Maura Grazioso, Una Keller and Marsh have all scored once on the year.
•    Cioffi-Smith (0-5-1) has a 2.63 goals against average and a .757 save percentage in seven starts, while Pasarkar (0-5-1) owns a 3.76 goals against average and a .730 save percentage in five starts this fall. 

POINTS AT A PREMIUM
•    The Beavers enter the final two weeks of the regular season tied for fifth place in the NEWMAC standings with 12 points from their first seven matches. 
•    MIT has taken the full 21 points from seven games to start league play and is five points ahead of second-place Wheaton, which plays both the Engineers and Babson this week. 
•    The Green and White, which is tied for fifth with Emerson, enters Wednesday's match four points behind the second-place Lyons, two back of third-place WPI and just one behind fourth place Salve Regina. 

BABSON TRENDS
•     McAughan became the third Babson player to record a brace this season in last Wednesday's win over Salve Regina joining Ocampo, who had two goals and one assist in last Saturday's victory over Mount Holyoke, and Men-Martin, who has scored twice in victories over Springfield, Framingham State and Mount Holyoke.
•    Cottone, Izzy Lee and senior center back Claudia Baiter are the only Babson players to start all 15 matches this fall, and going back to the end of the 2024 campaign, Baiter has started 38 straight games. 
•    Cottone has made 23 of her 42 saves this season over the last five matches, which includes stopping a career-high 10 shots in a 1-0 loss to Middlebury on October 11. 

BEAVER BITES
•    The Beavers have played five opponents with records of .500 or worse this season and have gone 4-0-1 while outscoring them 20-1. 
•    Babson has had 12 different players account for its 27 goals this fall and five different players have tallied a game-winning marker. 
•    Eighteen players have at least one point on the year including junior Mack Feeney, who is tied for the team lead with two assists. 
•    Sophomore Izzy Reidy recorded her first assist of the season and the second of her career in last Wednesday's triumph over Salve Regina.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 5-0-1 when scoring the first goal of the match this season.
•    The Beavers are 6-0-1 this fall and are unbeaten in 38 straight games (33-0-5) when leading at halftime since 2022. 
•    The Green and White has scored 24 of its 27 goals on the year in its nine home games. 
•    Babson is 11-3-1 at Hartwell-Rogers Field versus NEWMAC foes going back to October 12, 2024

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers will host Wheaton on Saturday at 1 p.m.