Men's Soccer vs. Roger Williams
Tuesday, September 15 | 4 p.m. 
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 8-6-1 all-time against Roger Williams in a series that dates back to 2001.
•    The Beavers and Hawks have split their last eight matches going back to 2008 with the home team winning each of the last two contests after the road side won six in a row from 2008-13. 
•    Ten of the last 11 games have between the teams have been decided by a single goal or ended in a draw since 2005.
•    The sides met every year from 2001-13 and renewed the series in 2024 following an 11-year hiatus.

LAST MEETING
•    Brandon Rodriguez scored in the 52nd minute and Eliot Panaccione finished with two saves to help Roger Williams defeat Babson, 1-0, on September 17, 2025, in Bristol, R.I.
•    Aidan Jennings registered an assist for the Hawks, who finished with a 14-5 edge in shots while snapping the Beavers' 18-game unbeaten streak. 
•    Derek Polanco '26 made a career-high six saves and sophomore Connor Hanrahan saw his header from close range drill off the crossbar in the 84th minute for the Green and White. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (4-0) remained unbeaten with a 2-1 victory at Brandeis back on September 9. 
•    Senior McKenzy Pierre scored in the 63rd minute, sophomore Nicholas Adams notched his first career goal in the 64th minute and graduate student Will Devall made four of his six saves in the second half for the Beavers, who were outshot 15-9 by the Judges. 
•    Hanrahan (3-0-6) produced a goal in each of the first three matches, Pierre (2-1-5) has a point in three straight outings, senior Alexander Yablonovskiy (1-2-4) is second on the team in assists, and classmate Will Lloyd and junior Christian Gardner have each contributed a goal and an assist.
•    Devall (3-0-0) owns a 1.00 goals against average and a .800 save percentage in three starts, while junior JB Montague allowed two goals and made two saves in his only start of the year.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS
•    Roger Williams (4-1) has won two straight games and is coming off a 2-0 victory at Wentworth on Saturday. 
•    Rodriguez broke a scoreless deadlock in the 67th minute, Dylan Robbins scored in the 78th minute and Panaccione made three of his four saves in the first half for the Hawks, who outshot the Leopards 22-8. 
•    Ollie Hamilton (4-0-8) has produced a pair of multi-goal games, Tyler Jastrab is second on the squad m in scoring with two goals and two assists for six points, and Robbins (1-3-5) and Dylan Thomas (1-3-5) are tied for the team lead in assists for an offense that has seen 10 different players score through five matches. 
•    Panaccione (2-1) owns a 1.33 goals against average and a .733 save percentage to go along with one shutout in three starts, while Todd Machowski is 2-0 with a 0.50 goals against average, a .875 save percentage and one clean sheet in his two starts. 

HISTORY LESSON
•    Babson is off to its first 4-0 start since 2012 when it went on to finish 13-4-3 while advancing to the NCAA Tournament. 
•    The Green and White last started 5-0 all the way back in 1994. 
•    The Beavers have recorded four consecutive wins all by a single goal for the first time since 2011 when they posted five straight one-goal victories defeating Eastern Connecticut State (2-1), Wheaton (2-1), Plymouth State (2-1), Clark (1-0) and MIT (2-1) between October 16-November 5. 
•    Babson's 3-2 victory over Ramapo marked the first time it has rallied for a win after trailing 2-0 since September 4, 2012, when it needed overtime to defeat Bridgewater State 3-2 after conceding a pair of early goals. 

STRIKING LATE
•    Over their first four matches, the Beavers have already scored four times in the 75th minute or later and all six of their second-half goals have come in the 63rd minute or later. 
•    Yablonovskiy scored the go-ahead goal in the 80th minute in Babson's season-opening win over Gordon on September 1 and Lloyd, Hanrahan and Garder all scored over the final 16 minutes to overcome a late two-goal deficit back on September 6 against Ramapo. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Head coach Jon Anderson '75 boasts 486 career wins, which ranks second among active coaches and 11th all-time in Division III.
•    Graduate student Drew Stephans has an assist in back-to-back games and leads the Green and White with three assists through the first four games. 
•    Sophomore Adam Stetson picked up his first collegiate assist in the Beavers' win over Ramapo on September 6. 
•    Gardner, who scored the game-winning goal in the win over Ramapo, made his first start for the Green and White in last Wednesday's match at Brandeis. 
•    Yablonovskiy has at least one point in seven of his last eight games dating back to last November's NEWMAC Tournament, while Hanrahan has produced a goal in four of his last outings going back to the first round of last year's NCAA Tournament.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 29-1-3 since the start of the 2024 campaign when scoring the first goal of the match.
•    Babson is unbeaten in its last 24 games (23-0-1) since 2024 when scoring at least two goals. 
•    The Green and White is 36-5-7 at home dating back to 2022.
•    The Beavers are 1-0 this season and 17-1-1 since the start of the 2024 season when leading at halftime. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson will play the second of three straight games at Hartwell-Rogers Field when it takes on Bates on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.