No. 5 Men's Soccer vs. Springfield
Saturday, September 26 | 10:30 a.m.
Hartwell-Rogers Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 27-7-5 all-time against Springfield in a series that dates back to 1994.
•    The Beavers are unbeaten in their last eight matches versus the Pride (7-0-1) and have conceded just one goal during this stretch. 
•    The Green and White has won its last five games at home against Springfield and is unbeaten at Hartwell-Rogers Field versus the Pride dating back to 2000. 

LAST MEETING
•    Seniors Huey Miller and Will Lloyd each provided a goal and junior JB Montague finished with six saves to help Babson defeat the Pride, 3-1, on September 27, 2025, in Springfield, Mass. 
•    Sophomore Will Boecher collected an assist for the Beavers, who jumped in front on an own goal in the eighth minute and doubled their advantage on the first marker of Miller's career in the 28th minute. 
•    Gianni Pazvakavambwa pulled a goal back in the 41st minute for the Pride, which got five saves from Noah Pote in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 5 Babson (5-0-1, 0-0 NEWMAC) remained unbeaten with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Bates last Saturday at Hartwell-Rogers Field. 
•    Senior Alexander Yablonovskiy converted a 44th-minute penalty kick and sophomore Adam Stetson cleared a scoring chance off the goal line in the 41st minute for the Beavers, who outshot the Bobcats 10-4 to extend their home unbeaten streak to five matches. 
•    Sophomore Connor Hanrahan (3-0-6) and Yablonovskiy (2-2-6) have combined for three game-winning goals, senior McKenzy Pierre (2-1-5) has provided points in three of the last five games and graduate student Drew Stephans is tied for the NEWMAC lead with three assists. 
•    Graduate student Will Devall (4-0-1) owns a 0.60 goals against average and a .850 save percentage in five starts and has kept two consecutive clean sheets going back to September 15. 

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
•    Springfield (2-4-1, 1-0 NEWMAC) followed up last Saturday's 2-0 win over Emerson in the league opener by dropping a 2-1 decision at SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday. 
•    Cooper Kassan scored in the 68th minute and Tommy Fenton mad seven of his career-high 11 saves in the second half for the Pride, which fell behind after conceding twice inside of six minutes early in the second half. 
•    Connor Policarpio (3-2-8) is tied for fourth in the conference in points, Kassan has produced three goals and Kam Brown (1-1-3) has contributed a goal and an assist for thee points this fall. 
•    Fenton (2-4-1) has started all seven games and owns a 1.43 goals against average and a .762 save percentage to go along with two clean sheets on the year. 

DEVALL CLAIMS CONFERENCE WEEKLY HONOR
•    After posting back-to-back shutouts in a 0-0 draw against Roger Williams and the 1-0 win over Bates, Devall was tabbed as the NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. 
•    He made five saves in the draw with the Hawks to keep his first clean sheet of the season and was not forced to make a save in the victory over the Bobcats. 

CALL TO THE HALL
•    Tim Winn '09, who ranks second all-time in scoring and is one of the most decorated players in program history, will be inducted into the Babson Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday night as part of Back to Babson weekend. 
•    A two-time All-America, four time all-region and four-time all-league first-team selection, which includes being named NEWMAC Player of the Year three times, Winn produced 56 goals and 29 assists for 141 career points. 
•    Winn produced three of the five highest scoring seasons in Babson annals, scoring a then-career-high 16 goals in 2006 before breaking his own record with 17 markers in 2007. 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
•    With his goal last Saturday, Yablonovskiy now has 22 in 66 career matches tying him for 15th on the Beavers' all-time list. He also ranks 23rd program's all-time points list with 54. 
•    After scoring 10 goals in 39 games over his first two seasons at Babson, Yablonovskiy has tallied 12 times in 27 matches going back to the start of last year. 

NEWMAC KNOWLEDGE
•    After claiming the program's second consecutive conference tournament championship last fall and its fourth in five seasons going back to 2021, Babson was picked to finish second behind Wheaton when the NEWMAC released its preseason coaches' poll back in August.
•    The Beavers have finished either first or second in the league standings in seven consecutive seasons going back to 2018 and are 49-3-13 versus NEWMAC foes during this stretch. 
•    The Green and White is unbeaten in its NEWMAC opener (4-0-3) going back to 2018. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Head coach Jon Anderson '75, who is in his 41st season at Babson, ranks second among active coaches and 11th in Division history with 487 wins. He also recorded the 99th draw of his career on September 15 against Roger Williams, which ranks third all-time in NCAA history. 
•    Graduate transfer Jackson Price from Furman, Miller and and fellow senior Ted Rosenfeld all made their season debuts in the draw with Roger Williams on September 15. The appearance for Rosenfeld came 366 days after suffering a season-ending knee injury last season. 
•    Senior Tyler Shin made the first start of his career in last Saturday's win over Bates, while classmate Luca Tusche made his third career start and first since the Beavers' 1-0 loss to Tufts on September 30, 2025. 

BABSON'S BEST STARTS
•    The Beavers have earned a result in each of their first six games for the third consecutive season and the eighth time under head coach Jon Anderson. 
•    Six of the first seven times Babson has been unbeaten through six matches it has advanced to the NCAA Tournament. 

Season        Start       Postseason Finish
2026            5-0-1        -
2025            4-0-2        NCAA 2nd round
2024            7-0-6        NCAA quarterfinals
2012            5-0-1        NCAA 1st round
2006            4-0-2        NEWMAC final
1991            7-0-1        NCAA semifinals
1990            13-0-4      NCAA 2nd round
1989            6-0-2        NCAA 2nd round

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 4-0-1 this season when they take a lead or are tied going into halftime. 
•    Four of Babson's six second-half goals on the year have been scored in the 75th minute or later. 
•    The Green and White is 23-0-1 when scoring at least two goals since the start of the 2023 campaign. 
•    The Beavers are 65-2-6 when scoring the opening goal of the match dating back to 2021. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Medford, Mass., to face No. 11 Tufts, the defending Division III national champions on Monday at 7 p.m.