BABSON PARK, Mass. (October 17, 2026) — Salve Regina University men's soccer battled Babson College through a scoreless first half, but the Beavers defeated the visiting Seahawks, 2-0, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's soccer action on Saturday afternoon at Hartwell-Rogers Field.
Babson snapped its run of back-to-back draws to improve to 7-2-4 overall and 2-0-2 in conference play. Salve Regina, which is winless over its last three matches, drops to 3-6-4 overall and 0-3-1 in the NEWMAC.
Senior Alexander Yablonovskiy (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) and first-year Adonai Samuel (Brookline, Mass.) each provided a goal, while senior McKenzy Pierre (West Orange, N.J.) and junior Phillip Finch (La Jolla, Calif.) both recorded an assist for the Beavers. First-year goalkeeper Braden Condit (Denver, Colo.) made two saves to claim both his first collegiate win and shutout.
Junior Adonis Santiago (Oakdale, Conn.) finished with eight saves in the loss for the Seahawks.
The Green and White dominated possession for much of the contest and broke the scoreless deadlock on Yablonovskiy's third goal of the year in the 59th minute. A Salve Regina defender headed away sophomore Tanner Michelson's (Newport, R.I.) corner kick but Finch settled the loose ball and played it back into the box for Yablonovskiy, who drilled a powerful header under the crossbar.
Condit denied the Seahawks' best scoring chance of the match by pushing away first-year Max Melnik's (Needham, Mass.) header off a corner kick in the 71st minute, and Samuel's first career goal less than a minute later put the game away. Pierre gained control off a loose ball following a Salve Regina corner and flicked past a defender for Samuel, who carried the ball through the midfield before blasting a shot past Santiago from a step inside the top of the box.
Babson outshot the visitors 14-2 in a first half that included sophomore Blake Miller (Odessa, Fla.) hitting the crossbar with a header in the 26th minute and Santiago making a pair of terrific saves to deny sophomore Connor Hanrahan (Naperville, Ill.) in the 28th minute and graduate student Cam Merrill (New Gloucester, Maine) just past the half-hour mark. Santiago also got his fingertips on a header by Yablonovskiy that deflected off the crossbar just minutes before the opening goal.
The Beavers finished with a 25-4 edge in shots and a 10-3 advantage in corner kicks in the match.
Both teams return to action on Wednesday as Babson hosts Emerson at 6 p.m., while Salve Regina takes on Coast Guard at 7 p.m.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Babson 2, Salve Regina 0
Records: Salve Regina (3-6-4, 0-3-1 NEWMAC), Babson (7-2-4, 2-0-2 NEWMAC)
All-Time Series: Babson leads the all-time series, 11-0-1, which began in 2000. Last year was the first draw in 11 meetings.
SUMMARY:
- 58:18 | BABSON | Alexander Yablonovskiy (3) Assisted By: Phillip Finch
- 71:23 | BABSON | Adonai Samuel (1) Assisted By: McKenzy Pierre
NOTEWORTHY:
- Adonis Santiago played the full 90 minutes and stopped eight shots including five in the first half.
ON THE HORIZON:
Salve Regina hosts at Coast Guard on Wednesday evening (7 p.m.) at Toppa Field on FloCollege.
