No. 2 Field Hockey at Springfield
Saturday, October 14 | 1 p.m.
Stagg Field | Springfield, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• The all-time series between Babson and Springfield that dates back to 1996 is tied at 18 wins apiece.
• After Springfield captured the first 11 games from 1996-2004, Babson was 5-7 against the Pride from 2005-12 before winning the last 13 meetings since 2013.
• The Green and White have won each of the last six games by at least three goals.

LAST MEETING
• Senior Andrea Marguerite scored her first two goals of the season as No. 9 Babson posted its fourth straight victory with a 3-0 decision over Springfield on October 8, 2022, at MacDowell Field.
• Junior Camille Marsh tallied her first goal of the season for the Beavers and graduate student Meara Hanyon notched her team-leading fourth assist in the win. Junior goalkeeper Bayla Furmanek was not forced to make a save in the Beaver goal and recorded her third shutout of the season.
• Senior goalie Remy Niland had a solid performance at the other end of the field for the Pride, making 12 saves as Babson outshot the visiting Pride 28-2.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 2 Babson (13-1, 4-0 NEWMAC) brings a seven-game winning streak to Springfield after a pair of victories last weekend at MacDowell Field over Salve Regina (6-1) on Saturday and Saint Joseph's (Maine) on Sunday (7-0).
• Marsh scored twice and graduate students Brianne McGrath and Sinead Walsh tallied a goal and an assist each in the win over Salve Regina. Walsh scored notched her first career hat trick and a tenacious defense prevented any shots in the verdict over Saint Joe's.
• Marsh (13-4-30) is tied for third in the NEWMAC in goals and ranks third by herself in points while Walsh (10-6-26) McGrath (8-6-22) and are also in the top 10 in points. Sophomore Caroline DiGiovanni (8-0-16) is second on the team in goals and Hanyon (3-8-14) is tied for the league lead in assists.
• Furmanek (13-1, 0.72 GAA, .800 sv. pct) has started every game over the past two seasons and leads the NEWMAC in goals against average and shutouts (7).

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
• Springfield (5-8, 1-4 NEWMAC) is looking to bounce back from a 4-0 non-conference loss to No. 14 Amherst on Thursday evening in the third of four consecutive home games.
• Niland had a strong showing in net for the hosts as she came away seven saves on the night in her third consecutive start. The Pride managed just one shot in the game by graduate student Kaitlin Bardellini.
• Bardellini (10-8-28) and first-year Hailey Gaydos (10-0-20) have combined for 20 of the team's 31 goals this season. Junior Camryn (4-1-9) is third on the team in scoring and classmates Claire Munkacsi (3) and Molly Collins (2) have combined for five defensive saves.
• Niland (2-3, 2.25 GAA, .657 sv. pct) has started five games in goal for the Pride and junior Neilee Hess (3-5, 2.48 GAA, .780 sv. pct) got the starting nod in eight games.

A GLANCE AT THE NEWMAC
• Babson (5-0) and MIT (5-0) are battling for first place in the NEWMAC and Wellesley (3-2), Smith (3-2) and WPI (3-2) are in a three-way tie for third.
• Springfield (1-4) is a game behind Salve Regina (2-3) for the sixth and final play-off spot in the 10-team league.
• The Beavers are riding a NEWMAC regular season victory streak of 55 games dating back to 2015.

BEAVER SCORING MACHINE
• The Green and White are ranked third in Division III in goals per game (4.93) and scoring margin (+4.21) after outscoring their opponents 69-10 this season.
• Babson has gotten goals from 16 different players and at least five goals from six players.

LIFE ON THE ROAD
• The Beavers will play four of their final five regular season games against away from Babson Park.
• Babson is 4-1 in road games this season and 19-3 away from home since the start of the 2021 season.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
• McGrath has climbed to ninth place on Babson's all-time scoring list with 110 career points. She also ranks 11th with 42 goals and 10th with 26 assists.
• Furmanek is now fourth in program history with 15 career shutouts and tied for fifth with 32 wins.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson has won its last 46 games over the past three campaigns when leading at halftime.
• The Green and White are 78-2 since the start of the 2018 campaign when holding the opponents to no more than one goal.
• The Beavers have won 114 consecutive games since 2014 when scoring at least three times.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will visit crosstown rival Wellesley on Tuesday at 5 p.m. before the final regular season home game next Saturday against MIT at 12 p.m.