Women's Volleyball at Salve Regina
Saturday, October 14 | 1 p.m. 
Rodgers Recreation Center | Newport, R.I.

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 4-3 all-time against Salve Regina in a series that dates back to 2003. 
•    The Beavers have won two straight matches against the Seahawks although last year's contest was the first between the teams since 2013. 
•    Saturday's match will be the first between Babson and Salve Regina as conference foes after the Seahawks joined the NEWMAC prior to this season. 

LAST MEETING
•    Sophomore Isabella Allen finished with nine kills and junior Lauren Griffin added seven kills to lead a balanced attack as Babson defeated Salve Regina in three sets, 25-16, 25-17, 27-25, on September 23, 2022, in Newport, R.I. 
•    Junior Lauren Gips recorded six kills, senior Ruby Reich handed out 16 assists and junior Tatum Stelter led all players with 21 digs for the Beavers.
•    Brighton Solheim and Madison Lee both had 10 kills and Kate Murphy totaled 15 digs for the Seahawks, who hit just .079 in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (18-1, 6-0 NEWMAC) extended its winning streak to 15 matches with a 3-0 victory over Simmons on Tuesday night. 
•    Gips hit .500 and finished with 12 kills and four blocks, Allen put away a season-high 10 kills and first-year Zoe Ackerman handed out 30 assists to go along with nine digs for the Beavers, who hit .255 on the night. 
•    Senior Erin Gray (3.03 k/s, .223 hitting pct.) and first-year Allison Molendyk (3.03 k/s, .241 hitting pct.) both rank among the top 10 in the NEWMAC in kills per set, Gips (2.63 k/s, 1.07 b/s) is hitting .415 and senior Lulu McShane is averaging 2.26 kills per set and hitting a .251 clip. 
•    Ackerman is handing out 7.13 assists per set, sophomore Roz Cabunea is averaging a team-best 4.34 digs per set and Stelter (3.13 d/s) leads the Green and White with 213 digs and 43 service aces. 

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
•    Salve Regina (10-9, 0-6 NEWMAC) has dropped its last three matches and is coming off a 3-0 loss to Smith on Tuesday night. 
•    Solheim finished with eight kills and nine digs and Siena DeCicco added four kills, seven digs and four assists for the Seahawks, who recorded just seven kills as a team over the final two sets. 
•    Solheim (3.32 k/s, 3.11 d/s) ranks fourth in the NEWMAC in kills and leads the team with 43 service aces, Lucy Swanson is averaging 2.52 kills per set and Lauren Hoyle (2.27 k/s) is hitting .204 on the year. 
•    DeCicco ranks fourth in the conference in assists per set (8.06), while Kate Murphy is averaging a team-high 3.45 digs per set. 

CONFERENCE LEADERS
•    At the midway point of league play, the Beavers rank second in opponent hitting percentage (.083), third in service aces per set (2.48) and fourth in hitting percentage (.194).
•    Individually, Gips is third in conference play in hitting percentage (.400), fourth in blocks per set (0.96), and eighth in points per set (3.48), Stelter ranks third in aces (0.64) and 10th in digs per set (3.96) and Ackerman is fifth handing out 7.12 assists per game. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    Babson's 15-match winning streak is the program's third longest going back to 2017 behind only last year's 16 straight victories and the school-record 22 consecutive wins in 2019. 
•    Entering the weekend, the Beavers' 15 wins in a row are tied for the third longest active streak in Division III with Lasell and trail only No. 1 Juniata's 43 straight victories and the 22 consecutive wins by No. 2 Wisconsin-Oshkosh. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Over the last two matches, Allen is averaging 3.00 kills per set while hitting .261. 
•    In her last four outings, Gips has made just two attack errors and is averaging 2.83 kills and 1.17 blocks to go along with a .471 hitting percentage. 
•    Stelter has finished with 12 or more digs in 11 of the last 13 matches and has recorded multiple service aces 12 times this season.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 10-1 away from home this season.
•    A win on Saturday would help Babson start 7-0 in conference play for the second year in a row and just the third time in program history. 
•    The Green and White has recorded more kills than its opponents in 18 of 19 matches this season. 
•    Babson is 15-0 this season and 34-2 since the start of last year when holding its opponents to a hitting percentage of .150 or less. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers travel to Worcester to face Clark on Tuesday at 7 p.m.