No. 2 Field Hockey at Wellesley
Tuesday, October 17 | 5 p.m.
Butler Stadium | Wellesley, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 19-28-1 all-time against Wellesley in a series that dates back to 1984.
• The Beavers have captured the last seven games against the Blue and 11 of the last 15 going back to 2010.
• The Green and White had won six in a row by at least three goals until last year's one-goal verdict.
• Babson has won four in a row in Wellesley, including 7-0 in the last meeting in 2021.

LAST MEETING
• Graduate student Brianne McGrath scored the game-winning goal with 2:29 remaining in the fourth quarter as No. 9 Babson edged upset-minded Wellesley, 2-1, on October 18, 2022, at MacDowell Field.
• Senior Andrea Marguerite tallied a goal and an assist for the Beavers, junior Berit Sharrow notched an assist for the third game in a row, and classmate Bayla Furmanek recorded the win in goal.
• Senior Alex Lenart scored for the Blue with an assist from junior Camille Newman. Senior Kyra Deehr-Lewis made five saves in goal in the tough-luck loss.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 2 Babson (14-1, 6-0 NEWMAC) produced its eighth straight victory on Saturday with a 5-1 triumph over Springfield on Stagg Field.
• Graduate student Sinead Walsh and junior Jessica Evans scored two goals apiece in the win. McGrath also scored for the Beavers, Sharrow picked up a pair of assists and Evans, junior Camille Marsh and Marguerite added one assist each. Furmanek made a pair of saves to earn the win in goal.
• Marsh (13-5-31) and Walsh (12-6-30) are fourth and fifth in the NEWMAC in points and both rank in the top five in goals. McGrath (9-6-24), Evans (6-6-18), sophomore Caroline DiGiovanni (8-0-16) and Sharrow (6-4-16) give the Beavers a balanced offensive attack and graduate student Meara Hanyon (3-8-14) is tied for the league lead in assists.
• Furmanek (14-1, 0.74 GAA, .792 sv. pct) has started every game over the past two seasons and leads the NEWMAC in goals against average and shutouts (7).

SCOUTING THE BLUE
• Wellesley (7-7, 3-3 NEWMAC) is looking to get back on the winning track after suffering its fourth straight loss Saturday against Smith, 4-1, at Butler Stadium.
• Senior Cassidy Novello produced a third-quarter goal for the Blue, with an assist from sophomore Sophia Sohigian. Deehr-Lewis made one save in goal as Wellesley was outshot by the Pioneers, 7-5.
• Senior River Schiff (4-1-9) and first-year Alex Butulis (4-0-8) lead the team in scoring with four goals apiece, and Butulis has a team-high two game-winning goals. Junior Eleanor Wenners has made five defensive saves to lead the defense.
• Deehr-Lewis (2.02 GAA, .815 sv. pct, 1 SO) has started all 14 games for the Blue and ranks second in the NEWMAC in save percentage and fourth in goals against average.

A GLANCE AT THE NEWMAC
• Babson (6-0) and MIT (6-0) are battling for first place in the NEWMAC and Smith (4-2) and WPI (4-2) are tied for third.
• Wellesley (3-3) and Salve Regina (3-3) are in position to gain the final two play-off spots in the 10-team league.
• The Beavers are riding a NEWMAC regular season victory streak of 56 games dating back to 2015.

STINGY DEFENSE
• The Babson defense, anchored by Sharrow, Hanyon, graduate student Daniela Parrado-Nazal and sophomore Sanne van der Goes, has allowed just 11 goals in 15 games this season, the fewest in the NEWMAC.
• The Beavers have surrendered just three goals in their current eight-game winning streak.
• Since the start of the 2018 campaign, the Green and White are 79-2 when holding the opponents to no more than one goal.

CALENDAR SUCCESS
• Babson has won 42 games in a row in the month of October dating back to a 2-1 loss at Montclair State on October 28, 2017.
• The Beavers haven't lost a game on a Tuesday (19-0) since a 2-1 loss to Tufts on September 11, 2018.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
• McGrath has climbed to ninth place on Babson's all-time scoring list with 112 career points. She is also tied for 10th with 43 goals and 10th with 26 assists.
• Furmanek is now fourth in program history with 15 career shutouts and fifth with 33 wins.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White are 9-0 this season on home turf and have won 33 of their last 37 games at MacDowell Field over the past three seasons.
• Babson has won 47 games in a row when leading at halftime, dating back to 2021, and is 73-3 since 2018 when taking a lead into the second half.
• The Beavers have lost just once in their last 50 outings when scoring the first goal of the game.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will return home for the final regular season home game this Saturday against NEWMAC co-leader No. 22 MIT at 12 p.m. at MacDowell Field.