No. 2 Field Hockey at University of New England
Tuesday, October 24 | 6 p.m.
Blue Bolt Field | Biddeford, Maine

SERIES HISTORY
• The Beavers are 9-0 against the Nor'easters in the all-time series that dates back to 2012.
• Five of the nine contests have been decided by one goal, including four overtime affairs.
• The first three games in Biddeford went to overtime, and the last two have been a two-goal and three-goal verdicts.

LAST MEETING
• Kelsey Low '23 scored her first goal of the season and senior Andrea Marguerite added her fifth goal in a five-game stretch as No. 9 Babson defeated UNE, 2-1, on October 16, 2022, at MacDowell Field.
• Junior back Berit Sharrow picked up an assist for the Beavers and junior goalkeeper Bayla Furmanek made three saves in goal in the victory.
• Junior Madi Robito broke up the shutout for UNE with her seventh goal of the season in the final 10 seconds of the game, with an assist from sophomore Shelly Tremblay. Lindsay Pych '23 made five saves for the Nor'easters in the setback.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 2 Babson (16-1, 8-0 NEWMAC) earned at least a share of its eighth straight regular season conference title on Saturday with a 5-2 victory over No. 19 MIT at MacDowell Field.
• Graduate student Brianne McGrath scored two goals, Marguerite tallied a goal and two assists, and the Beavers erupted with three fourth-quarter goals to secure the victory.  Graduate students Sinead Walsh and Jackie Hill scored one goal each and Furmanek made three saves to record the win in goal.
• Walsh (14-6-34), McGrath (13-7-33), and junior Camille Marsh (13-5-31) are all in the top five in the NEWMAC in goals and top seven in points. Sophomore Caroline DiGiovanni (10-0-20) gives the Beavers four double-digit goal scorers and junior Jessica Evans (6-6-18), Marguerite (6-5-17), Sharrow (6-5-17), and grad student Meara Hanyon  (3-9-15) provide additional offensive threats for the Green and White.
• Sharrow, Hanyon, graduate student Daniela Parrado-Nazal and sophomore Sanne van der Goes anchor a defense that has allowed just 13 goals in 17 games. Furmanek (0.77 GAA, .780 sv. pct) has started in goal every game over the past two seasons and leads the NEWMAC in goals against average and shutouts (8).

SCOUTING THE NOR'EASTERS
• UNE (8-8, 4-0 CCC) brings a five-game winning streak into Tuesday's game, with four straight one-goal victories, including a 1-0 verdict over No. 7 Tufts, and Saturday's 7-1 rout of Gordon that secured at least a share of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) regular-season title.
• Six different players found the back of the net against Gordon. Sophomore Makena Valentine notched two goals, classmate Micaela Jacobs tallied a goal and an assist, and senior Morgan Mast, junior Lily Clough, and first-years Olivia Dwyer and Kate Kelso scored once each.
• Clough (6-3-15) has at least one point in seven of her last nine games and Valentin (6-0-12) has a pair of two-goal games. Robito (5-2-12) and Mast (3-2-8) are offensive contributors, and first-year Gianna Korisianos (0-6-6) leads the team in assists.
• First-year starter junior Dawn DeWeese-Moss (2.22 GAA, .698 sv. pct.) has started all 16 games for UNE and allowed just four goals while recording her first two shutouts of the season.

CONFERENCE HONOR
• McGrath was named NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week on Monday after collecting nine points on four goals and one assist in a pair of victories last week.
• She is the sixth Beaver to earn NEWMAC weekly honors this season following Marguerite (9/11), Walsh (9/18), Marsh (9/25 and 10/2), Sharrow (9/25), and Furmanek (10/2).

BUSY BEAVERS
• Walsh has scored at least one goal in five straight games, totaling eight goals and one assist for 17 points in that span.
• McGrath has tallied at least two points in five consecutive outings, collecting six goals and four assists for 16 points in the that stretch.
• The Beavers have scored at least five goals in six straight games, matching its longest streak since scoring five times in six consecutive outings in 2021.

CALENDAR SUCCESS
• Babson has won 44 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 have won all 18 games played on a Tuesday over the past four seasons.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
• McGrath has upped her career totals to 47 goals, 27 assists and 121 points to rank eighth in program history in goals and points and tied for ninth in assists.
• Furmanek is now tied for third in program history with 16 career shutouts and fifth with 35 wins.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson is 6-1 in road games this season and 21-3 away from home since the start of the 2021 season.
• The Beavers have lost just once in their last 52 outings when scoring the first goal of the game.
• The Green and White have won 49 games in a row when leading at halftime, dating back to 2021, and is 75-3 since 2018 when taking a lead into the second half.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will wrap up the regular season on Saturday with a NEWMAC matchup at Mount Holyoke.