Women's Lacrosse vs. Skidmore
Saturday, February 25 | 1:30 p.m.
MacDowell Field | Babson Park, Mass.

Babson: Roster | Schedule & Results | 2022 Stats
Skidmore: Roster | Schedule & Results | 2022 Stats
NEWMAC: Standings | Schedule & Results | Stats

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson 4-4 all-time against Skidmore in a series that dates back to 2003.
• The Beavers have won back-to-back games in the series after dropping three straight to the Thoroughbreds from 2017-19.
• Three straight games between the squads were decided by a single goal from 2015-17.

LAST MEETING
• Senior Erin Jayne finished with four goals and two assists and Courtney Kaskey '23 added three goals and one assist to help Babson defeat Skidmore, 13-10, on February 27, 2022, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
• Junior Genevieve Bushey registered a goal and an assist to go along with five ground balls, while senior Claudia Dodge chipped in with a goal and an assist as well as two caused turnovers for the Beavers, who built a five-goal lead early in the fourth quarter.
• Gabriella Modesti and Lily Schwartzman both had three goals for the Thoroughbreds, who were successful on just 10-of-18 clears in the loss.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (0-0) returns 24 players and nine starters from a team that went 13-6 and advanced to its sixth straight NEWMAC Tournament final last season.
• Four of the Beavers' top five scorers are back, highlighted by the duo of Jayne (51-36-87) and Dodge (41-17-58), who led the squad with 49 ground balls and 40 caused turnovers.
• Sophomore Amelia Novitch (26-7-33) and senior Anna Katherine Sypniewski (22-3-25) combined for 48 goals, while first-year Clare Connolly finished sixth in the NEWMAC with 83 draw controls.
• Two-time all-conference and all-region selection Kayleigh Hacker (31 GB, 20 CT) is one of three starters back on defense in front of sophomore Kathleen Murphy, who posted a 9.71 goals against average and a .415 save percentage in 19 starts on the way to earning All-NEWMAC recognition as a rookie.

SCOUTING THE THOROUGHBREDS
• Skidmore (0-0) returns its top four scorers from a team that finished 4-11 overall and 4-6 in the Liberty League last season.
• Modesti (32-19-51) scored three or more goals in five of the team's final seven games, Elizabeth Walsh (22-7-29) was second on the team with 34 draw controls, Maddy Marr (10-19-29) tied for the team lead in assists and Maeve McKinley (18-6-24) contributed 17 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers.
• Karenna Benanti scooped up 18 ground balls and was second on the team with 14 caused turnovers, while Ella Harris finished the 2022 campaign with a team-high 41 draw controls.
• Liv Kazanjian started all 15 games and posted a 12.95 goals against average and a .512 save percentage while stopping more than 11 shots per contest.

DODGE EARNS PRESEASON RECOGNITION
• Coming off a 2022 campaign that saw her achieve new career highs in nearly every statistical category, Dodge was named to the USA Lacrosse All-America third team back in January.
• A first-team all-conference and all-region selection last spring, finished second on the team in scoring and draw controls (43) in addition to recording career highs in both ground balls and caused turnovers.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRODUCTION
• Just the Beavers' third NEWMAC Player of the Year selection over the last decade, Jayne put together one of the highest scoring seasons in program history in 2022.
• She tied for fourth on Babson's single-season list with 87 points and her 51 goals and 36 assists helped her join Lexi Lenaghan '19 (2018, 2019) and Georgia Salvatore '19 (2019) as the only players to register 50 goals and 30 assists in the same season.

THE PICKS ARE IN
• The Green and White collected three first-place votes and finished second behind defending NEWMAC Tournament champion Springfield when the league released its preseason coaches' poll on Tuesday.
• In five full seasons since 2016, Babson has earned at least a share of the conference's regular season title four times in addition to a runner-up finish in 2017.

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
• After recording the 100th victory of her career with a 20-4 rout of Wheaton on April 13 of last season, head coach Michelle Smith enters the 2023 campaign just seven victories shy of matching Kully Reardon as the winningest coach in program history.
• Reardon won 112 games from 2002-11 and led Babson to five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2007-11.
• Excluding shortened seasons in 2020 and 2021, Smith has led the Beavers to at least 13 wins every year since 2016

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Jayne and Dodge have each recorded a goal in 14 consecutive games and Jayne has produced at least one point in each of her 29 career games.
• The Beavers went 11-1 last season when leading after the first quarter and were 12-0 when taking a lead into the fourth quarter.
• The Green and White is 35-2 since the start of the 2018 campaign when allowing 10 goals or less.
• Babson was 9-1 last spring when finishing with more draw controls than its opponents.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers travel to Middlebury to face the defending Division III national champions on Sunday, March 5.