Women's Volleyball at Wheaton | 11 a.m.
Women's Volleyball vs. Gordon | 1 p.m.
Saturday, September 30 | Emerson Gymnasium | Norton, Mass. 

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Coming off four straight wins inside Staake Gymnasium, the Babson women's volleyball team makes the short trip to Norton, Mass., for matches against Wheaton and Gordon on Saturday. 

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Wheaton
•    Babson is 20-32 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to 1980.
•    The Beavers have dominated the series as of late winning four straight matches and eight of their last nine against the Lyons since 2013. 
•    The Green and White, which is 4-1 in its last five trips to Norton, recorded a three-set sweep (25-20, 25-18, 25-18) of Wheaton last year in Babson Park.

vs. Gordon
•    Babson is 5-4 all-time against the Fighting Scots in a series that dates back to 1980. 
•    Last year's match, a three-set Beavers' sweep (28-26, 25-18, 25-13), was the first between the programs since 2010. 
•    The Green and White has won its last four matches versus Gordon since 2009.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (13-1, 3-0 NEWMAC) enters the weekend riding a 10-match winning streak following Wednesday's 3-1 victory over Endicott. 
•    First-year Allison Molendyk recorded 15 kills, senior Erin Gray added 14 kills and junior Lauren Gips finished with eight kills and a season-high eight blocks for the Beavers, who hit .455 in an error-free fourth set. 
•    Molendyk (3.20) and Gray (3.10) rank fifth and seventh in the NEWMAC, respectively, in kills per set, Gips (2.56 k/s, 1.04 b/s) ranks third in the league with a .394 hitting percentage and senior Lulu McShane is contributing 2.33 kills pet set and hitting at a .249 clip. 
•    First-year Zoe Ackerman is averaging 7.60 assists and 2.13 digs, sophomore Roz Cabuena leads the team in digs per set (4.15) and junior Tatum Stelter is first on the squad in both total digs (153) and service aces (29). 

SCOUTING THE LYONS
•    Wheaton (7-4, 0-3 NEWMAC) has dropped four straight matches and is coming off a 3-1 loss to Coast Guard on Tuesday night. 
•    Celina Henn recorded 12 kills, 18 digs and three blocks and Sydney Lyon and Julia Wingler contributed eight kills apiece for the Lyons, who hit just .065 over the first two sets against the Bears. 
•    Henn (3.23 k/s, 3.18 d/s) ranks fourth in NEWMAC in kills, Lyon is averaging 3.05 kills and 2.26 digs per set and Hollis Hanson is contributing 1.65 kills and 0.68 blocks per set. 
•    Julianna Flack is dishing out 7.78 assists digs per set, while Jackie Hochberg ranks fifth in the conference averaging 4.53 digs per set. 

SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS
•    Gordon (9-3) had its three-match winning streak halted in a five-set loss to Eastern Nazarene on Wednesday night. 
•    Annie Zimmerman recorded 14 kills, five blocks and four aces and Joey Keltner added 14 kills and nine digs for the Fighting Scots, which hit .272 in the loss. 
•    Keltner is averaging 3.20 kills and 2.26 digs per set, Annie Murphy (3.18 k/s, 0.62 b/s) is hitting .360 and Zimmerman is contributing 2.37 kills and a team-high 0.63 blocks per set. 
•    Kate Howe is handing out 8.57 assists per set, while Nikki Batson is averaging a team-high 3.07 digs per set. 

GOING THE DISTANCE
•    Babson enters the weekend as one of three teams unbeaten in NEWMAC play although it hasn't come easy as it has won all three matches in five sets for the first time in program history. 
•    Overall, the Green and White is 4-0 this fall in five-set matches and has won seven of its last nine going back to the start of last year. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    With Wednesday's victory over Endicott, Babson has now put together five double-digit winning streaks since 2017. 
•    The Beavers' current 10-game winning streak is tied for the fourth longest over the last six seasons behind 22- and 11-match runs without a loss in 2019 and last year's 16-match streak. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Gray has recorded 10 or more kills in six consecutive matches, which includes a career-high 18 in Tuesday's five-set victory over Wellesley. 
•    Gips' eight blocks against Endicott matched her career high set in last year's NCAA Tournament second round loss to Tufts. 
•    Stelter has at least one service ace in nine straight matches and has recorded 12 or more digs in seven of her last eight outings. 
•    Molendyk, who finished with a season-high 13 digs against Wellesley, has put away 11 or more kills in seven of the last eight contests. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 7-1 in eight matches away from home this season. 
•    Babson is 8-0 this fall when hitting at least .200.
•    The Green and White has recorded more kills than its opponents in 13 of 14 matches this season. 
•    The Beavers are 49-4 in the month of September since 2019.

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Mount Holyoke for a 7 p.m. match on Tuesday.