No. 7 Field Hockey at Connecticut College
Tuesday, September 5 | 6 p.m.
Silfen Field | New London, Conn.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 10-5 all-time against Connecticut College in a series that dates back to 1994.
• The Beavers have won the last seven meetings while outscoring the Camels 31-9.

LAST MEETING
• Sophomore Caroline DiGiovanni scored twice and had a hand in all three goals to help seventh-ranked Babson defeat visiting Connecticut College, 3-1, on September 6, 2022 at MacDowell Field.
• Junior Jessica Evans contributed a goal and an assist and graduate student Brianne McGrath recorded her first point of the season with a helper for the Beavers. Junior goalkeeper Bayla Furmanek made one save to earn her second win in as many starts.
• Sophomore Bridget McGann scored her first career goal and junior Sophie Moniz finished with six saves in her collegiate debut for the Camels.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (1-0) is coming off a 4-0 victory over Endicott in the season opener last Friday in Beverly, Mass.
• Graduate student Meara Hanyon tallied a goal and an assist for the Beavers, who scored twice in the first and third quarters.
• McGrath, fellow graduate student Sinead Walsh and junior Berit Sharrow also scored for the Beavers and grad student Daniela Parrado-Nazal picked up an assist. Furmanek needed to make just one save for her ninth career shutout.
• The Green and White return eight starters and 17 veterans, including two All-Americans and five All-Region selections, from last year's squad that advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals and finished with a 19-4 overall record.

SCOUTING THE CAMELS
• Connecticut College (0-0) will make its season debut on Tuesday after finishing last year's campaign with a 5-10 overall record.
• The Gulls return 23 veterans from last year's team that played nine games against nationally-ranked programs.
• McGann (11-3-25) tops the group of returnees after leading the team in scoring and earning All-Region second team honors. Sophomore Kendall Arnold (6-1-13) and seniors Kylee Quinn (3-3-9) and Bridget Mason (2-2-6) are also key returnees on offense.
• Moniz started 11 games in goal last fall and finished with a 4.14 goals against average and a .589 save percentage after making 66 saves.

FAMILIAR FACES
• Nine of Babson's 11 starters against Endicott were key players on last year's squad. They were joined by a pair of graduate student transfers in Walsh (Holy Cross) and Parrado-Nazal (UConn).
• The 10 players who came off the bench included five returning veterans, four first-years and graduate student transfer Jackie Hill (Colby).

STARTING STRONG
• Friday's result against Endicott marked the 14th time in the last 15 seasons that Babson has opened the year with a victory.
• Since 2019, the Beavers are 19-7 in the month of September with three of their losses coming against top-ranked Middlebury.

BABSON VS. THE NESCAC
• Tuesday matchup at Connecticut College is the first of five Babson regular season games this season against schools from the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).
• The Beavers will also face No. 5 Williams on September 9, No. 22 Bates on September 13, No. 1 Middlebury on September 17 and No. 6 Tufts on September 26.
• The Green and White went 4-2 against the NESCAC each of the past two seasons and are 11-7 against the conference since 2019 with four of the losses off the sticks of top-ranked Middlebury.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White have won 36 straight games since the start of the 2021 campaign when scoring the first goal of the game.
• Babson has won its last 34 games over the past two campaigns when leading at halftime.
• The Green and White have won 104 straight games since 2014 when scoring at least three times.
• The Beavers have won 67 of 69 contests since 2018 when holding opponents to less than two goals.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers return home to host Roger Williams on Thursday in the home opener at MacDowell Field at 6 p.m.