No. 7 Field Hockey at Salve Regina
Saturday, October 12 | 12 p.m.
Gaudet Field | Newport, R.I.

SERIES HISTORY
• The Beavers have won all seven meetings between the two schools in a series that dates back to 1998.
• Last year's game was the first encounter between the two schools since 2003.
• The Green and White posted shutouts in five of the seven games.

LAST MEETING
• Senior Camille Marsh scored twice and Brianne McGrath '23 M'24 and Sinead Walsh M'24 tallied a goal and an assist each as No. 2 Babson defeated Salve Regina, 6-1, on October 7, 2023, at MacDowell Field.
• Senior Jessica Evans and junior Caroline DiGiovanni also scored for the Beavers, and senior goalie Bayla Furmanek made three saves in 54 minutes in the victory.
• Graduate student Shannon Kennedy scored the lone goal to break up the shutout for the Seahawks, with an assist from Ashley Lefebvre. Senior Bryn Protheroe finished with a career-high 18 saves and senior Izzy Mastino made a pair of defensive saves in the setback.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 7 Babson (9-3, 3-0 NEWMAC) extended its winning streak to four games with a 3-1 victory over Bowdoin on Wednesday on the strength of three straight fourth-quarter goals in a five-minute span.
• Senior Berit Sharrow tallied a goal and an assist, Evans and graduate student Katie Guden also scored for the Beavers, and grad student Andrea Marguerite and Marsh picked up assists. Furmanek made one save to record the victory in goal.
• DiGiovanni (9-3-21) has four goals in the last four outings and Evans (7-1-15) has found the net in six consecutive contests. Guden (5-2-12) has at least one point in four straight games, Marguerite (4-3-11) has four goals and three assists in her last six games, and Marsh (4-2-10) has four goals and two assists in her last six contests. Senior Ellie Powers (0-4-4) leads the team in assists.
• Furmanek (0.72 GAA, 30 saves) leads the league in shutouts (7) and goals against average.

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
• Salve Regina (10-1, 3-1 NEWMAC) got back on the winning track with a 6-2 victory at Wheaton on Tuesday after suffering its first loss of the season last Saturday against Wellesley, 2-1.
• Junior Georgia Costello tallied two goals and an assist in the win over Wheaton, and classmate Julia Decker, sophomore Natalie Vaughan, Kennedy and senior Kira Spedden all scored once each. Protheroe made six saves in goal for the Seahawks.
• Salve Regina has three of the top scorers in the NEWMAC as Decker (12-6-18) leads the NEWMAC in goals and points, Costello (9-8-26) is second in goals and points and leads the league in assists, and Kennedy (9-2-20) is second in goals and fifth in points. The Seahawks have outscored their opponents 46-8 in their 11 games.
• Protheroe (1.07 GAA, 50 svs.) has started all 11 games for the Seahawks and posted two shutouts.

COMEBACK VICTORY
• Babson's win at Bowdoin on Wednesday was its first in four opportunities over the past two seasons when the opponent scored the first goal of the game.
• Babson snapped an 11-game losing streak over the past five seasons when trailing after the third quarter.

NCAA STATUS
• Furmanek ranks 12th this season in Division III in goals against average.
• The Beaver netminder recorded her 50th career victory on Wednesday, which is tops in Division III and ranks second among active goalies in all NCAA Divisions.
• Furmanek is also sixth among active goalies in all divisions with a 0.85 career goals against average.

THE STREAK CONTINUES
• Babson has won 63 consecutive NEWMAC regular season games going back to October 20, 2015. The last regular season loss was a 1-0 verdict at Mount Holyoke on October 17, 2015.
• The Beavers have captured 35 straight contests against NEWMAC opponents, including the conference tournament, since the start of the 2021 campaign. The last setback was a 3-2 overtime loss to MIT in the 2019 NEWMAC title game.

AWESOME AUTUMN
• Since 2018, the Beavers are 49-0 in the month of October.
• The 49 victories include 22 at home, 26 on the road and one at a neutral site.
• The last road loss in October was a 2-1 verdict at Montclair State on October 28, 2017.

HISTORICAL SUCCESS
• The Babson seniors have achieved remarkable success since 2021, registering an overall record of 71-11 (.862).
• This year's team needs just one win to match the seniors of 2019, who went 72-17 in their four years.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers are 30-2 since the start of last year and 65-2 over the past four seasons when scoring the first goal of the game.
• The Green and White have won its last 61 games over the past four campaigns when leading at halftime.
• Babson is 94-3 since 2018 when holding the opponents to fewer than two goals.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will play five of their final six regular season games on home turf at MacDowell Field, beginning Monday vs. Saint Joseph's of Maine at 12 p.m.