Women's Volleyball at WPI
Tuesday, October 15 | 6 p.m. 
Harrington Auditorium | Worcester, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 33-11 all-time against WPI in a series that dates back to 1980. 
•    The Beavers have won their last seven matches versus the Engineers going back to 2016 while dropping just one set. 
•    The Green and White been victorious in each of its last five visits to Harrington Auditorium since 2012. 

LAST MEETING
•    Erin Gray '24 and junior Isabella Allen both finished with eight kills and senior Tatum Stelter led all players with 12 digs and six service aces to help the Beavers defeat WPI in three sets, 25-19, 25-18, 25-9, on October 6, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Lulu McShane added seven kills, senior Lauren Gips contributed six kills and four blocks and the duo of sophomore Zoe Ackerman and Ruby Reich '24 combined for 24 assists for the Beavers, who finished with 14 aces in the win. 
•    Catherine Reynolds had six digs, 11 assists and four digs, while Olivia Deckers chipped in with six kills and two blocks to lead the Engineers. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (18-1, 5-0 NEWMAC) has won 14 consecutive matches and is coming off a 3-0 rout of Nichols on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Sophomore Hailey Fouche led all players with 10 kills, Ackerman handed out 30 assists and Stelter recorded a match-high 17 digs for the Beavers, who got at least three kills and hit a blistering .467 in the win. 
•    Gips (3.47 kills/set, 0.90 blocks/set) ranks fifth in the league in kills and blocks and fourth in Division III with a .441 hitting percentage, Allen ranks eighth in the conference in kills per set (3.20) to go along with a career-best .291 hitting percentage, and senior Lauren Griffin is averaging a career-high 2.28 kills per set. 
•    Ackerman leads the NEWMAC in assists per set (10.21) to go along with a team-high 42 service aces, while junior Sophia Shaw ranks seventh in the league averaging 4.40 digs per set. 

SCOUTING THE ENGINEERS
•    WPI (5-11, 0-5 NEWMAC) has dropped seven consecutive matches after suffering a 3-0 setback at Salve Regina last Friday. 
•    Fiona Gillis registered eight kills and Victoria Escuer finished with 13 digs and five assists for the Engineers, who hit just .103 in the loss. 
•    Gillis is averaging a team-high 2.22 kills per set, Anastasia Kelnik is contributing 1.89 kills and Zeala VanDamme (1.61 k/s, 1.02 b/s) ranks second in the NEWMAC in blocks. 
•    Lily Eldridge is averaging 5.02 assists, 2.23 digs and 0.68 blocks per set, while is fourth in the conference in digs per set (5.17). 

ACKERMAN EARNS WEEKLY HONOR
•    After averaging 11.17 assists per set while helping the Beavers hit .370 in three matches, Ackerman was tabbed as the NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this fall on Monday. 
•    She totaled 117 assists, seven service aces, six kills, eight digs and four blocks in Babson's victories over Mount Holyoke, Rivier and Nichols. 

NEELY NEARS 300 WINS
•    Thanks to Saturday's victories over Rivier and Nichols, Babson head coach Eric Neely enters Tuesday's match sitting on 299 career wins. 
•    Neely, who arrived at Babson in 2011 and became the program's winningest coach in 2015, ranks 18th among active coaches and 28th in Division III history with a .731 winning percentage (299-110). 

STELTER REACHES DIGS MILESTONE
•    With 17 digs in Saturday's win over Nichols, Stelter became just the 11th player in program history to surpass 1,000 for her career. 
•    She is the first Babson player since Abby Beecher '19 back in 2018 to reach the milestone.  

WINNING WAYS
•    Going back to 2017, Babson has put together a winning streak of at least eight matches in seven consecutive seasons. 
•    The Beavers' current 14-match streak the fourth longest during this stretch behind the 2019 squad, which won a school-record 22 straight outings, and the 2022 and 2023 teams that both recorded 16 consecutive victories. 
•    With its victories last Saturday, the Green and White has started the year at 18-1 for the third time in program history (2019, 2023, 2024). 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    Babson's 14-match winning streak is currently tied for fifth in Division III with Marietta and behind only Juniata (79), MIT (17), East Texas Baptist (16) and Colby (15). 
•    Ackerman has dished out 30 or more assists in 10 consecutive matches going back to September 21. 
•    Fouche has recorded at least eight kills in five straight outings going back to October 5. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers rank ninth in Division III in hitting percentage (.264) and have hit .235 or better in their last six matches. 
•    Babson made just seven errors in Saturday's sweep of Rivier and Nichols and its .480 hitting percentage against the Raiders was its highest going back to 2012. 
•    The Green and White is 5-0 on the year away from home and has dropped just one set. 
•    The Beavers are 14-0 this season and 33-1 over the last two years when recording more digs than their opponents. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson returns home to face Salve Regina on Saturday at 1 p.m.