No. 13 Women's Tennis vs. Smith
Saturday, March 23 | 2 p.m. 
Babson Tennis Courts | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 17-10 against Smith back to 1994.
•    The Beavers have won their last 13 matches versus the Pioneers dating back to the fall of 2007. 

LAST MEETING
•    Seniors Juliette Moschella and Adèle Fernández and sophomores Elena Keitt and Grace Starcher all won in both singles and doubles as the Beavers cruised to a 9-0 win over Smith on March 27, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    After winning three close contests in doubles, the Beavers recorded straight-set victories in five of six singles, which includes wins by junior Olivia Soffer at number one, Moschella at number two and Keitt at number three. 
•    The Pioneers' Ashley Felix forced a third set at number six before falling 7-6, 1-6, 10-8 to the Beavers' Morgan Mann '23. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 13 Babson (4-1, 1-0 NEWMAC) is coming off a 6-3 loss to 28th-ranked Bowdoin back on March 15 in Claremont, Calif. 
•    Olivia Soffer and sophomore Matia Cristiani won at number one doubles and were victorious at first and second singles, respectively, for the Beavers, who dropped three-set decisions at number three, four and six singles to the Polar Bears. 
•    Third-ranked Cristiani is 15-1 overall and 4-0 at number two singles, 17th-ranked Olivia Soffer is 10-10-1 in all matches at 4-0 at number one, and first-year Chaniel Soffer is 6-3 overall and 2-2 at number four this spring. 
•    Soffer and Cristiani, who are ranked No. 2 in Division III, are 18-1 overall and 4-0 at number two doubles, Fernandez and Chaniel Soffer are 2-2 at number two and Keitt and sophomore Laetitia Rizk have gone 1-1 at number three. 

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
•    Smith (6-2, 1-0 NEWMAC) has won two straight matches and is coming off a 5-2 victory over Franklin Pierce on Wednesday in Florida.
•    Ayla Hauser is 4-1 at number one singles, Aranne Jung is 3-2 with wins at third, fourth and fifth singles, and Sabrina Wang is 3-2 overall and 2-0 at number six singles. 
•    Hauser and Marielle Sauber are 3-0 at number one doubles, Jung and Clara Goshgarian are 2-1 at number two and Wang and Miranda Gibson are a perfect 4-0 at number three doubles this spring. 

SOFFER AND CRISTIANI SWEEP NEWMAC WEEKLY AWARDS
•    Olivia Soffer went 4-0 on the way to being selected as the conference's singles player of the week, while she and Cristiani were a perfect 4-0 on the way to earning NEWMAC Doubles Team of the Week accolades. 
•    Soffer won three of her four matches in straight sets and the duo defeated third-ranked Katherine Petty and Brooke Despriet of Sewanee, 8-7 (7-4), in a rematch of last May's NCAA doubles final. 

REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
•    Olivia Soffer, who became the program's all-time combined wins leader at the ITA Cup back in October, surpassed Rebecca Stone's '12 record of 59 singles wins with her victory against Redlands on March 12. 
•    Soffer boasts a 62-7 career singles record and owns 116 combined singles and doubles victories in her time at Babson. 
•    Her 54 wins in doubles rank seventh in school history but are just six behind the record of 60 set by Francesca Russo '06 from 2002-06. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers have won 15 consecutive home matches against Division III opponents going back to the start of the 2021-22. 
•    Babson is 4-0 when leading after doubles this season and has won its last 15 matches going back to the start of last year when carrying a lead into singles play. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers travel to Mount Holyoke on Wednesday for a 5:30 p.m. match.