No. 23 Women's Lacrosse at Emerson
Saturday, March 30 | 7:00 p.m.
Rotch Field| Boston, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 7-1 all-time against Emerson in a series that dates back to 2014.
• The Green and White have won all seven games since Emerson's only win, an 8-5 verdict on April 19, 2014 in Babson Park. The last four wins have had a margin of victory of at least 13 goals.
• The Beavers are 4-0 against the Lions at Rotch Field.

LAST MEETING
• Emily Curtis '23M scored five goals and added one assist, all in the first quarter as Babson jumped out to an 11-0 lead, and 13 different Beavers went on to score as the Green and White rolled past Emerson, 22-1, on April 19, 2023 at MacDowell Field.
• Sophomore Lilly Bedard scored three goals to go along with one assist, classmate Cameron Rabenold and junior Kathryn Blake scored twice each, and junior Jessica Evans contributed a goal and two assists. Junior Clare Connolly grabbed a game-high 12 draw controls, senior Kayleigh Hacker scooped up three ground balls, and junior goalie Kathleen Murphy made five saves in the victory.
• Senior Lauren Longstreet scored the lone goal and collected three draw controls for the Lions, while sophomore Samantha Bowen picked up four ground balls. Nina Khosla '23 made five saves in the first half and sophomore Ellie Spotts came on and made six stops in the second half of the setback.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 23 Babson (6-1, 3-0 NEWMAC) will bring a five-game winning streak to Boston after thrashing Mount Holyoke on Wednesday, 22-1, at MacDowell Field.
• Seven different players scored multiple goals and three players tallied their first goal of the season for the Beavers. Graduate student Lily Ives and Blake tallied three goals each, and junior Amelia Novitch contributed two goals and two assists. Seniors Genevieve Bushey and Nicole Darveau, Connolly, and first-year Mia Fierro all scored twice, and Fierro, junior Solana Fahey and first-year Taryn Kucharski registered their first goals of the season. Connolly also collected 13 draw controls, graduate student Anna Costello caused four turnovers, and senior Eileen Manning scooped up four ground balls. First-year goalie Morgan McGahan  made three second-half saves for the Green and White.
• The Beavers boast a balanced offense with Ives (18-6-24), Blake (13-10-23), Evans (17-5-21), and Novitch (14-8-22) all separated by just two points. Connolly has controlled 65 draws and ranks 10th in Division III in draw controls per game.
• The Green and White also feature a balanced defense as Costello has 16 caused turnovers while Manning has 12, Hacker has 11 and senior Zoë Michaud has 10. Murphy has a 8.76 goals against average and a .435 save percentage.

SCOUTING THE LIONS
• Emerson (3-4, 0-2 NEWMCAC) has dropped its last two games following a 19-9 setback at Wheaton on Wednesday evening in Norton, Mass.
• Sophomore Ava Selby scored three goals and grabbed eight draw controls while senior Maddy Reyes and junior Callie Krosin tallied two goals and an assist in the loss. First-year Ava DelliCompagni filled up the stat sheet with two goals, four draw controls, three caused turnovers and three ground balls. Sophomore Ellie Spotts stopped nine shots in goal for the Lions.
• The Lions boast a balanced attack with DelliCompagni (17-12-29), senior Lauren Longstreet (23-5-28) and Krosin (13-15-28) all among the league leaders in scoring. Reyes (13-10-23), Selby (17-4-21) and Grace Danehy (14-5-19) are also offensive threats, and DelliCompagni has a team-high 51 draw controls.
• Sophomore Samantha Bowen (11), DelliCompagni (10) and Selby (10) have combined for 31 caused turnovers. Spotts (16.94 GAA, .395 sv. pct) and 23 Lindsey Wettstein (17.82 GAA, .319 sv. pct) have split time in the Lions goal.

CONFERENCE HONORS
• Evans became the second Beaver this season to received weekly conference honors when she was named NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week on Monday.
• She finished the weekend with seven goals and three assists for 10 points, including four goals in Saturday's 20-3 rout of Smith and a season-high six points on three goals and three assists in the win over Trinity.

BABSON VS. THE NEWMAC
• Babson is 43-4 in regular season games against NEWMAC opponents since the start of 2016.
• Fifteen of the last 18 regular season conference victories going back to 2022 have been by at least 10 goals.

BEAVER BITES
• Connolly has recorded double-digit draw controls in four straight games, and 13 of the past 18 outings dating back to last season.
• Evans has scored goals in 14 consecutive games dating back to last season.
• Hacker and Costello have all caused at least one turnover in all seven games this season.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers are 6-0 this spring, 19-0 since the start of last season, and 61-3 going back to the start of 2018 when scoring 12 or more goals.
• Babson has won 17 in a row and 27 of its last 28 games over the past three seasons when holding its foes to 10 goals or fewer.
• The Green and White are 16-2 since last season and 56-3 since the start of 2018 when leading at halftime.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will return home to host Clark in a NEWMAC match-up on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at MacDowell Field.