No. 20 Women's Tennis at Clark
Tuesday, April 16 | 3:30 p.m.
Corash Tennis Courts | Worcester, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 26-2 against Clark going back to 1994.
• The Beavers have won 22 consecutive matches against the Cougars, which includes 10 straight 9-0 victories since 2011.
LAST MEETING
• Junior
Olivia Soffer and sophomores
Matia Cristiani,
Mariana Campos and
Kamila Stasiowska all recorded wins in both singles and doubles to help the Beavers defeat Clark, 9-0, on April 2, 2023, in Babson Park.
• Senior
Jane Wang and sophomore
Grace Starcher also posted straight-set victories in singles for Babson, which dropped just two games in three doubles matches and two games in six singles contests.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 20 Babson (8-4, 4-0 NEWMAC) snapped a two-match skid with a 6-3 win over No. 28 Brandeis on Sunday.
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Olivia Soffer, Cristiani and first-year
Chaniel Soffer all recorded points in singles and doubles for the Beavers, who also got a 6-0, 6-2 victory by Campos at number six singles.
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Olivia Soffer is ranked first in the region and is 15-2 overall and 9-1 at number one singles, Cristiani (21-2), who is ranked fourth in the region, has won 10 consecutive matches and junior
Laetitia Rizk (8-7) and
Chaniel Soffer (7-7) are both 4-6 in dual-match competition this spring.
• Cristiani and
Olivia Soffer are 23-2 overall and 9-1 at number one doubles, senior Adele Fernandez and
Chaniel Soffer are 6-3 at number two doubles and the duo of senior
Juliette Moschella and first-year
Dana Kamal are 1-2 at number three.
SCOUTING THE COUGARS
• Clark (3-7, 0-4 NEWMAC) has dropped its last three matches and suffered a 9-0 loss at Springfield on Saturday.
• The Cougars also have been swept by No. 19 MIT and Smith, and got a 6-4, 6-3 victory from Hannah Russo in an 8-1 loss to Wheaton back on March 30.
• Clark has dropped its last 33 NEWMAC matches going back to a 6-3 win over Smith in April 2018.
RECORD IN REACH
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Olivia Soffer, who is already the program's all-time leader in singles (67) and combined victories (126), enters Tuesday's match just one win shy of matching the Beavers' all-time record for doubles wins.
• One more doubles victory would match the program's all-time record of 60 set by Francesca Russo '06 from 2002-06.
CLIMBING THE RANKS
• With two wins versus Brandeis, Cristiani moved into 10th place with 92 career victories over her first two seasons at Babson.
• Her 45-3 record in singles has her tied for eighth on the Beavers' all-time wins list and her 47 doubles wins are just outside the top 10.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson is 4-4 against nationally-ranked opponents and 4-0 against teams outside the ITA top 50 this season.
• The Beavers have led after doubles in 10 of their 12 matches.
• The Green and White is 7-0 on the year when it records victories at both fourth and sixth singles.
UP NEXT
• The Beavers travel to Cambridge to face 19th-ranked MIT on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
