No. 21 Women's Lacrosse vs. Clark
Wednesday, April 3 | 4:00 p.m.
MacDowell Field | Babson Park, Mass.

No. 21 Women's Lacrosse at Roger Williams
Thursday, April 4 | 4:00 p.m.
Bayside Field | Bristol, R.I.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Clark
• Babson and Clark will meet for just the fourth time on Sunday since the Cougars started their program in 2021.
• The Beavers are 3-0 all-time while outscoring the Cougars 61-2.
vs. Roger Williams
• Babson is 1-2 all-time against Roger Williams in a series that dates back to 2013.
• The Beavers took the first encounter between the two schools, 17-9, in 2013 before the Hawks captured victories the last two years.

LAST MEETING
vs. Clark
• Emily Curtis '23M tallied four goals and 16 different players put at least one mark in the scoring column as Babson overpowered Clark, 25-0, on April 2, 2023, at Granger Field in Worcester.
• Sophomore Lilly Bedard contributed four points for the Beavers while Claudia Dodge '24 and junior Amelia Novitch finished with two goals and one assist each and senior Nicole Darveau, junior Nora Lema and sophomore Maria Martignetti scored two goals each in the victory.
• Senior Mary Greene caused three turnovers for the Cougars, and Maddie Conners '23 made eight saves in goal and collected four ground balls in the first half in the setback.
vs. Roger Williams
• Ryleigh Cavanaugh '23 tallied five goals and visiting Roger Williams outscored Babson 8-1 in the first 25 minutes of the second half in a 16-9 victory over the Beavers on April 18, 2023 at MacDowell Field.
• Curtis led a balanced Babson scoring attack with two goals and two assists while Claudia Dodge '23 tallied two goals and one assist and Erin Jayne '23 and senior Nicole Darveau contributed two goals apiece. Senior Eileen Manning registered a team-high four caused turnovers, junior Jessica Evans collected a team-high five draw controls, and junior goalie Kathleen Murphy made 12 saves in the setback.
• Mandy Beck '23 was good for three goals, three assists, four ground balls and four caused turnovers for the Hawks while Lily Cunningham '23 fired in four goals and grabbed a game-high nine draw controls. Senior Julia Kelley tallied two goals and an assist, Campbell Haller '23 scored twice, and senior Carli Chapin collected four assists. Brooke McErlain '23 recorded six ground balls, four draw controls and two caused turnovers, and junior Zoey Cormican made nine saves in goal.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 21 Babson (7-1, 4-0 NEWMAC) is riding a six-game winning streak after back-to-back lopsided conference victories last week over Mount Holyoke (22-1) and Emerson (27-3).
• Novitch scored three goals and set new career highs with six assists and nine points in Saturday's win at Emerson. Junior Kathryn Blake had three goals and three assists, graduate student Lily Ives scored four times and junior Clare Connolly recorded a season-high 18 draw controls for the Beavers, who saw 15 different players score in the victory. Graduate student Anna Costello notched her first goal of the season and led all players with four ground balls and three caused turnovers.
• The Beavers boast a balanced offense with Novitch (17-14-31), Ives (22-7-29), and Blake (16-13-29) separated by just two points. Junior Jessica Evans (18-5-23), Connolly (16-1-17), junior Michaela Downer (12-2-14) and Darveau (11-2-13) are also double-digit goal scorers. Connolly has controlled 83 draws and ranks fifth in Division III in draw controls per game.
• The Green and White also feature a balanced defense as Costello has 19 caused turnovers while Manning has 12, Hacker has 11 and senior Zoë Michaud has 10. Murphy has a 8.23 goals against average and a .430 save percentage.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
• Clark (5-5, 1-3 NEWMCAC) has dropped its last two games to MIT (23-2) and Springfield (19-2) since posting its first conference win over Wellesley, 14-10, on March 23.
• Graduate student Elizabeth Liakos scored a goal against both MIT and Springfield while junior Aubrey Connors tallied a marker against MIT and grad student Kiley Simmons netted one vs. Springfield. Sophomore Elizabeth Cacciapaglia collected three draw controls and junior Saorla Scully grabbed three ground balls in the loss to the Pride. Junior Annie Battle and sophomore Victoria Holden split time in the Cougar goal in the two games.
• Liakos (28-6-34) is tied for fifth in the NEWMAC in goals, including 11 in 20 free position attempts. First-year Kami LaBella (10-5-15) has been a solid contributor as a rookie and graduate student Sophie Didier (6-8-14) and junior Erin Lucas (6-8-14) share the team lead in assists. Cacciapaglia has a team-high 36 draw controls, senior Mary Greene has 22 caused turnovers and 39 ground balls.
• Battle (13.00 GAA, .379 sv. pct) is 4-4 in eight starts between the pipes and Holden (11.92 GAA, .371 sv. pct) is 1-1 in two starts.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS
• Roger Williams (3-6, 2-0 CCC) takes a two-game winning streak into Tuesday night's conference game at Wentworth after lopsided wins over Curry (24-6) and the Univ. of New England (20-3).
• Kelley had a big game against UNE with six goals and seven assists while Chapin contributed four goals and two assists. Juniors Emma Terino 3g, 1a) and Kimmy Creegan (2g, 2a) tallied four points each, Chapin grabbed seven draw controls and three ground balls, and first-year Miranda Hayes chipped in with three draw controls, two GBs and two caused turnovers. Cormican made eight saves in the victory.
• Kelley (26-30-56) is ranked 13th in Division III in assists and 21st in points for the Hawks. Creegan (25-4-29) is second on the team in goals, Chapin (15-9-24) and junior Mia Pantano (13-9-22) are solid goal scorers and Terino is second on the team in assists. Creegan has a team-high 43 draw controls and 24 ground balls.
• Cormican (12.55 GAA, .478 sv. pct) has started all nine games between the pipes for the Hawks and has three double-digit save performances.

DOMINANCE IN THE NEWMAC
• Babson is 44-4 in regular season games against NEWMAC opponents since the start of 2016.
• Sixteen of the last 19 regular season conference victories going back to 2022 have been by at least 10 goals.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
• The Beavers are ranked ninth in Division III in scoring offense (17.0 goals/game) and eighth in scoring margin (+9.63).
• The Green and White are also ranked 18th in scoring defense (7.38 goals/game).
• Babson is 33rd in draw controls per game (16.13) and 32nd in caused turnovers per game (13.00).

BEAVER BITES
• Connolly has recorded double-digit draw controls in five straight games, and 14 of the past 19 outings dating back to last season.
• Ives has scored goals in all eight games this season and 48 consecutive games dating back to her career at Trinity.
• Evans has scored goals in 15 consecutive games dating back to last season.
• Costello has caused at least one turnover in all eight games this season.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White are 17-2 since last season and 57-3 since the start of 2018 when leading at halftime.
• The Beavers are 7-0 this spring when scoring 12 or more goals, as well as 19-0 since the start of last season and 61-3 going back to the start of 2018.
• Babson has won 18 in a row and 28 of its last 29 games over the past three seasons when holding its foes to 10 goals or fewer.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers are back at home on Saturday for a NEWMAC match-up against Salve Regina at 12 p.m. at MacDowell Field.