Softball vs. Endicott
Tuesday, April 23 | 3 p.m. (DH)
Alumni Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 13-13 all-time against Endicott in a series that dates back to 2002. 
•    The teams split a pair of one-run decisions last season and four of the last five meetings between the Beavers and Gulls have been decided by a single run going back to the 2021 NCAA Tournament. 
•    The Green and White swept Endicott at Alumni Field in 2022 after getting swept at home back in 2019. 
 
LAST MEETING
•    Lindsay Joubert hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Raven Comtois went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI to help Endicott defeat Babson, 6-5, on April 25, 2023, in Beverly, Mass. 
•    Emma DaSilva went 2-for-3 with an RBI and Katie Watts singled and scored a pair of runs for the Gulls, who led 6-1 after four innings. 
•    Lexi Morris '23 and graduate student Kate Karamouzis both homered and junior Sara Moore went 2-for-3 with an RBI single for the Beavers, who got the potential game-tying run into scoring possession in the top of the seventh inning. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (16-15) had won three straight games before suffering a 6-1 to Emerson in game two of Saturday's doubleheader in Boston. 
•    Graduate student Michaela Russell doubled and classmate Cassidy Musco, senior Molly Hennessy and first-year Charlotte Raymond all singled for the Beavers, who were limited to just four hits in the loss. 
•    Moore is batting .323 with four doubles, two triples, 16 stolen bases and 16 runs scored, first-year Emily Walsh is hitting .319 with three extra-base hits, 15 stolen bases, 16 RBI and 12 runs scored, and Raymond checks in at .309 with three doubles, a homer and 15 runs batted in. 
•    Senior Moira O'Reilly (10-7) has won five consecutive starts and has a 1.62 ERA to go along with 158 strikeouts in 108.0 innings, while first-year Katie Vlacich is 6-8 with a 3.65 earned run average and two shutouts in 92.0 innings of work. 

SCOUTING THE GULLS
•    Endicott (20-7) has won five straight games and finished off a sweep of Nichols with a 4-1 victory in game two of Sunday's doubleheader. 
•    Chloe Shapleigh went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored and Elyse Saccoccio came through with a two-run double in the fourth inning for the Gulls, who made a season-high four errors in the victory. 
•    Shapleigh is batting .349 with nine doubles, eight home runs, 28 RBI and 21 runs scored, Watts is hitting .329 with six doubles, two homers, 16 RBI and 24 runs scored, and Mia Mitchell enters the week with a .318 average to go along with four doubles, 13 RBI and 10 runs scored. 
•    Jaylin Couto (9-3, 1.62 ERA) boasts a 1.00 WHIP and has recorded 76 strikeouts in 69.0 innings pitched, while Kristen Beebe is 7-3 with a 1.88 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP in 59.2 innings of work. 

HOME FIELD HEROES
•    The trio of Russell, Raymond and Walsh have combined to hit .424 to go along with a .500 on-base percentage and 14 stolen bases in six games this spring at Alumni Field. 
•    Russell is 9-for-18 (.500) at the dish with three RBI, four stolen bases and four runs scored, Raymond is batting .421 (8-for-19) with a double, an RBI and two runs scored, and Walsh boasts a .364 average (8-for-22) with one double, two RBI and five runs scored, and is 8-for-8 on stolen base attempts. 

ACTIVE ON THE BASEPATHS
•    The Beavers rank 24th in Division III in stolen bases per game (2.58) and 28th nationally with a single-season record 80 stolen bases this spring. 
•    Moore, who is just one away from Andrea Cartullo's '07 program record of 63 stolen bases, has swiped a team-high 16 bags. 
•    Walsh (15), junior Athena Hadjipanayis (13) and Musco (11) also rank among the top 10 in the NEWMAC in stolen bases this season. 

O'REILLY IS ROLLING
•    Over her last six starts going back to April 6, O'Reilly is 6-0 with a 1.00 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 42.0 innings pitched. 
•    She has spun a pair of shutouts in addition to carrying two more into the seventh inning and boasts a 0.98 WHIP while holding opposing hitters to a .188 batting average during this stretch. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Raymond enters Tuesday's doubleheader riding a 10-game hitting streak and has reached base safely in each of her last 12 starts going back to April 6. 
•    Hennessy owns a seven-game hitting steak and Russell has a hit in four consecutive starts in addition to having reached base safely in 10 straight games. 
•    O'Reilly surpassed 700 career strikeouts in Saturday's game one win over Emerson and enters the week just one shutout away from Brooke Stock's '20 M'21 program record of 19 and five wins away from matching Ali Reilly's '18 school record of 60. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 15-1 this season when allowing two runs or fewer.
•    Babson is 12-4 on the year when scoring the first run of the game. 
•    The Green and White is 11-2 when leading after four innings. 
•    Babson is 8-6 this season games decided by a single run. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers travel to Salve Regina for a  doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m.