Softball vs. No. 14 Tufts
Tuesday, April 30 | 3:30 p.m. 
Alumni Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 14-29 all-time against Tufts in a series that dates back to 1987.
•    The Beavers have dropped a pair of one-run games against the Jumbos going back to the 2021 NCAA Tournament and five of the last six games in the series since 2018.
•    The Green and White is 3-3 versus the Jumbos over its last six games at Alumni Field. 

LAST MEETING
•    Caroline Doty struck out seven and tossed a perfect game to help Tufts defeat the Beavers, 1-0 on April 19, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Rachel Moore broke the scoreless deadlock with a home run to right center to lead off the top of the sixth inning for the Jumbos. 
•    Senior Moira O'Reilly fanned six and gave up just one run on two hits in a complete-game effort in the circle for Babson, which was no-hit for the first time since 2010.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (20-15) has won four straight and seven of its last eight games after finishing off a sweep of Salve Regina with a 10-0 five-inning game-two victory on Saturday. 
•    O'Reilly tossed her second consecutive no-hitter, senior Molly Hennessy went 2-for-3 with three RBI and graduate student Michaela Russell and junior Athena Hadjipanayis both doubled and drove in two runs apiece for the Beavers, who scored multiple runs in every inning but the second. 
•    First-year Emily Walsh is batting .327 with three extra-base hits, 17 RBI, 18 stolen bases and 15 runs scored, Russell is hitting .325 with five doubles, 14 stolen bases, 11 RBI and 17 runs scored, and junior Sara Moore enters the day with a .315 average, five doubles, two triples, 17 stolen bases, 11 RBI and a team-high 20 runs scored on the year. 
•    O'Reilly is 13-7 with a 1.39 ERA, six shutouts and 185 strikeouts in 126.0 innings, while first-year Katie Vlacich has gone 7-8 with a 3.61 ERA in 99.0 innings pitched on the year. 

SCOUTING THE JUMBOS
•    No. 14 Tufts (28-6) has won eight of its last nine games after defeating Colby, 11-9, in game two of Saturday's doubleheader in Waterville, Maine. 
•    Josie Steinberg hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Heaven Oliva went 2-for-3 with a solo shot and two RBI for the Jumbos, who built an early 7-0 lead and took advantage of six errors by the Mules to hold off a late rally. 
•    Kaitlyn Perucci is batting .426 with 13 doubles, two home runs and 32 runs batted in, Steinberg is hitting .388 with 14 doubles, one homer, 36 RBI and 26 runs scored, and Michelle Adelman checks in at .376 with seven extra-base hits, 11 stolen bases, 19 RBI and 26 runs scored. 
•    Sophia DiCocco (11-4, 0.80 ERA) has four saves, five shutouts and a 1.02 WHIP in 96.2 innings, while Sky Johnson has gone 11-1 with a 1.01 ERA, five shutouts and 86 strikeouts in 90.1 innings of work this season.

O'REILLY MAKES MORE HISTORY
•    O'Reilly, who became the program's all-time leader in shutouts in the game one victory at Salve Regina and was tabbed as the NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week on Monday, became the first Babson hurler to record back-to-back no-hitters in Saturday's doubleheader. 
•    In addition to being the Beavers' career leader in strikeouts (729), shutouts (21) and hits allowed per seven innings (4.85), she ranks second all-time in wins (58), innings pitched (512.1), starts (74) and winning percentage (.734), and is third in ERA (1.71) and complete games (60). 
•    In nine starts going back to April 6, O'Reilly is 9-0 with five shutouts, a 0.70 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 60.0 innings. She boasts a 0.82 WHIP and is holding opposing hitters to a .148 average during this stretch. 

HOT AT THE PLATE
•    Over the last 14 games, Russell is batting .465 (20-for-43) with four doubles, 11 stolen bases, six RBI and 13 runs scored, and has at least one hit in all but two contests. She has raised her average from .162 to .325 during this stretch.
•    Graduate student Cassidy Musco is hitting .382 (13-for-34) with three doubles and 13 runs scored in her last 14 starts, while Raymond is hitting .364 (16-for-44) with four doubles and nine RBI during the same stretch. 
•    Graduate student Kate Karamouzis, who has reached base safely in 11 straight outings, is hitting .429 with a .704 on-base percentage in nine starts since April 13.
•    Hennessy has at least one hit in 10 of her last 11 games and has driven in at least one run in four straight contests. 

CANAN CLOSING IN ON 600
•    Head coach Dave Canan, now in his 26th season, is sitting on 598 wins and needs just two more to become the 23rd active Division III coach with 600 victories. 
•    The second longest tenured head coach in the NEWMAC, Canan boasts a .609 winning percentage, has a chance to become one of just the sixth coach with more than 20 years of Division III experience in New England to reach 600 wins.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 8-2 at home this season and have won their last seven games at Alumni Field going back to game two of an April 6 doubleheader against MIT.
•    Babson is 18-1 on the year when allowing two runs or fewer.
•    The Green and White is 16-4 when scoring first and 9-1 when it pushes across a run in the first inning.
•    The Beavers are 10-7 on the year in games decided by one or two runs. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson concludes the regular season with home doubleheaders against Clark starting at 2 p.m. on Friday and WPI beginning at 12 p.m. on Saturday.