Softball vs. Framingham State
Tuesday, April 9 | 3 p.m. (DH)
Alumni Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 17-7 all-time against Framingham State in a series that dates back to 1988.
•    The Beavers have won 16 of their last 18 games against the Rams although the teams split last year's doubleheader in Babson Park. 

LAST MEETING
•    Brooke Grassia went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored to help Framingham State defeat the Beavers, 8-3, in game two of a doubleheader on April 11, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Makayla Rooney and Gwendolyn Carpenter both singled twice and drove in a pair of runs, while Kelsey McGuill was 2-for-3 and knocked in a pair of runs as part of a four-run third inning rally that put the Rams in front to stay. 
•    Senior Chloe Joslin went 1-for-2 with two RBI, graduate student Kate Karamouzis was 2-for-3 with a triple and a run scored and senior Molly Hennessy came off the bench to record a pair of hits for the Beavers, who took the opening game of the twin bill 4-2. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (9-12) snapped a four-game skid with a 4-0 win over No. 22 MIT in game two of Saturday's doubleheader at Alumni Field. 
•    Senior Moira O'Reilly struck out eight as part of a two-hit shutout and Hennessy, junior Sara Moore and first-year Jackie Paglieri all drove in a run for the Beavers, who swiped four bags in the victory. 
•    Moore is batting .388 with three doubles, a triple, seven RBI, 14 stolen bases and 12 runs scored, first-year Emily Walsh is hitting .344 with a double, 11 stolen bases and 10 runs batted in, and junior Athena Hadjipanayis enters the week with a .288 average to go along with four extra-base hits, 12 stolen bases and nine runs scored.
•    O'Reilly (5-7, 2.34 ERA) has 112 strikeouts in 73.0 innings and is holding opposing hitters to a .216 average, while first-year Katie Vlacich is 4-5 with a 4.10 ERA in 63.2 innings of work. 

SCOUTING THE RAMS
•    Framingham State (10-8) has won four straight games and is coming off an 11-1 five-inning rout of Mass. Maritime in game two of Sunday's doubleheader. 
•    Shelby Roode went 2-for-2 with a double, a triple and three runs batted, while Grassia and Talia Duca both drove in a pair of runs for the Rams, who erupted for five runs in the first inning to record their fourth straight run-rule victory. 
•    McGuill is batting .377 with 10 doubles, three homers, 16 RBI and 16 runs scored, Grassia is hitting .367 with three doubles, three triples, 15 RBI and and 14 runs scored, and Carpenter enters the week with a .359 average to go along with six doubles, four home runs, 10 RBI and 16 runs scored. 
•    Ally Moran is 7-1 with a 3.02 ERA in 58.0 innings, while Caroline Hughes has gone 3-7 with a 3.09 earned run average in 56.2 innings pitched this spring. 

MORE MILESTONES FOR MOIRA
•    Already the only pitcher in program history to record more than 600 strikeouts, O'Reilly became just the third hurler in Babson history to reach 50 wins on Saturday against MIT. 
•    She is now tied for second all-time in wins and her 17 shutouts rank third on the Beavers' all-time list behind only Brooke Stock '20 M'21, who has 19, and Meghan Gaskell '06, who is second with 18. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Hadjipanayis has a hit in four straight games, while Walsh has reached base safely in 10 consecutive outings. 
•    Moore leads the Green and White with seven multi-hit games, Walsh has recorded five multi-hit outings and first-year Charlotte Raymond leads the squad with four multi-hit game. 
•    The Green and White has drawn at least one walk in 11 straight games and has swiped at least one bag in 13 contests in a row.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this season when scoring in the first inning and 6-2 when scoring the opening run of ht egame. 
•    Babson is 8-1 this season and 51-7 over the last three years when allowing two runs or fewer.
•    The Green and White is 6-2 this spring when leading after four innings.
•    Babson hitters have struck out just four times at the plate over the last four games. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers hit the road for NEWMAC doubleheaders at Smith on Friday and Wheaton on Saturday.