No. 20 Women's Lacrosse at No. 15 MIT
Wednesday, April 10 | 6:00 p.m.
Jack Barry Field | Cambridge, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 37-6 all-time against MIT in a series that dates back to 1988.
• The Beavers have won seven of the last nine games against the Engineers since 2016.
• Six of the last eight matchups between the teams have been decided by three goals or fewer.

LAST MEETING
• Claudia Dodge '23, Erin Jayne '23 and junior Jessica Evans all scored twice during a 9-1 spurt that propelled second-seeded Babson to a 13-10 win over top-seeded and 22nd-ranked MIT in the NEWMAC Tournament final on May 6, 2023, at Jack Barry Field.
• Jayne, Evans and Emily Curtis '23M all had three goals, while Dodge contributed two goals, two assists and two caused turnovers for the Beavers. Curtis and junior Clare Connolly, who led all players with 12 draw controls, also forced a pair of turnovers and fellow junior Kathleen Murphy made 10 saves in the victory.
• Senior Ellie Rabenold had three goals and two assists, while sophomore Ashley Thomas and junior Sydney Pyon both scored twice for the Engineers. Abigail Kolyer '23 finished with six saves in the loss.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 20 Babson (10-1, 6-0 NEWMAC) will bring a nine-game winning streak into Wednesday's game after blowing past Salve Regina on Saturday, 22-2, at MacDowell Field.
• Graduate student Lily Ives and senior Nicole Darveau tallied six points apiece and 12 different players scored at least one goal in the victory. Junior Amelia Novitch contributed a goal and four assists, senior Genevieve Bushey scored three times, Connolly was good for two goals, an assist and 13 draw controls, and juniors Kathryn Blake and Evans chipped in with a goal and an assist each.
• Ives (35-12-47) holds the team scoring lead while Blake (22-17-39) and Novitch (21-18-39) are tied for second. Evans (21-8-29) and Connolly (23-2-25) give the Beavers five players with at least 20 goals. Connolly has collected 125 draw controls and graduate student Anna Costello (27) and senior Eileen Manning (25) lead the team in ground balls.
• The Green and White boast a tenacious defense as Costello has 29 caused turnovers while Manning (18) and fellow seniors Zoë Michaud (15) and Kayleigh Hacker (15) are all in double digits. Murphy has a 7.47 goals against average and a .422 save percentage.

SCOUTING THE ENGINEERS
• No. 15 MIT (11-1, 5-0 NEWMCAC) is also riding a nine-game winning streak after a 25-2 rout of Mount Holyoke on Saturday in Cambridge.
• Junior Julianne Flusche (4g, 3a) and Rabenold (2g, 5a) led the Engineers with seven points and Thomas (5g, 1a) added six points in the win. Pyon scored three goals and grabbed six draws, first-year Maeve McGinnis contributed a goal and three assists, and first-year Jillian Butler caused four turnovers and grabbed five ground balls.
• Thomas (41-26-67) leads the NEWMAC in goals and points and Rabenold (30-20-50) is in the top 10 in all three offensive categories. Flusche (29-12-41) and Pyon (26-9-35) are also high-scoring offensive threats and Flusche (34), Meredith Arterburn (30) and Pyon (29) are all strong on draws.
• Flusche (15), Pyon (12) and Arterburn (11) top the Engineers in caused turnovers. Sophomore Molly Dulde (8.00 GAA, .566 sv. pct) has started 10 games in goal and has earned nine wins between the pipes.

BABSON VS. RANKED TEAMS
• The Beavers are 2-1 this season against teams in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III poll.
• Babson suffered its only loss to No. 1 Middlebury (18-5) but registered victories over No. 17 Chicago (13-9) and No. 13 Trinity (16-7).

NATIONAL RANKINGS
• The Beavers are ranked fifth in Division III in scoring offense (17.64 goals/game) and sixth in scoring margin (+11.09).
• The Green and White are also ranked eighth in scoring defense (6.55 goals/game).
• Babson is 11th in draw control percentage (.624), 20th in draw controls per game (16.91) and 37th in caused turnovers per game (12.64).

DOMINANCE IN THE NEWMAC
• Babson is 54-5 in regular season games against NEWMAC opponents since the start of 2016, with two of the losses to MIT (2018, 2023) and the other three to Springfield (2017, 2021, 2022).
• Eighteen of the last 21 regular season conference victories going back to 2022 have been by at least 10 goals.

STREAKING BEAVERS
• The current nine-game winning streak for the Green and White is tied for the fifth-longest in program history and the longest since the Beavers won nine in a row in 2016.
• The longest winning streaks in program history were 13 in a row in 1996 and 2009 and 12 straight in 2007 and 2012.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers are 10-0 this spring when scoring 12 or more goals, as well as 23-0 since the start of last season and 65-3 going back to the start of 2018.
• The Green and White are 20-2 since last season and 60-3 since the start of 2018 when leading at halftime.
• Babson has won 21 in a row and 31 of its last 32 games over the past three seasons when holding its foes to 10 goals or fewer.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will travel to No. 16 Amherst on Sunday for a 1 p.m. contest.