No. 4 Field Hockey at No. 7 Bates
Wednesday, September 11 | 6 p.m.
Campus Avenue Field | Lewiston, Maine

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 13-12 all-time against Bates in a series that dates back to 1987.
• The Beavers have won five consecutive games against the Bobcats, including a pair of one-goal victories last season in Babson Park, once in the regular season and once in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Beavers are 4-7 all-time against the Bobcats in Lewiston, taking the last meeting there in 2022 to snap a three-game losing skid.

LAST MEETING
• Jackie Hill M'24 scored the game-winning goal seven minutes into overtime as No. 2 Babson outlasted No. 7 Bates, 1-0, in an NCAA Tournament second round contest on November 11, 2023, at chilly MacDowell Field.
• In a game dominated by defense, each team managed just four shots overall and one shot on goal. Senior goalie Bayla Furmanek made the only save of the day for the Beavers.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 4 Babson (3-1, 0-0 NEWMAC) is coming off a 1-0 overtime loss at No. 8 Williams on Sunday, snapping a 15-game regular-season winning streak dating back to a 3-2 setback at No. 1 Middlebury back on September 17 of last season.
• Furmanek made a season-high nine saves against the Ephs, who outshot Babson 22-9 on the day.
• Junior Caroline DiGiovanni (3-0-6) has the team's scoring lead after recording her first career hat trick in the season-opening win over Endicott. Sophomore Helen DiGiovanni (2-0-4) is the team's other multi-goal scorer through four games, and seniors Jessica Evans and Berit Sharrow and sophomore Ashley Braren have one goal each.
• Furmanek (0.74 GAA, 0.833 sv. pct., 2 SO) has started 51 consecutive games in the Babson goal going back to the start of the 2022 season.

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
• No. 7 Bates (2-0, 1-0 NESCAC) has won its first two games by identical 4-1 scores, winning the season debut at Southern Maine last Tuesday and taking its home opener over No. 25 Trinity on Saturday.
• Senior Maria Femia potted two goals, junior Lucy Norris and sophomore Haley Dwight added one each and senior Anna Cote collected two assists in the win over Trinity. Junior Kaili Jacobsen made one save in goal in the triumph.
• Femia (2-0-4) and Cote (1-2-4) lead the team in scoring through two games, while Norris, Haley, junior Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg, sophomore Sophie O'Sullivan, and first-year Elsa Copeland each have one goal for the Bobcats. Jacobsen (1.00 GAA, 0.333 sv. pct.) has started 20 of the last 21 games dating back to last season.
• Bates had its best season in program history last year, finishing 13-6 after falling to Babson in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

NEWMAC WEEKLY HONOR
• Furmanek was tabbed the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Field Hockey Defensive Athlete of the Week Monday afternoon for the third time in her career.
• Furmanek went 2-1 with a 0.33 goals against average, a .923 save percentage and two shutouts in three starts, including her 23rd career shutout to become the Beavers' all-time leader.

BABSON VS. THE NESCAC
• Wednesday's matchup vs. Bates is the third of six Babson regular season games this season against schools from the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).
• The Green and White are 1-1 this season after going 6-2 against NESCAC teams last season and 4-2 in both 2021 and 2022.
• The Beavers will also face No. 1 Middlebury on September 15, No. 8 Tufts on September 24, and Bowdoin on October 9.

BEAVER BITES
• Babson is 7-3 since the start of last year against top-20 opponents.
• Since 2019, the Beavers are 31-8 in the month of September with four of the losses coming against top-ranked Middlebury.
• The DiGiovanni sisters have accounted for five of the eight Beaver goals this season.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson's loss to Williams on Sunday snapped a streak of 22 straight wins when holding opponents to one goal or less and just the third loss in 91 contests since 2018 when keeping opponents to fewer than two goals.
• The Beavers are 25-1 since the start of last year and 60-1 over the past four seasons when scoring the first goal of the game.
• The Green and White have won its last 56 games over the past four campaigns when leading at halftime.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will return home to host No. 1 Middlebury on Sunday at 12 noon at MacDowell Field.