Women's Volleyball vs. Emerson
Tuesday, September 24 | 7 p.m. 
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 12-3 all-time against Emerson in a series that dates back to 2009.
•    The Beavers have won nine of their last 10 matches against the Lions, which includes four straight dating back to the 2019 NEWMAC Tournament final. 
•    The Green and White is 7-0 all-time versus Emerson inside Staake Gymnasium.
•    Four of the last five matches between the teams have been decided in four or five sets. 

LAST MEETING
•    Sophomore Allison Molendyk recorded eight of her match-high 21 kills in the decisive fifth set to help Babson rally to defeat Emerson, 25-17, 19-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-11, on September 19, 2023, in Boston. 
•    Erin Gray '24 finished with 12 kills and four blocks, sophomore Zoe Ackerman led all players with 45 assists and senior Tatum Stelter contributed 22 digs for the Beavers, who registered 11 kills and hit .476 in the fifth set. 
•    Parker Cummings finished with 15 kills, Rachel Dickerson contributed 12 kills and Mia Rodriguez dished out 40 assists for the Lions, who outscored the Green and White by eight points from the service line. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (9-1, 0-0 NEWMAC) has won five consecutive matches after rallying for a 3-1 victory over Endicott on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Junior Isabella Allen led four players in double figures with a season-high 15 kills, Ackerman dished out 40 assists and senior Lauren Gips added 11 kills and a season-high eight blocks for the Beavers, who hit .301 and recorded a season-best 13 total blocks in the victory. 
•    Allen (2.77 kills/set) is hitting .288 and has nine of more kills in four straight matches, Gips (2.66 k/s, 0.91 blocks/set) ranks second in the conference with a .402 hitting percentage, and senior Lauren Griffin is averaging 2.26 kills per set. 
•    Ackerman ranks fourth in the league handing out 8.88 assists per set to go along with a team-high 26 service aces, while junior Sophia Shaw is averaging a team-high 4.13 digs per set. 

SCOUTING THE LIONS
•    Emerson (6-6, 0-0 NEWMAC) has split its last six matches and is coming off a 3-2 loss at Colby on Saturday. 
•    Amelia Combs finished with 18 kills and 23 digs, Rodriguez contributed 44 assists and 16 digs, and Caroline Davis added 41 digs for the Lions, who hit just .054 in the final three games after taking a two-set lead. 
•    Combs (3.86 k/s, 3.02 digs/set) ranks fourth in the NEWMAC in kills per set, Cummings is averaging 3.11 kills and Brooke Maynez (2.91 k/s) is hitting .234 and is second on the team with 23 total blocks. 
•    Rodriguez (5.14 assists/set) has dished out 80 assists over her last two outings, while Davis ranks fourth in the league averaging 5.41 digs per set. 

LION TAMERS
•    Allen recorded 16 kills in a four-set victory over Emerson back in 2022 and Gips has seven total blocks is averaging 2.22 kills per set while hitting .264 in two career matches against the Lions. 
•    Stelter has averaged 4.23 digs per set in three matches versus Emerson since 2021, while junior Roz Cabuena totaled 17 digs in last year's five-set win.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEWMAC
•    The Beavers have won their conference opener in each of the last 11 seasons going back to 2012. 
•    Babson totaled 100 points and were picked to finish third behind MIT and Springfield, while Emerson came in sixth when the league released its preseason coaches' poll back in August.
•    Going back to 2013, the Green and White has posted 10 consecutive top-three finishes, which includes earning a share of three regular season titles (2014, 2019, 2021). 

CONFERENCE LEADERS
•    Gips ranks second in the conference with a .402 hitting percentage, fourth in both total blocks (29) and blocks per set (0.91) and is sixth in points per set (3.86), while Ackerman is fourth in both service aces (26) and aces per set (0.76). 
•    Shaw ranks seventh in the league in digs per set (4.13), first-year Angelina Holm is eighth in blocks per set (0.81), and Allen enters the week ranked ninth with a .288 hitting percentage. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Allen is averaging 3.46 kills per set and boasts a .321 hitting percentage over the last four matches. 
•    Griffin has finished with at least nine kills in four of her last six outings, while Shaw has recorded nine or more digs eight times in nine matches to start the year.
•    Gips has at least one block in 23 consecutive matches and multiple aces in four straight outings, and Holm has recorded at least one block in six of the last seven contests. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 19-1 at home going back to the start of last season. 
•    Babson is 8-0 this season and has won 24 consecutive matches when hitting at least .200. 
•    The Green and White has finished with more aces than its opponents in all nine matches this season and have recorded at least 10 aces eight times.
•    The Beavers are 48-3 over the last three seasons when winning the opening set. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Coast Guard on Saturday for a 1 p.m. match.