No. 4 Field Hockey vs. Clark
Saturday, October 18 | 1 p.m.
MacDowell Field| Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• The Beavers have a 23-15-2 advantage over the Cougars in the all-time series that dates back to 1985.
• Babson has won the last 20 matchups going back to 2004, with the last Clark victory a 3-2 verdict in the 2003 NEWMAC Tournament quarterfinals in Babson Park.
• The Green and White has captured the last 10 games against the Cougars in Babson Park, allowing just three goals and recording seven shutout in that span.

LAST MEETING
• Andrea Marguerite '24 M'25 tallied two goals and two assists and Katie Guden M'25 and Camille Marsh added a pair of goals each as No. 5 Babson rolled past Clark, 9-0, on September 21, 2024 at the Granger Athletic Complex in Worcester.
• Sophie Croci M'25 and senior Caroline DiGiovanni chipped in with a goal and an assist each and Jessica Evans '25 rounded out the list of goal scorers. Ellie Powers '25 and juniors Ashley Braren and Helen DiGiovanni collected assists in the win.
• Three Clark goaltenders combined to make 10 saves for the Cougars, including senior Loren Root, who made seven stops in 30 minutes between the pipes.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 4 Babson (13-1, 5-0 NEWMAC) brings a nine-game winning streak into Saturday's game after 1-0 victory over No. 8 Bowdoin on Tuesday at MacDowell Field.
• Senior Caroline DiGiovanni scored the only goal of the game 63 seconds into the fourth quarter. First-year goalie Madison Tibbals made one save for her fourth straight shutout and fifth of the season for the Beavers, who limited Bowdoin to just two total shots and one shot on goal.
• DiGiovanni (12-0-24) has at least one goal in 10 of the 14 games this season, while sophomore Penny Baroni (9-4-22) has two multi-goal games and a team-high four game-winning goals. Senior Alex Michelotti (3-2-8), junior Ashley Braren (3-1-7) and senior Laney Reed (3-0-6) all have three goals apiece, and junior Grace Mullaney (1-4-6) shared the team lead in assists.
• Tibbals (0.98 GAA, .790 sv. pct, 49 saves) has started 13 straight games between the pipes and allowed one goal or fewer 11 times.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
• Clark (8-6, 0-5 NEWMAC) dropped its fourth game in a row in a 5-2 setback vs. Keene State on Wednesday in Worcester.
• Seniors Morgan Brown and Jenna Beauchain each scored for the Cougars and first-year Olivia Bass registered an assist. Junior Rachel Reiter made eight saves in the setback.
• The Cougars feature a balanced scoring attack with five players between 19 and 16 points. Senior Alison Kopec (6-7-19) leads the team in assists and points, Beauchain (8-2-18) has a team-high eight goals, including four on penalty strokes, and senior Elizabeth Cacciapaglia (7-4-18) had a streak of six goals in seven games earlier this season. First-year Olivia Bass (7-3-17) is the top-scoring rookie and senior Morgan Brown (8-0-16) shares the team lead in goals.
• Root (0.36 GAA, .938 sv. pct, 30 saves) started the first eight games and posted a 7-1 record with two shutouts, while Reiter (2.59 GAA, .763 sv. pct, 71 saves) has 11 appearances and has gone the distance in the last six outings.

NEWMAC RACE
• Babson sits alone in first place with a 5-0 conference record and WPI and MIT are tied for second just a game back at 4-1.
• Springfield (3-2) and Wheaton (3-2) are on track for postseason play, and Salve Regina (2-3), Smith (2-3) and Wellesley (2-3) are in a battle for the final playoff berth.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
• Babson is 7-0 at home this season and has won 16 in a row at MacDowell Field dating back to last year.
• The Beavers are 32-1 on home turf since the beginning of the 2023 season and have won 56 of its last 61 home games since 2021.
• Eleven of the last 18 wins and 19 of the last 32 home victories have come by way of the shutout.

CONFERENCE DOMINANCE
• The Beavers have captured 46 straight contests against NEWMAC opponents including the conference tournament, since the start of the 2021 campaign. The last setback was a 3-2 overtime loss to MIT in the 2019 NEWMAC title game.
• Babson extended its regular season conference winning streak to 72 games over the last 10 years since a 1-0 verdict at Mount Holyoke on October 17, 2015.

CLIMBING THE CHART
• Caroline DiGiovanni has upped her career total to 46 goals, which ranks ninth on the Babson career goals list.
• The senior standout also has recorded 97 points to rank 14th all-time.

BY JUST ONE GOAL
• Babson is 7-0 this season in games decided by one goal.
• The Beavers have won 25 of 32 games over the past five years in games determined by a single goal.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White have won their last 77 games over the past five years when leading at halftime.
• Since the start of the 2021 season, Babson is 84-2 when holding the opponent to no more than one goal. The only losses were 1-0 in overtime at No. 8 Williams in 2024 and 1-0 to No. 4 Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in 2022.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers play their last conference road game on Tuesday at Springfield at 6:30 p.m.