BIDDEFORD, Maine — Senior Caroline DiGiovanni (Harwich, Mass.) exploded for a career-high four goals and her 14th career multi-goal game as No. 3 Babson College pulled away from the University of New England for a 5-2 victory in non-conference field hockey action Tuesday evening at Blue Bolt Field.

With their 13th straight victory, the Beavers improve to 17-1 overall, while the Nor'Easters complete their regular season at 11-8 on the season.

Sophomore Lauren Golden (New Albany, Ohio) also scored for the Beavers, and senior Alex Michelotti (Englewood, Colo.) and sophomore Charlotte Roe (Wayne, Pa.) collected assists. First-year Madison Tibbals (Gorham, Maine) made three saves in goal to record the victory.

Sophomore Riley Zielinski (Orange, Conn.) and junior Kate Kelso (Skowhegan, Maine) potted goals for the hosts, while sophomore Greta Jennison (Bristol, Vt.) made seven saves in goal in the setback.

The Nor'Easters jumped on top in the eighth minute on Kelso's ninth goal of the season. Kelso stripped a Babson defender of the ball near the left post of the Babson goal and pushed a shot past Kibbals that snuck inside the right post for an early 1-0 lead.

The Green and White got on the board early in the second period. Senior Laney Reed (West Chester, Pa.) took a shot that hit the post, and a UNE defender was whistled for a penalty stroke on the rebound. Golden stepped up to the dot and ripped her first career goal into the right side of the cage to tie the score at 1-1.

Babson took the lead with less than two minutes remaining in the second stanza on DiGiovanni's first of the night. She stole the ball from a UNE defender inside the arc and smashed a reverse shot that went just inside the left post for a 2-1 lead at the intermission.

The hosts evened the score at 2-2 just 30 seconds into the second half. Zielinski stole the ball on the midfield stripe and went on a breakaway into the scoring zone, made a move on Tibbals and pounded the ball into the goal and re-tie the score for the Nor'Easters.

DiGiovanni took matters into her own hands and scored three consecutive goals over a 14-minute span to put the game away. She scored on a penalty corner in the 41st minute with a blast from the top of the arc after Michelotti stopped the insertion from Roe; she spun around a defender on the left side of the scoring zone and fired a shot through Jennison in the 54th minute; and rounded out the scoring a minute later when she eluded another defender on the left side and smashed a shot inside the left post with 5:27 remaining.

Babson finished with a 17-6 advantage in shots, including 12-5 in shots on goal, and had a slim 6-5 advantage in penalty corners.

The Beavers return home to host Wheaton on Saturday at 12 p.m. in the regular season finale on Senior Day at MacDowell Field. UNE hosts Nichols in a Conference of New England (CNE) first-round playoff game on Saturday at 12 p.m.

GAME NOTES
• Babson is now 12-0 against the Nor'easters in the all-time series that dates back to 2012.
• The Beavers have had at least a 13-game winning streak in six consecutive seasons dating back to 2019.
• The Green and White finish the month of October 9-0 this year and have won 65 consecutive games in October going back to 2018.
• DiGiovanni, who has scored in five straight games with 10 goals in that span, continues to move up on the Babson career scoring lists. She now ranks sixth on the Babson career goals list with 55, and ninth on the career points list with 115.
• DiGiovanni also reached her career high with 21 goals this season, which ranks tied for seventh on Babson's single-season goals list with Sarah Fredlund '11 and Morgan Lockwood '14.