Women's Volleyball at Endicott
Friday, October 10 | 6 p.m.
MacDonald Gymasium | Beverly, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 13-9 all-time against Endicott in a series that dates back to 1980.
• The Beavers have won two straight and six of their last eight matches versus the Gulls since 2017
• The Green and White has dropped its last two of its last three matches on the road in the series falling in 2015 (3-0) and 2022 (3-1) around a 3-1 win in 2018.
• The last nine contests between the teams going back to 2016 have been decided in either four or five sets.
LAST MEETING
• Senior
Isabella Allen recorded 15 kills and
Lauren Gips '25 added 11 kills and eight blocks to help the Beavers defeat Endicott in four sets, 30-32, 25-22, 25-22, 25-20, on September 21, 2024, in Babson Park.
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Lauren Griffin '25 also contributed 11 kills, junior
Hailey Fouche hit .429 while registering 10 kills, and classmate
Zoe Ackerman handed out 40 assists to go along with nine digs and three blocks for Babson, which finished the match with a .301 hitting percentage.
• Hadley Helenbrook had a match-high 20 kills and 12 digs, Ava Grace Dresback provided 13 kills and Hannah Maguire led all players with 43 assists and 18 digs for the Gulls.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (11-3) has won seven consecutive matches after sweeping Emerson 25-18, 25-17, 25-19 on Tuesday night in Boston.
• Allen and Fouche both produced nine kills, junior
Allison Molendyk added eight kills and three blocks, and Ackerman contributed 31 assists, four aces and four digs for the Beavers, who hit .367 in the second set and .256 for the match.
• Allen is averaging a team-high 2.68 kills per set, first-year
Liberty May (2.55 k/s) is hitting .276, Molendyk is contributing 2.31 kills per set and junior
Anglina Holm (2.24 k/s, 0.90 blocks/set) ranks 12th in Division III with a .402 hitting percentage.
• Ackerman is averaging 8.45 assists per set and leads the Green and White with 34 service aces, while senior
Sophia Shaw leads the team in both total digs (162) and digs per set (3.38).
SCOUTING THE GULLS
• Endicott (9-8) has won two straight and three of its last four matches after Wednesday's easy 3-0 victory over Nichols.
• Dresback led all players with 12 kills, Stephanie Moreau added eight kills and Maguire handed out 19 assists for the Gulls, who hit .365 over the final two sets.
• Helenbrook is averaging 4.23 kills and 2.72 digs per set, Dresback is contributing 3.37 kills and 2.53 digs per set, and Angelina Fitzharris (1.33 k/s, 0.75 b/s) leads the squad with 41 total blocks.
• Maguire is handing out 9.74 assists per set to go along with 2.29 digs per set and a team-high 29 service aces, while Abby Downs is averaging 3.84 digs per set.
STREAKING BEAVERS
• Holm has finished with six more kills in six straight contests and has at least one block in 20 consecutive outings dating back to last season.
• Ackerman has handed out 30 or more assists in four straight matches and has at least one service ace in seven of her last eight outings.
• Fouche has at least three total blocks in three straight matches and has recorded at least nine kills in back-to-back contests.
• Shaw has served up at least one ace in all 13 matches she has played in this fall.
• Allen has registered six or more kills in 10 consecutive matches dating back to September 12.
• First-year
Ailsa Munro has recorded at least two total blocks in 10 straight outings.
MOVING ON UP
• In addition to ranking eighth in program history with 784 kills, Allen is now 13th all-time with 819.0 career points.
• Ackerman is just 19 assists shy of becoming the fourth player in program history to reach 2,300 assists and also ranks ninth in school history with 143 service aces.
LIFE ON THE ROAD
• Beginning with Friday's match at Endicott, the Beavers will be on the road for eight of their next 10 contests.
• Babson is 4-1 on the road this fall with its only loss coming to No. 9 Johns Hopkins back on August 30.
• In its first five road matches, the Green and White boasts a .246 hitting percentage and is averaging 12.21 kills per set, while its opponents are hitting .233.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers have won the opening set in 12 of their 14 matches this season and are 10-2 when doing so.
• Babson is 11-0 on the year and have won 46 consecutive matches when hitting .200 or better dating back to the start of the 2023 campaign.
• The Green and White is 7-1 this season when recording more service aces than its opponents.
• The Beavers have finished with at least six total blocks in eight straight outings.
UP NEXT
• Babson returns home to face WPI inside Staake Gymnasium on Tuesday at 7 p.m.