No. 14/16 Women's Lacrosse at Clark
Wednesday, April 2 | 7 p.m. 
Granger Field | Worcester, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 4-0 all-time against Clark in a series that dates back to 2021. 
•    The Beavers have outscored the Cougars 85-3 in three previous meetings. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior Kathryn Blake finished with a career-high eight points on five goals and three assists and Nicole Darveau '24 scored four times to help the Beavers defeat Clark, 24-1, on April 3, 2024, in Babson Park. 
•    Senior Clare Connolly scored twice and recorded 19 draw controls and Anna Costello M'24 and graduate student Eileen Manning both had three caused turnovers for Babson, which jumped out to a 13-0 first-quarter lead. 
•    Greer McCarty had a goal and Erin Lucas contributed an assist and three caused turnovers for the Cougars. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 14 IWLCA/No. 16 USA Lacrosse Babson (5-2, 4-0 NEWMAC) has won two in a row and five of its last six games after routing Emerson 27-6 on Saturday. 
•    Graduate Ellie Hilsabeck scored a season-high five goals, Blake had three goals and three assists, and Nora Lema finished with five points on two goals and three assists for the Beavers, who raced out to an 18-2 halftime lead. 
•    Blake (18-9-27) ranks sixth in conference play averaging 4.75 points per game, Novitch (12-13-25) is fourth in NEWMAC games in assists, Hilsabeck (14-5-19) has a point in all seven contests this spring and senior Michaela Downer (11-5-16) has multiple goals in three outings. 
•    Connolly (15-0-15) ranks third in Division III with 78 draw controls, Manning leads the defense with nine caused turnovers and senior Kathleen Murphy ranks second in the conference in goals against average (8.53) and save percentage (.522) to go along with 16 ground balls and eight caused turnovers in seven starts. 

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
•    Clark (3-7, 1-3 NEWMAC) has dropped back-to-back games and is coming off an 18-3 loss to Springfield on Saturday. 
•    Sarah Forrester scored twice, Mary Greene had a goal, three ground balls and three caused turnovers, and Elizabeth Cacciapaglia chipped in with an assist for the Cougars, who trailed 11-0 at the half. 
•    Lucas (20-10-30) has six multi-goal games but has been held without a point in consecutive outings, Cacciapaglia (7-12-19) leads the team with 50 draw controls and Aubrey Conners (15-1-6) has converted three free-position chances. 
•    Greene leads the defense with 32 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers, Lucas has 17 forced turnovers and Annie Battle has posted a 14.02 goals against average and a .333 save percentage in nine starts on the year. 

DOMINATING THE DRAW
•    Connolly recorded a season-high 21 draw controls in last Wednesday's win at Mount Holyoke and followed it up with 20 in Saturday's victory over Emerson to become just the fourth player in Division III history to surpass 600 draws. 
•    Her 601 career draw controls are just 36 shy of the Division III record of 637 set by Emily Wadds of Wittenberg from 2016-19, and Connolly needs just five to pass Lauren Geary of Bridgewater State (2013-16) for third place all-time. 

SPREADING OUT THE SCORING
•    The Beavers got at least one goal from 14 different players in Saturday's win, which includes three goals from sophomore Mia Fierro, two apiece from seniors Jessica Evans and Solana Fahey, and the first career tallies by both seniors Grayce Unger and Sophie Shuman. 
•    Sixteen players in all provided at least one point versus Emerson as the Green and White matched its single-game record for goals, which was set in last year's 27-3 victory over the Lions. 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
•    Murphy is up to fifth on the program's all-time list with 443 career saves and also ranks second in both wins (48) and minutes played (3662). 
•    Manning is currently ninth in Babson history with 78 caused turnovers, just one behind former teammate Kayleigh Hacker '24. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    Evans has at least one point in 34 straight games, while Novitch enters Wednesday's contest riding a 22-game point streak. 
•    Blake and Hilsabeck have both scored in seven consecutive outings, while Fahey has a point in four straight contests. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers rank fourth in Division III winning 66.8 percent of their draws and ninth in scoring offense putting up 16.29 goals. 
•    Babson is 5-0 this season and 72-3 since 2018 when leading at halftime. 
•    The Green and White has outscored its foes 478-125 during its 25-game NEWMAC winning streak. 
•    The Beavers are 18-0 dating back to the start of last season when winning the ground ball battle. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Middletown, R.I., to face Salve Regina on Saturday at 12 p.m.