Softball vs. Wheaton
Monday, April 14 | 3 p.m. (DH)
Alumni Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 27-49 all-time against the Lyons in a series that dates back to 1987.
•    The Beavers and Lyons have split their last three regular season doubleheaders since 2022. 
•    The Green and White has won three of its last four games against Wheaton at Alumni Field since 2019. 

LAST MEETING
•    Sophomore Charlotte Raymond led off the top of the seventh with a double and scored on an error two batters later to help Babson defeat Wheaton, 1-0, in game two of a doubleheader on April 13, 2024, in Norton, Mass. 
•    Graduate student Moira O'Reilly struck out six while spinning a four-hit shutout and retired 10 of the final 11 batters she faced for the Beavers. 
•    Juliette Zito went 2-for-3 at the plate and Amber Arcand struck out four in a complete game in the circle for the Lyons, who defeated Babson 5-4 in game one of the twin bill. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (13-6, 5-3 NEWMAC) has won its last three games after cruising past Smith 20-0 in five innings in game two of Friday's doubleheader.
•    First-years Belle DiCampello and Samantha Skivo finished with three hits apiece, junior Sophia Pak went 2-for-2 with a double and four RBI and sophomore Ruby Madia had two hits, including her first career grand slam for the Beavers, who scored 10 runs in the first inning and eight more in the third. 
•    Pak is batting .492 with three extra-base hits, 13 RBI and 15 runs scored, senior Sara Moore is hitting .338 with a triple, eight RBI, 10 stolen bases and 15 runs scored, and DiCampello enters the week with a .333 average to go along with a homer, three doubles, 10 RBI and 12 runs scored. 
•    O'Reilly (3-3, 2.37 ERA) has 55 strikeouts in 41.1 innings and has won three of her last four starts, graduate student Cameron Whiteford is 6-3 with a 2.46 ERA, three shutouts and 75 strikeouts in 57.0 innings pitched, and sophomore Katie Vlacich has gone 4-0 with a 2.45 ERA, one shutout and 31 strikeouts in 25.2 innings this spring. 

SCOUTING THE LYONS
•    Wheaton (19-7, 4-4 NEWMAC) has dropped three of it last four games and suffered 13-1 and 13-7 losses at MIT on Friday. 
•    Madi Miller drove in a pair of runs and Zito and Taylor Barry both went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored for the Lyons, who took a 4-3 lead in the fourth inning of game two but committed six errors in the loss. 
•    Zito is batting .443 with eight doubles, three triples, 16 RBI, 18 stolen bases and 31 runs scored, Ella Molinari is hitting .425 with 12 extra-base hits, 27 RBI and 20 runs scored, and Peyton Blakenheim-Brown boasts a .375 average to go along with eight doubles, two triples, two home runs, 24 RBI and 219 runs scored on the year. 
•    Blankenheim-Brown is 7-3 in 12 starts with a 1.67 ERA and 45 strikeouts against just eight walks in 67.0 innings, while Sofia De La Rosa has gone 9-4 with a 2.22 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 78.2 innings pitched this spring. 

O'REILLY NAMED TO NFCA PITCHER AND PLAYER WATCHLIST
•    O'Reilly was named to the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Pitcher and Player of the Year Watchlist late last week.
•    Recognized for the second consecutive season, O'Reilly was of 119 players from 10 regions named to the watchlist by the NFCA Division III All-America Committee. 
•    A 2024 NFCA All-America second-team selection and the three-time reigning NEWMAC Pitcher of the Year, O'Reilly is 65-26 with a 1.74 ERA in 605.2 innings over 103 career appearances. She ranks first in program history in wins (65) and shutouts (24) and is the active Division III leader with a program-record 821 strikeouts.

RECORD SETTERS
•    Already the program's all-time leader in wins, strikeouts and shutouts, O'Reilly passed Ali Reilly's '18 mark of 600.2 innings pitched on Wednesday at MIT. 
•    Moore is the Beavers' all-time leader with 80 stolen bases and ranks fourth all-time behind Catie Funk '12 (231), Andrea Cartullo '07 (223) and Jackie Enos '12 (188) with 184 career hits. 

HIT PARADE
•    Pak leads the Green and White with eight multi-hit games on the year, while Moore has finished with at least two hits seven times. 
•    Sophomore Emily Walsh is first on the squad with four multi-RBI games, while Moore and Madia have both contributed at least two runs batted in three times this spring. 

SUCCESS IN THE CIRCLE
•    Babson's pitchers enter Monday's doubleheader leading the NEWMAC in strikeouts (161) and batting average against (.211), and also are tied for second with five shutouts, which ranks only behind Wheaton's seven. 
•    O'Reilly (9.3), Whiteford (9.1) and Vlacich (8.5) all rank among the top five in the NEWMAC and top 35 in Division III in strikeouts per seven innings. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 12-2 on the year when recording more hits than its opponents. 
•    The Beavers are 10-0 this season when leading after five innings. 
•    The Green and White is 12-1 when scoring at least three runs. 
•    Babson is 3-2 in one-run games and 4-4 in contests decided by one or two runs. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers travel to Hartford, Conn., for a doubleheader at Trinity starting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.