No. 14 Women's Tennis vs. No. 11 MIT | Friday, April 18 | 3:30 p.m. | Babson Tennis Courts
at Springfield | Saturday, April 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Appleton Tennis Courts | Springfield, Mass. 

WHAT TO KNOW
•    The Babson women's tennis team will host MIT for a showdown of nationally-ranked foes on Friday before traveling to Springfield for another NEWMAC match on Saturday. 

SERIES HISTORY
vs. MIT
•    Babson is 7-52 all-time against MIT in a series that dates back to the 1979-80 campaign. 
•    The Beavers have dropped three straight matches to the Engineers following their 6-3 victory in Babson Park back in April 2023. 
•    Senior Olivia Soffer and junior Matia Cristiani were victorious at number one doubles and posted wins at first and second singles, respectively, in Babson's 5-3 loss to MIT in last year's NEWMAC Tournament final. 

vs. Springfield
•    The Beavers are 28-4 all-time against the Pride in a series that dates back to 1995. 
•    Babson has won its last 27 matches versus Springfield going back to 2000 and has not dropped more than a point in any of the last 14 matchups. 
•    Olivia Soffer, Matia Cristiani, Juliette Moschella '24 and Jane Wang '24 each recorded wins in both singles and doubles in last year's 9-0 triumph in Babson Park. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 14 Babson (9-3, 3-1 NEWMAC) has won its last two matches after cruising past Clark, 7-0, on Tuesday in Worcester. 
•    Matia Cristiani and first-year Alessandra Cristiani both recorded wins in singles and doubles, and sophomore Riya Matharoo and first-year Sarai Dorismond each posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory in singles for the Beavers. 
•    Olivia Soffer is 20-4 overall and 10-1 at number one singles, Matia Cristiani is 18-1 in all matches and 9-0 at number two singles, and sophomore Chaniel Soffer (14-5) and Alessandra Cristiani (13-6) are both 8-3 on the year in dual matches. 
•    Olivia Soffer and Matia Cristiani are 15-2 overall and 8-1 at number one doubles, Chaniel Soffer and Alessandra Cristiani are 7-4 at number two doubles, and first-year Mia Sorrentino is 6-1 at number three doubles, which includes a 3-0 mark playing alongside Dorismond. 

SCOUTING THE ENGINEERS
•    No. 11 MIT (11-2, 6-0 NEWMAC) has won seven consecutive matches after breezing past Springfield 7-0 on Tuesday. 
•    Jay Lu, Chloe Zeng and Anselma Petrie were all winners in both singles and doubles for the Engineers, who dropped just two games in doubles and claimed all six singles matches in straight sets. 
•    Zeng is 14-6 overall and 7-2 at number one singles, Lu (17-4) is 8-1 at number two, Saina Deshpande is 10-0 in dual matches with five wins at number four, and Megan Sun has gone 13-3 overall and 8-1 in dual matches this spring. 
•    Artemis Pados and Alaina Kolli are 8-3 at number one doubles, Lu and Zeng are 18-2 in all matches and a perfect 10-0 at number two, and Deshpande and Anastasia Samets have won five straight matches to improve to 6-2 at number three doubles. 

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
•    Springfield (8-4, 3-2 NEWMAC) had its four-match winning streak halted on Tuesday, falling to No. 11 MIT 7-0. 
•    Ramida Manataweewat forced a first-set tiebreaker before falling 7-6 (7-1), 6-1 at number two singles, while Natalia Peyon and Ava Shea both dropped 6-3, 6-1 decisions at fifth and sixth singles, respectively. 
•    The Pride has swept the singles matches in all three of its conference victories, but has been blanked in both of its outings against nationally-ranked foes, which includes a loss to then-No. 24 Wellesley back on March 29. 

WHAT'S AT STAKE
•    The Beavers enter Friday's match versus MIT needing a win to pull into a three-way for first place in the NEWMAC standings with the Engineers and Wellesley, which defeated Babson 4-3 and lost to the Engineers 7-0. 
•    The Green and White, which also faces Salve Regina and Wheaton in league play next week, would need to win out to grab at least a share of the conference regular season title. 

HOME, SWEET HOME
•    The Beavers are 2-0 at home this season and have won their last 17 contests at the Babson Tennis Courts going back to May 3, 2023. 
•    Babson also owns a 25-match winning streak against Division III foes at home that stretches back to April 24, 2019. 

CONFERENCE SUCCESS
•    The Beavers have posted a 26-4 regular season record against NEWMAC foes since 2021. 
•    Olivia Soffer is 20-0 all-time in NEWMAC singles matches and has gone 16-2 in doubles, while Matia Cristiani is 11-0 all-time in both conference singles and doubles matches. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 6-3 on the year against nationally-ranked opponents. 
•    Olivia Soffer is the first player in Babson history to win at least 20 singles matches in four consecutive seasons, while Matia Cristiani needs just two more singles victories to reach 20 for the third season in a row. 
•    The Green and White has won nine consecutive matches at number one doubles and its last five contests at number two doubles. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers meet Salve Regina on Monday at 3:30 p.m. in Babson Park.