No. 6 Field Hockey at Mount Holyoke
Saturday, September 27 | 12 p.m.
MHC Turf & Track | South Hadley, Mass.

No. 6 Field Hockey at Trinity
Sunday, September 28 | 1 p.m.
Robin L. Sheppard Field| Hartford, Conn.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Mount Holyoke
• The Beavers are 26-15-3 all-time against the Lyons in a series that dates back to 1988.
• Babson has won nine in a row over Mount Holyoke by a combined score of 50-6 after the Lyons had won four straight in the series from 2013-15 by a combined count of 11-3.
• The Green and White have won the last four contests in South Hadley since 2017.
vs. Trinity
• Babson is 0-2 all-time against Trinity in a series that dates back to 2014.
• The Bantams doubled up the Beavers in the first game in the series, 6-3, in 2014, and blanked the Green and White, 2-0, in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in 2021.
• Both of the previous games in the series were played in Babson Park.

LAST MEETING
vs. Mount Holyoke
• Jessica Evans '25 tallied a career-high six points on two goals and two assists and senior Caroline DiGiovanni added two goals of her own as No. 7 Babson rolled to an 8-0 victory over Mount Holyoke in the regular season finale on November 2, 2024 at MacDowell Field.
• Katie Guden M'25 and Sophie Croci M'25, senior Laney Reed and junior Ashley Braren also got into the scoring column for the Beavers. Bayla Furmanek '25 made two saves in goal for her 10th shutout of the season.
• Rachel Katzenberg '25 made eight saves in 51 minutes of work in the Mount Holyoke goal and senior Ainsley Gruener made one stop in nine minutes of relief in the second quarter.
vs. Trinity
• Christine Taylor '22 broke a scoreless deadlock with a penalty stroke 3:24 into the fourth quarter as 10th-ranked Trinity defeated third-ranked Babson, 2-0, in an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal on November 14 at MacDowell Field.
• Cassidy Riley '22 finished with six saves for the Beavers, who were shut out for the first time since September 25, 2019.
• Isabella Deveney '25 tallied her first collegiate goal for Trinity with just over seven minutes to play to clinch the victory.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 6 Babson (6-1, 1-0 NEWMAC) has won its last two games, including a 5-1 rout over Wellesley last Saturday at Wellesley's Butler Stadium.
• Junior Grace Mullaney tallied a goal and an assist and five different players put a goal on the scoreboard in the win. Reed, DiGiovanni, fellow senior Alex Michelotti and sophomore Penny Baroni also scored for the Beavers, and first-year Anna Bonazzoli and sophomore Charlotte Roe registered assists. First-year Madison Tibbals made two saves in goal in the victory.
• DiGiovanni (7-0-14) has at least one goal in six of the seven games this fall and Baroni (6-2-14) has scored in her last two outings. Michelotti (2-1-5) and Reed (2-0-5) are multi-goal scorers for the Beavers, and Mullaney (1-3-5) leads the team in assists.
• Tibbals (1.44 GAA, 34 saves) has won five of her first six career starts with one shutout.

SCOUTING THE LYONS
• Mount Holyoke (4-4, 0-1 NEWMAC) had a four-game winning streak snapped in a 2-1 loss at MIT last Saturday in its conference opener.
• Junior Linnea Alsted accounted for the Lyons' lone goal of the day against the Engineers, who needed a fourth-quarter goal to edge the upset-minded Lyons. Gruener made four saves for the visitors in the setback.
• Alsted (5-2-12) has four goals in her last four games to top the team in scoring, while junior Mackenzie Hillman (4-1-9) and sophomore MJ Owens (4-1-9) are tied for second on the squad in scoring. Junior Diane Lee (4-1-9), first-year Rory Bernardo (3-3-9) and junior Emily Bisson (2-1-5) are also multi-goal scorers for the Lyons.
• Gruener has started all eight games for the Lyons, posting a 1.26 goals against average and a .769 save percentage with 30 saves and two shutouts.

SCOUTING THE BANTAMS
• Trinity (2-4, 0-3 NESCAC) is looking to snap a two-game losing streak after falling to WPI on Wednesday in Worcester.
• Junior Brooke DiBiase scored in the 10th minutes with an assist from sophomore Claire Griffith for the Bantams, who led 1-0 going into the fourth quarter. Senior Hayley Gable made six saves in goal in the setback.
• DiBiase (4-0-8) tops the Bantams in scoring, including a two-goal game vs. Smith earlier this month. Griffith (2-1-5) and sophomore Aly Janssen (2-0-4) are multi-goal scorers and sophomore Eva McKelvey leads the squad with a pair of defensive saves.
• Gable has gone the distance in all six games for the Bantams, recording a 2.18 goals against average and a .735 save percentage with 36 saves.

WEEKLY RECOGNITION
• Tibbals became the second Beaver rookie this season after Bonazzoli to earn NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.
• Tibbals was also named National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday, becoming the Beavers' second NFHCA selection of the season joining Baroni, who garnered offensive honors back on September 3. 
• The rookie netminder was terrific in two starts making nine saves while posting a 0.93 goals against and a .818 save percentage in back-to-back wins.

CONFERENCE DOMINANCE
• Babson has won 69 consecutive NEWMAC regular season games over the last 10 years since a 1-0 verdict at Mount Holyoke on October 17, 2015.
• The Beavers have captured 43 straight contests against NEWMAC opponents including the conference tournament, since the start of the 2021 campaign. The last setback was a 3-2 overtime loss to MIT in the 2019 NEWMAC title game.
• The Green and White have won 36 straight NEWMAC road games going back to the loss at Mount Holyoke in 2015.

BEAVERS VS. THE NESCAC
• Sunday's match-up is the fourth of five Babson games this season vs. teams from the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).
• The Beavers, who defeated No. 4 Williams (2-1 OT) and Tufts (2-1 OT) and lost to No. 1 Middlebury (5-1), will also take on No. 13 Bowdoin on October 14.
• The Green and White are 5-5 against the NESCAC since the beginning of last season and are 12-7 versus the conference going back to 2023.

NEWMAC LEADERS
• DiGiovanni is tied for second in the NEWMAC with seven goals, Baroni is sixth with six goals, and the two Beavers are tied for fifth in the league with 14 points.
• Mullaney is tied for fourth in the conference with three assists.
• DiGiovanni, Baroni and Reed all share the NEWMAC lead with two game-winning goals.

BEAVER BITES
• DiGiovanni has climbed to 12th on the Babson all-time goal scoring list with 41 goals and ranks 14th on the career points list with 87.
• Baroni (6-2-14) has exceeded her scoring totals from last year (5-1-11) when she was the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White have won their last 73 games over the past five years when leading at halftime.
• Since the start of the 2021 season, Babson is 78-2 when the opponent doesn't score more than one goal.
• The Green and White are 4-0 in one goal games this season and have won 11 of the last 15 games since 2023 in games decided by one goal.
• Babson is 32-9 in the month of September going back to 2021.

UP NEXT
• After this weekend, the Beavers will play their next three games at home, beginning Wednesday against Roger Williams at 6 p.m. at MacDowell Field.