No. 9 Field Hockey at No. 11 Bowdoin
Tuesday, October 13 | 2 p.m. 
Howard F. Ryan Field | Brunswick, Maine

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 6-12 all-time against Bowdoin in a series that dates back to 1985.
•    The Beavers have won three consecutive matchups between the teams over the last two seasons on the heels of the Polar Bears recording four straight victories between 1999-2010. 
•    The Green and White picked up its first road win in the series back in 2024. 
•    Tuesday's matchup will be the third in the last 365 days between Babson and Bowdoin after they met in the second round of last year's NCAA Tournament. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior Grace Mullaney scored the go-ahead goal with 21 seconds remaining in the third quarter as the Beavers defeated Bowdoin, 2-1, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on November 15, 2025, in Babson Park. 
•    Caroline DiGiovanni '26 opened the scoring with a goal just 2:22 into the contest, sophomore goalkeeper Madison Tibbals stopped five shots and junior Lauren Golden made a defensive save with just over four minutes to play for the Beavers, who were outshot 10-8. 
•    Emily Ferguson converted a feed from Fei Yang-Sady in the 23rd minute for the Polar Bears, who got five saves from Lauren O'Donald in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 9 Babson (8-4) bounced back from its first NEWMAC regular season loss since 2015 with an 8-1 rout of Smith on Saturday. 
•    Junior Penny Baroni recorded two goals and one assist, senior Helen DiGiovanni and first-year Julia Krepelka both scored twice, and Mullaney contributed two assists for the Beavers, who led 4-0 at halftime before erupting for four fourth-quarter goals. 
•    Baroni (8-4-20) and DiGiovanni (9-1-19) have combined to score six game-winning goals, first-year Kate Schneider (5-0-10) and Krepelka (4-0-8) have produced nine of their 10 goals over the last five games, and senior Emma Smith leads the Green and White with six assists. 
•    Tibbals has started all 12 games this fall and owns a 1.10 goals against average and a .684 save percentage to go along with four shutouts. 

SCOUTING THE POLAR BEARS
•    No. 11 Bowdoin (8-2) is riding a four-game winning streak after defeating Trinity 2-0 on Saturday in Hartford, Conn. 
•    Hannah Balmelli opened the scoring in the 11th minute, Ella Davies tacked on an insurance goal with 10:47 to go in the fourth quarter, and Maddie Mrva contributed an assist and a second-quarter defensive save for the Polar Bears, who also got one stop from goalkeeper Eva Filipponi to post their fourth consecutive shutout. 
•    Balmelli (9-1-19) has provided a goal in four consecutive games, Ferguson (8-0-16) has scored four times over the last three matches, and Charlotte Crawford (3-7-13) leads the team in assists and enters Tuesday's contest riding a four-game points streak. 
•    Filipponi has started all 10 games this fall and ranks ninth in Division III with a 0.65 goals against average to go along with a .813 save percentage and four shutouts.  

ANOTHER TOUGH TEST
•    Tuesday's match will be the sixth this season for Babson against a top-15 opponent. 
•    The Beavers are 2-3 versus nationally-ranked foes this fall, recording wins over then-No. 10 Endicott (Sep. 1) and then-fifth-ranked Middlebury (Sep. 13) to go along with losses to then-No. 4 Christopher Newport (Sep. 5), then-No. 7 Williams (Sep. 10) and No. 1 Tufts (Sep. 29).
•    Going back to the start of the 2024 campaign, the Green and White is 12-9 versus national-ranked opponents. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Golden has a point in four of the last six games after recording an assist in Saturday's win over Smith.
•    Mullaney, who now has 12 assists over the last two seasons, matched her career high with two in the victory over Smith.
•    DiGiovanni and Baroni lead the Green and White with three multi-goal games apiece, Krepelka recorded her second multi-goal performance on Saturday, and Golden and Schneider have each provided a pair of goals once this fall.
•    First-year goalkeeper Carly Spinner made the first two saves of her career in the fourth quarter of Saturday's triumph. 

GETTING DEFENSIVE
•    Since allowing six goals in a loss to Christopher Newport back on September 5, the Beavers have conceded just seven goals over their last 10 contests. 
•    Babson has posted five shutouts during this stretch, which includes a 1-0 win at Middlebury on September 13, and has allowed four or fewer shots on goal eight times during its last 10 outings. 
•    The Green and White has also surrendered three penalty corners or fewer in seven games during this span.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers have outscored their opponents 9-0 in the first quarter this fall and have conceded just one goal in the opening stanza over their last 18 games going back to November of last season. 
•    Babson is 8-0 this season and has won 92 straight games going back to 2021 when leading at halftime. 
•    The Green and White is 10-7 versus NESCAC opponents over the last three seasons. 
•    The Beavers are 8-0 this fall when scoring first but 0-4 when conceding the first goal. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Hartford, Conn., to face Trinity on Thursday at 6 p.m.