No. 12 Field Hockey at Trinity
Thursday, October 15 | 6:00 p.m.
Sheppard Field | Hartford, Conn.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 1-2 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.
• Thursday's game will be played in Hartford for the second year in a row after the first two were played in Babson Park.

LAST MEETING
• Caroline DiGiovanni '26 registered her second two-goal game of the season as No. 6 Babson registered a 4-2 victory over Trinity on September 28, 2025, in Hartford, Conn.
• Seniors Emma Smith and Ashley Braren scored goals for the Beavers, and Alex Michelotti '26, senior Grace Mullaney and junior Charlotte Roe collected assists. Sophomore Madison Tibbals made two saves in goal in the win.
• Sophomore Lily Vincent and senior Fiona Murphy tallied the two Trinity goals with assists from junior Claire Griffith and senior Brooke DiBiase. Hayley Gable made two saves in goal in the setback.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 12 Babson (8-5, 4-1 NEWMAC) has alternated wins and losses over the last six games following a 1-0 setback at No. 9 Bowdoin Tuesday afternoon in Brunswick, Maine.
• Tibbals made three saves in the setback, and junior Lauren Golden prevented further damage with a defensive save for the Beavers, who were outshot 9-5 by the Polar Bears.
• Junior Penny Baroni (8-4-20) and senior Helen DiGiovanni (9-1-19) give the Beavers a strong 1-2 punch on offense as two of the top eight scorers in the NEWMAC. First-year Kate Schneider (5-0-10) is third on the team in goals, Golden (3-2-8) has points in four of her last seven outings, and Smith (0-6-6) tops the squad in assists.
• Tibbals (1.09 GAA, 29 svs, 4 SO), who has made 36 consecutive starts dating back to last season, leads the NEWMAC in goals against average.

SCOUTING THE BANTAMS
• Trinity (5-7, 1-7 NESCAC) suffered its fourth straight defeat with a 2-0 loss to then-No. 11 Bowdoin on Saturday in Hartford.
• The Bantams managed just eight total shots against the Polar Bears, including two on goal, and have now been blanked in their last three outings. Junior goalie Sydney Korkosz had an impressive seven stops in the loss to Bowdoin.
• Junior Riley Harrington (7-2-16) leads the Bantams in scoring while all three goals by DiBiase (3-0-6) were game-winners. Sophomore Lindsay Rogers (2-1-5) and senior Tatum Stickney (2-1-5) are also offensive threats for Trinity.
• Korkosz (5-7, 2.04 GAA, 1 SO) has started all 12 games this season for the Bantams and leads the NESCAC with 75 saves.

ON THE ROAD
• After going 32-5 in road games from 2022-25, the Beavers have won just three of seven encounters away from Babson Park this fall.
• Two of the three road wins this season have been over nationally-ranks teams, a 2-0 win over No. 10 Endicott on September 1 and a 1-0 verdict over No. 5 Middlebury on September 13.
• The Beavers have outscored their seven road opponents 7-6 this season.
• Thursday's game will be Babson's first appearance on Sheppard Field since falling to No. 2 Johns Hopkins, 2-1 in double overtime, in last year's NCAA Tournament semifinals on November 21.

ON THE DEFENSE
• Since allowing six goals in a loss to Christopher Newport back on September 5, the Beavers have conceded just eight goals over their last 11 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 11 outings. 
• The Green and White has also surrendered three penalty corners or fewer in seven games during this span.

WINS AND LOSSES
• The Beavers have outscored their opponents 36-2 in their eight victories with six shutouts.
• The Green and White have been outscored 12-1 in their five losses and blanked four times.
• Babson is 2-4 this season against nationally ranked teams, all of which were top 10 opponents.

BABSON VS. THE NESCAC
• After going 6-1 against teams from the NESCAC last season, the Beavers are 1-3 vs. Division III's top conference this year, including a win over Middlebury for the first time since 2017.
• The Green and White are 16-10 against the NESCAC dating back to 2023, and 24-14 going back to 2021.

BEAVER BITES
• Golden has a point in four of the last seven 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.

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 19 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 Beavers are 8-0 this fall when scoring first but 0-5 when conceding the first goal. 

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will play their third straight road game on Saturday with a NEWMAC match-up at Clark at 2 p.m. in Worcester.