No. 18 Field Hockey at Wheaton
Saturday, October 31 | 12:00 p.m.
Nordin Field | Norton, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• The Beavers have won the last 10 and 14 of the last 15 games against Wheaton and have a 29-12-1 advantage over the Lyons in the all-time series that dates back to 1986.
• The last 10 Babson wins have been decided by at least three goals with six shutouts.
• The Green and White have won the last seven games over Wheaton in Norton going back to 2010.

LAST MEETING
• Caroline DiGiovanni '26 scored a pair of goals as No. 3 Babson eased to a 5-0 victory over Wheaton on November 1, 2025, at MacDowell Field.
• Lauren Knight M'26, senior Ashley Braren and junior Lauren Golden also scored goals for the Beavers, and junior Penny Baroni contributed a pair of assists.
• Junior Elise LeBlanc had a busy day in the Wheaton goal in her second career start and finished with 10 saves.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 18 Babson (12-6, 7-1 NEWMAC) is riding a four-game winning streak after a 7-0 rout of Ithaca on Sunday at MacDowell Field.
• Baroni scored three goals and added an assist for her third straight game with a hat trick in the victory. Seniors Grace Mullaney and Helen DiGiovanni, sophomore Kayla Rice and first-year Kate Schneider all scored for the Beavers, and juniors Charlotte Roe and Taylor Shoflick along with first-year Julia Krepelka chipped in with one assist each. First-year goalie Carly Spinner earned the win in her first collegiate start and sophomore Madison Tibbals made one save between the pipes in the second half.
• Baroni (20-8-48) and DiGiovanni (15-1-31) are now 1-2 in the NEWMAC in goals and first and fourth in points. Mullaney (4-10-18) is second in the league in assists and Baroni and senior Emma Smith (1-8-10) are tied for fourth. The Beavers have also gotten offensive contributions from Schneider (8-0-16), Golden (4-3-11), and Braren (5-0-10).
• Tibbals (1.14 GAA, 32 svs) is second the NEWMAC in goals against average, Spinner (0.33 GAA, 3 svs) has allowed just one goal in eight appearances, and the duo have combined for nine shutouts.

SCOUTING THE LYONS
• Wheaton (10-7, 4-4 NEWMAC) has won two of its last three games and is coming off a 2-1 victory over the University of New England Tuesday in Norton, Mass.
• Sophomore Gia Marotta and junior Kayla Wilonski scored for the Lyons and sophomore Sophie Kaczmarek registered an assist in the triumph. Senior Grace Ferguson made seven saves in goal and senior Maddie LaBreck and junior Kelsey Thompson helped preserve the victory with defensive saves for the Lyons.
• The Lyons have a balanced scoring with Wilonski (12-8-32), Marotta (11-1-23) and senior Hannah Fortin (10-2-22) all reaching double digits in goals. Senior Ally Slicer (2-4-8), sophomore Katie Sirois (3-0-6) and junior Ava Audette (2-0-4) are also multi-goal scorers.
• Ferguson (5-5, 1.97 GAA, 70 svs) has started 10 games in goal and LeBlanc (4-2, 1.09 GAA, 36 svs) has gotten the starting nod in six games. The Lyons have also collected 14 defensive saves, led by LaBreck with seven and sophomore Carys Mitchell with three.

BARONI EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
• Baroni was named NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week when the conference announced its weekly honors on Monday, and earned the same honor for Division III from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) on Wednesday.
• Baroni exploded for 10 goals and three assists for 23 points in three blowout victories. She was involved in 13 of the Beavers' 18 goals over the three games, earning the NFHCA award for the second time in her career.
• The Beavers' leading scorer has six multi-goal games this season and eight in her career.

NEWMAC REGULAR SEASON RACE
• With one game to go in the regular season, MIT (8-0) has clinched at least a share of the NEWMAC regular season title and the top seed in the upcoming tournament, Babson (7-1) has secured the second seed, and both teams earned first-round byes on Tuesday and home-field advantage for the semifinals on Thursday.
• Wellesley (5-3) enters Saturday's regular season finale alone in third place, while Wheaton (4-4), Wellesley (4-4) and Smith (4-4) are tied for fourth, and Springfield (3-5) and Mount Holyoke (3-5) still have a chance at a post-season berth.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
• With her outburst last week, Baroni became the 11th player in program history to score 20 goals in a season and her 48 points is tied for 13th with Jessica Paladino '10 with 48 points in a season.
• Mullaney is tied for 18th in program history with 10 assists in a season and Helen DiGiovanni moved up to a tie for 25th with 15 goals in a season.
• Baroni (36g, 16a, 88pts) is now tied for 14th with Colleen Kelly '11 on the Babson all-time list for career goals and ranks 15th in career points.

 DECISIVE OUTCOMES
• The Beavers have outscored their opponents 63-3 in their 12 victories with nine shutouts.
• The Green and White were outscored 15-3 in their six losses and blanked four times.

DOMINATING WITH DEFENSE
• Leading the NEWMAC and ranked 14th in Division III with a 1.00 team goals against average, the Beavers have posted nine shutouts, which is tied for third-most in Division III.
• The Green and White have conceded one or no goals in 14 of their 18 games, going 12-2 in those 14 contests.
• Babson has allowed five or fewer shots on goal in 15 of 18 outings this season, and conceded one or zero shots on goal eight times.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White are 12-0 this fall and 28-0 since the start of last season when scoring first.
• The Beavers have outscored their opponents 16-2 in the first quarter this fall and have conceded just three goals in the opening stanza over their last 25 games going back to November of last season. 
• Babson is 12-0 this season and has won 96 straight games going back to 2021 when leading at halftime. 

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will receive a first round bye in next week's NEWMAC Tournament and will host a semifinal contest at MacDowell Field on Thursday (opponent and time are TBA).