No. 23 Women's Volleyball at Clark
Tuesday, November 3 | 7 p.m.
Kneller Athletic Center | Worcester, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 21-22 all-time against Clark in a series that dates back to 1980.
•    The Beavers have won two in a row and 14 of their last 18 matches versus the Cougars since 2011.
•    The Green and White is just 2-3 inside the Kneller Athletic Center since 2016 but recorded a four-set victory over Clark in the 2024 NEWMAC quarterfinals.

LAST MEETING
•    Junior Angelina Holm hit .818 and led all players with 10 kills and Sophia Shaw '26 recorded a match-high 14 digs as the Beavers swept Clark, 25-13, 25-11, 25-14, on November 4, 2025, in Babson Park. 
•    Sophomore Liberty May contributed six kills while hitting .750, classmate Ailsa Munro led all players with four blocks and junior Zoe Ackerman dished out 21 assists for Babson, which hit .368 as a team in the win. 
•    Isabella Smith had four kills and Julia Dopazo provided 10 assists and seven digs for the Cougars, who totaled just 16 kills and hit -.036 as a team in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 23 AVCA/No. 18 NPI Babson (20-5, 8-1 NEWMAC) has won three straight and eight of its last nine matches after routing Endicott, 25-9, 25-16, 25-17, on Friday night. 
•    Senior Hailey Fouche recorded 12 kills in 14 swings for a .857 hitting percentage, sophomore Devon Burke added 11 kills, and Ackerman contributed 32 assists, six digs and four aces for the Beavers, who hit .352 as a team in the win. 
•    Fouche ranks seventh in the NEWMAC in both kills per set (3.00) and hitting percentage (.308), Burke is averaging 2.55 kills per set and Munro (2.41 k/s, 0.93 b/s) is second in the league with a .346 hitting percentage and also ranks fifth in blocks per set. 
•    Holm (1.80 k/s, 0.90 b/s, .280 hitting pct.) is among the top 10 in the conference in blocks and hitting percentage, Ackerman ranks fourth in Division III in assists per set (10.36) and leads the NEWMAC with 63 service aces, and junior Sabina Frosk is averaging 4.06 digs per set. 

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
•    Clark (5-15, 0-9 NEWMAC) snapped an 11-match losing streak by rallying for a five-set win (18-25, 25-22, 15-25, 25-18, 15-12) over Fisher last Thursday. 
•    Isabella Alcott finished with 18 kills while leading four players in double figures with 24 digs, Abigail Venis added eight kills and Hannah Harrington handed out 21 assists to go along with 15 digs for the Cougars, who hit .258 over the final two sets. 
•    Alcott (3.68 k/s, 2.66 d/s) ranks second in the conference in kills and has reached double figures in nine of the last 10 matches, Katelyn Williams is averaging 1.49 kills per set and Winifred Gakidis (1.33 k/s) leads the team with 43 total blocks. 
•    Harrington and Dopazo have combined to dish out 7.30 assists per set, while Harper Chinn (3.73 d/s) and Williams (3.13 d/s) lead the defense. 

NEWMAC PLAYOFF PICTURE COMING INTO FOCUS
•    Entering the final week of the regular season, the Beavers are tied atop the conference standings at 8-1 with Smith, while No. 13 MIT, Emerson and Springfield sit in a three-way tie for third at 7-2. 
•    Babson suffered its only loss of the season to Smith back in September and must win its final two matches in addition to the Bears dropping one of their last two to secure the top seed in next week's NEWMAC Tournament for the first time since 2021.
•    Wellesley (4-5), Coast Guard (4-5) and WPI (3-6) all need one more win to clinch a spot in the championship, while Clark has been eliminated from postseason contention. 

FOUCHE EARNS CONFERENCE RECOGNITION
•    After averaging 3.00 kills per set and hitting .615 in two consecutive sweeps, Fouche was named NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. 
•    She opened the week with six kills and three blocks in a 3-0 win over Salve Regina before an error-free performance on Friday night that included 12 kills in 14 swings for a .857 hitting percentage in a rout of Endicott. 

ASSAULT ON THE RECORD BOOKS
•    Ackerman took over as Babson's all-time leader in service aces on October 24 against Williams and her 246 career aces are six more than Michelle Malone '02, who had held the record for 25 years. 
•    Ackerman is also now just 70 assists shy of Babson Hall of Famer Elizabeth Cameron's '20 program record of 3,912. 
•    Fouche moved into ninth place with her 762 career kills in Friday's win and also ranks 11th on the career points list (925.5) in addition to being one of five players in program history with at least 700 kills and 200 blocks. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Munro is hitting .327 and averaging 2.83 kills and 1.10 blocks per set over the Beavers' last 12 matches. 
•    Over her last 14 matches dating back to September 19, Frosk is averaging 4.70 digs per set. 
•    Ackerman has handed out at least 30 assists in 16 straight matches going back to September 22.
•    Fouche has provided at least seven kills in 23 of 25 outings this fall while finishing with double-digit kills 18 times.
•    First-year Lia Gonzalez (2.05 k/s, 2.09 d/s) has recorded double-digit kills on six occasions this season and has finished with at least five digs in eight consecutive matches. 
•    Sophomore Misaki Harte has registered multiple service aces in four of the last six matches. 
•    Over the last five matches, Holm is hitting .356 while providing 2.50 kills per set. 
•    In five appearances going back to October 17, senior Nora Whitehurst boasts a .323 hitting percentage. 
•    Burke's 11 kills in Friday's win over Endicott marked the seventh time this fall she has finished with double-digit putaways. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers rank first in hitting percentage (.245) and blocks per set (2.45), and give up the fewest service aces (1.53) among NEWMAC squads in conference matches. 
•    Babson is 10-4 road and neutral court matches this fall and has won 10 of its last 11 NEWMAC contests away from home going back to last season. 
•    The Green and White has recorded 14 of its 20 wins in three sets. 
•    The Beavers are 14-0 on the year and 60-1 over the last four seasons when their opponents finish with a hitting percentage of .150 or below.

UP NEXT
•    Babson concludes the regular season on Saturday when it hosts Springfield at 3 p.m.