No. 17 Field Hockey vs. Wellesley
NEWMAC Tournament Semifinal
Thursday, November 5 | 6:00 p.m.
MacDowell Field | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 24-28-1 all-time against Wellesley in a series that dates back to 1984.
• The Beavers have captured the last 12 games against the Blue and 15 of the last 19 going back to 2010.
• The Green and White have won six consecutive games in Babson Park in the series since 2015.

POSTSEASON HISTORY
• Babson and Wellesley are set to play in the NEWMAC Tournament for the 12th time but just the second time since 2014.
• The Beavers are 2-8 against the Blue in the NEWMAC playoffs, with all of the Wellesley wins coming between 1999 and 2014.
• Wellesley has defeated Babson in the quarterfinals three times and five times in the semifinals, while the Beavers won in the quarterfinals in 2011 (1-0) and semifinals in 2024 (5-0).

LAST MEETING
• Junior Lauren Golden and senior Helen DiGiovanni scored two goals apiece as No. 6 Babson overpowered Wellesley, 6-0, on September 19, 2026, at MacDowell Field.
• Junior Charlotte Roe and senior Ashley Braren also scored for the Green and White, and senior Emma Smith contributed a pair of assists. Seniors Samantha Kelly and Jenny Purtell, juniors Penny Baroni and Taylor Shoflick, and sophomore Molly DiGiulio also registered assists in the victory.
• Sophomore Katelyn Hurt had a busy day in the Wellesley goal and finished with a career-high 18 saves.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 17 and second-seeded Babson (13-6, 8-1) has won its last five games by a combined score of 36-1 after a 9-0 triumph at Wheaton last Saturday in Norton, Mass.
• Baroni registered her fourth straight hat trick and first-year Kate Schneider contributed two goals and three assists for a season-high seven points in the win. DiGiovanni, Smith and Braren along with sophomore Brooke Willey each scored one goal for the Beavers, Shoflick contributed a pair of assists and senior Grace Mullaney and Golden chipped in with one assist each.
• Baroni (23-9-55) and DiGiovanni (16-1-33) are 1-2 in the NEWMAC in goals, first and third in points, and tied for second in game-winning goals. Mullaney (4-11-19) and Baroni are second and third in assists and Smith (2-8-12) and Shoflick (0-8-8) are tied for fourth. The Beavers have also gotten offensive production from Schneider (10-3-23), Braren (6-0-12), and Golden (4-4-12).
• Sophomore Madison Tibbals (1.12 GAA, 32 svs) is second the NEWMAC in goals against average, first-year Carly Spinner (0.27 GAA, 3 svs) has allowed just one goal in nine appearances, and the duo have combined for 10 shutouts.

SCOUTING THE BLUE
• Third-seeded Wellesley (8-10, 6-3 NEWMAC) brings a five-game winning streak into Thursday's semifinal after edging sixth-seeded Springfield, 2-1, in the quarterfinals Tuesday evening in Wellesley.
• First-year Caitlin Stratton and senior Marguerite Greene potted goals for the Blue, and first-year Madison Maccioacca, sophomore Meera Pandey and junior Madeline Hamstra picked up assists. Junior Hannah Simonds finished with eight saves for Wellesley, which was outshot by Springfield, 13-7 overall and 10-4 in shots on target.
• Hamstra (4-7-15) and junior Gabi Chen (4-0-8) have combined for eight of Wellesley's 19 goals this season. Sophomore DeeDee McCarron (2-1-5), first-year Caitlin Stratton (2-1-5), and seniors Alex Butulis (2-0-4) and Greene (2-0-4) are multi-goal scorers for the Blue.
• Simmonds (1.32 GAA, 61 saves) has started the last nine games for Wellesley, going 7-2 with four shutouts.

BABSON IN THE POST-SEASON
• The Beavers have won 10 consecutive NEWMAC Tournament games since 2021, with the last loss a 3-2 overtime decision to MIT in the 2019 final.
• The Green and White have played their last 18 conference playoff games at home since 2015, going 14-4 in those 18.
• Babson claimed the 2010, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 NEWMAC Tournament championships and has played in the title game eight times in nine seasons going back to 2016.

NEWMAC HISTORY
• The Beavers outscored their conference opponents 53-4 in nine games this season and 131-10 in the regular season over the past three years.
• The Green and White have won 58 of 59 games vs. NEWMAC opponents since start of the 2021 season.
• Babson had its 80-game NEWMAC regular season winning streak going back to 2015 snapped by MIT on October 6.

BARONI EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
• Baroni was named NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row on Monday following her fourth straight hat trick in last Saturday's 9-0 win at Wheaton.
• In addition to back-to-back NEWMAC weekly honors, Baroni was also named the Division III Offensive Player of the Week on October 28.

DOMINATING WITH DEFENSE
• Leading the NEWMAC and ranked 14th in Division III with a 0.95 team goals against average, the Beavers have posted 10 shutouts, which is tied for third-most in Division III.
• The Green and White have conceded one or no goals in 15 of their 19 games, going 13-2 in those 15 contests.
• Babson has allowed five or fewer shots on goal in 16 of 19 outings this season, and conceded one or zero shots on goal nine times.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
• Baroni has also moved up on Babson's single-season records list and now ranks sixth with 23 goals and fifth with 55 points.
• Mullaney is tied for 13th in program history with 11 assists in a season and Helen DiGiovanni moved up to a tie for 21st with 16 goals in a season.
• With career totals of 39 goals, 17 assists and 95 points, Baroni is tied for 13th in goals and 15th in points on Babson's all-time scoring lists.

BEAVER BITES
• Baroni has totaled 13 goals and four assists in her last four games.
• DiGiovanni has a six-game goal scoring streak with seven goals in that span.
• Mullaney has a six-game points streak with 11 points in those half-dozen games.
• Schneider has tallied three goals and three assists in her last two outings.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White are 13-0 this fall and 29-0 since the start of last season when scoring first.
• The Beavers have outscored their opponents 17-2 in the first quarter this fall and have conceded just three goals in the opening stanza over their last 26 games going back to November of last season. 
• Babson is 13-0 this season and has won 97 straight games going back to 2021 when leading at halftime. 

UP NEXT
• The winner of the Babson-Wellesley game will face the winner of Thursday's semifinal between fourth-seeded Smith and top-seeded MIT on Saturday in the final at the site of the highest remaining seed, with the champion receiving an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Championships.