No. 17 Field Hockey at MIT
NEWMAC Tournament Final
Saturday, November 7 | 12:00 p.m.
Jack Barry Field | Cambridge, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• The Beavers have a 38-19 advantage over MIT in the all-time series that dates back to 1984.
• Babson has won 16 of the last 20 against the Engineers but dropped a 1-0 decision in the regular season game back on October 6 in Cambridge.
• The loss to the Engineers last month snapped a four-game winning streak for the Beavers in Cambridge.

POSTSEASON HISTORY
• Babson and MIT are set to play in the NEWMAC Tournament for the ninth straight year, and in the final for the fifth year in a row and eighth time in the last nine tournaments.
• The Beavers are 7-4 against the Engineers in the NEWMAC playoffs all-time, and were 0-3 vs. MIT in the NEW-8 Tournament between 1989-94.
• The Green and White won the last four NEWMAC championship games (2021-24) over MIT after the Engineers had taken the previous three (2017-19). Babson also won NEWMAC titles over MIT in 2016 and 2010.
• MIT earned a spot in the NEWMAC final for the ninth time in 10 seasons.

LAST MEETING
• Senior Audrey Oh scored the only goal of the game with six minutes remaining in the third quarter and MIT withstood a big fourth quarter surge to defeat No. 9 Babson, 1-0, back on October 6, 2026, at Jack Barry Field.
• Sophomore Alexia Ninios made four saves in goal to record the shutout for MIT, all four stops coming in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Madison Tibbals made two saves for the Beavers, both in the third quarter.
• With the loss, the Beavers had their 80-game NEWMAC regular-season winning streak dating back to 2015 snapped.
• The loss was also the first in 57 games against a NEWMAC opponent, including the conference tournament, since a 3-2 overtime loss to MIT in the 2019 NEWMAC title game.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 17 and second-seeded Babson (14-6, 8-1) has won its last six games by a combined score of 39-1 after a 3-0 triumph over third-seeded Wellesley on Thursday evening at MacDowell Field.
• Senior Emma Smith tallied a goal and an assist, sophomores Kayla Rice and Molly DiGiulio also scored goals, and senior Grace Mullaney and junior Taylor Shoflick collected assists for the Beavers, who took all 36 shots and all 27 penalty corners in the game.
• Junior Penny Baroni (23-9-55) and senior Helen 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 (4-12-20) leads the NEWMAC in assists and Baroni, Smith (3-9-15) and Shoflick (0-9-9) are all tied for third. 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 (0.21 GAA, 3 svs) has allowed just one goal in 10 appearances, and the duo have combined for 11 shutouts.

SCOUTING THE ENGINEERS
• Top-seeded MIT (13-6, 8-1 NEWMAC), which shares the NEWMAC regular season title with Babson, advanced to Saturday's championship game with a 3-0 triumph over Smith on Thursday at Jack Barry Field.
• First-year Remy Caspar, sophomore Meredith Wu, and junior Grace Chrapowitzky scored second-half goals for the Engineers, who outshot the visitors 20-9. Sophomore Alexia Ninios made two saves in goal in the victory.
• Senior Ingrid Tomovski (10-9-29) holds the MIT lead in scoring, and classmate Janie Thomas (7-3-17) and Wu (6-4-16) are key contributors to the offense. Oh and senior Jane Tortorella chipped in with four goals each this season.
• Ninios (1.45 GAA, 81 saves) has played every minute in the MIT goal this season, registering a NEWMAC leading seven shutouts. She ranks third in the conference in goals against average.

BABSON IN THE POST-SEASON
• The Beavers have won 11 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 19 conference playoff games at home since 2015, going 15-4 in those 19.
• 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 56-4 in 10 games this season (including playoffs) and 131-10 in the regular season over the past three years.
• The Green and White have won 59 of 60 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 12th in Division III with a 0.90 team goals against average, the Beavers have posted 11 shutouts, which is tied for third-most in Division III.
• The Green and White have conceded one or no goals in 16 of their 20 games, going 14-2 in those 16 contests.
• Babson has allowed five or fewer shots on goal in 17 of 20 outings this season, and conceded one or zero shots on goal 10 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 12th in program history with 12 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 five games.
• Prior to Thursday's semifinal, DiGiovanni had a six-game goal scoring streak with seven goals in that span.
• Mullaney has a seven-game points streak with 12 points in those seven games.
• Schneider has tallied three goals and three assists in her last three outings.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White are 14-0 this fall and 30-0 since the start of last season when scoring first.
• The Beavers have outscored their opponents 18-2 in the first quarter this fall and have conceded just three goals in the opening stanza over their last 27 games going back to November of last season. 
• Babson is 14-0 this season and has won 98 straight games going back to 2021 when leading at halftime. 

UP NEXT
• The winner of Saturday's title game will receive an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Championships, which will be announced on Sunday evening on ncaa.com.