No. 24/14 Women's Lacrosse at No. 14/15 College of New Jersey
Wednesday, March 18 | 12:00 p.m.
TCNJ Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex| Ewing, N.J.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 0-1 all-time against The College of New Jersey in a series that dates back to 2021.
• The Lions defeated the Beavers in the only previous meeting in the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2021 in Waterville, Maine.

LAST MEETING
• No. 14 TCNJ got five goals from Erin Jaffe '21 and four goals and three assists from Jennifer LaRocca '22 to defeat Babson, 21-9, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on May 8, 2021 at Colby's Bill Alfond Field.
• Siobhan McDermott M'21, Erin Jayne '23 and Nicole Darveau '24 all scored twice to lead the Beavers. Georgia Salvatore '21 added a goal and an assist, Juliana McGuire '21 won five draws and Kayleigh Hacker '24 led all Beavers with three draw controls.
• Anna Devlin '23 had four goals and led all players with eight draw controls, while Jillian Westerby '23 scored three times to go along with seven draws and three ground balls to lead the Lions, who advanced to the Round of 16 for the 36th consecutive championship.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (3-1, 0-1 NEWMAC), ranked 24th by the IWLCA and 14th by USA Lacrosse Magazine, is looking to bounce back from a 10-6 setback to Coast Guard in the NEWMAC opener on Saturday in New London, Conn.
• First-year Jenna Wong scored three goals, senior Lilly Bedard registered a goal and two assists, and first-years Grace Rooney and Hailey Murray added one goal each for the Beavers. Junior Claire Jones collected four draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers, sophomore Courtney Laden chipped in with two caused turnovers and two ground balls, and junior Morgan McGahan made a season-high nine saves in goal in the setback.
• Bedard (8-8-16) leads the team in scoring, Wong (13-0-13) tops the squad in goals, junior Jen Austin (5-5-10) has reached double digits in points, and grad student Bella Kehoe (7-2-9) is third on the team in goals. Laden (14) and first-year Allie Collins (10) lead the team in draw controls, Laden also has team-highs of 11 caused turnovers and 10 ground balls.
• McGahan has a 7.40 goals against average and a .480 save percentage with 24 saves in four starts between the pipes.

SCOUTING THE LIONS
• TCNJ (4-0, 0-0 NJAC) extended its winning streak to four games with a 17-5 victory over New Paltz on Saturday in their third home game on Saturday.
• Junior CJ Kole scored five goals, including the 100th of her career, and added two assists to lead the Lions.  Senior Marissa Lucca netted five goals, sophomore Kelly Nevins had two goals and two assists, and classmate Ashly Herlihy finished with two goals and an assist. Kole also grabbed nine draw controls, first-year Abby Williams caused four turnovers, and fifth-year Hailey Wexler made two saves in the first three quarters between the pipes.
• Kole (19-9-28) and Lucca (19-7-26) share the team lead in goals and Nevins (9-7-16) is in the top three in goals, assists and points. Kole has a team-high 20 draw controls, Williams (9) and Kole (8) are the team leaders in forced turnovers, and junior Emily Potenza has a team-high 10 ground balls along with six caused turnovers and five draw controls.
• Wexler has posted a 6.13 goals against average and a .511 save percentage with 24 saves in four starts between the pipes.

NATIONALLY RANKED FOES
• Wednesday's contest is the first of three Babson games this season against ranked teams.
• The Beavers will also take on No. 1/1 Middlebury on March 29 and No. 17 MIT on April 11.

STREAKING BEAVERS 
• Bedard has at least one goal and three points in all four games this season and Wong has at least one goal in all four outings.
• Bella Kehoe has at least two goals in all three of her games.
• Laden has collected at least two ground balls, two caused turnovers and one draw control against all four opponents this spring, and Collins has at least one ground ball and one draw control in all four games.

BEAVER BITES
• The Beavers are ranked second in the NEWMAC with 2.25 woman-up goals per game.
• The Green and White are 18-6 in away games or neutral site contests since the beginning of the 2024 season.
• Babson has outshot its opponents this season 107-75, including 61-39 in shots on goal, while outscoring the other team 45-27.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White have gone 29-0 over the past three seasons when leading at halftime.
• Babson was 15-0 last season and is 42-1 over the last four seasons when scoring at least 12 goals.
• Babson is 15-1 since last spring and 28-2 going back to 2024 when winning more draws than its opponents.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers resume NEWMAC action next Wednesday, March 25, when they host Wellesley at 4 p.m. on MacDowell Field.