Softball at Bates
Wednesday, March 25 | 2 p.m. (DH)
Pickard Softball Diamond | Brunswick, Maine

WHAT TO KNOW
•    After playing 12 games in Florida, the Babson softball team heads north to Maine for a pair of games against Bates on the campus of Bowdoin in Brunswick on Wednesday afternoon.
•    The Beavers last trip to Maine the regular season came in 2007 when it traveled to Southern Maine for a doubleheader, and their only trip since came in 2021 when they played a pair of NCAA Tournament games in Bangor.  

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 3-4 all-time against Bates in a series that dates back to 2001. 
•    The Beavers have won two of their last three games versus the Bobcats although the teams have met just three times since 2002.
•    Four of the previous seven games between the teams have been decided by either one or two runs. 
•    Wednesday's doubleheader marks the first time Babson and Bates will meet in the state of Maine since 2002. 

LAST MEETING
•    Cameron Whitford M'25 struck out 10 while recording her second no-hitter of the season and Sara Moore '25 recorded the 200th hit of her career to help the Beavers split a twin bill with a 3-0 game-two win over Bates on April 24, 2025, in Babson Park. 
•    Junior Charlotte Raymond homered in the third inning and Moore came through with a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth for Babson, which dropped game one 2-1 in nine innings after Moira O'Reilly '24 M'25 had her no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the seventh inning. 
•    Zariya Anderson brought home the game-winning run with a bunt single in the top of the ninth in the opener for the Bobcats, who got a complete-game five-hitter from Delaney Rankin. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (6-6) has won back-to-back games and is coming off a 9-0 victory over George Fox to concludes its trip to Florida last Saturday. 
•    Junior Emily Walsh went 2-for-4 with four RBI, sophomore Samantha Skivo was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored, and classmate Maddy DeLong knocked in a pair of runs for the Beavers, who got a three-hit complete-game shutout from first-year Anna Ziccardi. 
•    Sophomore Belle DiCampello is batting .371 with two doubles, two triples and seven runs batted in, Walsh is hitting .342 with three doubles, seven RBI And 10 runs scored, and junior Lexi Sealey owns a .333 average to go along with four doubles, a triple, five RBI and four runs scored. 
•    Ziccardi (2-1, 1.12 ERA) has 18 strikeouts in 25.0 innings and is holding opposing hitters to a .217 average, Sealey is 2-0 with a 3.96 ERA in 17.2 innings pitched and first-year Anna Topel is 2-3 with a 4.26 ERA in 24.2 innings over six starts this spring. 

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
•    Bates (5-4) has won two straight games after wrapping up its trip to Florida by defeating Ursinus, 4-1, back on March 20. 
•    Ella Maher went 2-for-4 with an RBI double, Emma Yen singled twice and drove in a run, and Haley Alden struck out three and allowed just two hits over four shutout innings for the Bobcats, who broke the game open with a three-run fourth inning. 
•    Maddy Miller is batting .421 with a home run, three RBI and a .522 on-base percentage, Sophie Garber is hitting .379 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored, and Maya Lee owns a .318 average go along with a double and four runs scored. 
•    Isabella Albro boasts a 0.60 earned run average in 11.2 innings, Claire Ballard is 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA in 10.1 innings pitched and Rankin (2-2, 2.38 ERA) boasts a 0.91 WHIP and is holding opposing hitters to a .194 average to go along with 18 strikeouts in 17.2 innings this spring. 

WALK IT OUT
•    The Beavers walked 11 times in Saturday's win over Colby, which is their most bases on balls in a single game since recording 12 in a 12-2 victory over Wellesley on April 12, 2011. 
•    Raymond's four walks are tied for the second most by any Division III player this season and are the most in a single game by a Babson player in at least the last 20 seasons dating back to 2007.

BEAVER BITES
•    DiCampello owns a seven-game hitting streak entering Wednesday's doubleheader and has reached base safely in each of the last eight contests. 
•    Raymond owns a four-game hitting streak and has reached base in five straight outings.
•    DiCampello, Walsh and senior Sophia Pak led the Beavers with three multi-hit games, while DiCampello and Walsh have both recorded multiple RBIs twice this spring. 
•    Ziccardi, who recorded a season-high eight strikeouts in Babson's 5-3 win over Plymouth State on March 17, has allowed two or fewer earned runs while pitching at least six innings in each of her first three starts. 
•    The Beavers have turned eight double plays through their first 12 games, which is already two more than they recorded in 41 contests last spring. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this season and 26-6 going back to the start of the 2025 campaign when scoring first. 
•    Babson is 5-1 this spring and 28-4 since the start of last year when scoring at least three runs. 
•    The Green and White is 5-0 this season and has won 25 of its last 26 outings when leading after five innings dating back to the beginning of last year. 
•    The Beavers are 6-2 on the year when allowing five runs or fewer.

UP NEXT
•    Babson is back on the road on Saturday when it opens NEWMAC play with a doubleheader at Smith beginning at 12 p.m.