No. 17 Women's Lacrosse vs. Clark
Wednesday, April 8 | 4:00 p.m.
MacDowell Field | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 5-0 all-time against Clark in a series that dates back to 2021. 
• The Beavers have outscored the Cougars 105-7 in the five previous meetings.

LAST MEETING
• Amelia Novitch '25 (3g, 3a), Kathryn Blake '25 (3g, 2a), and Michaela Downer '25 (2g, 2a) combined for eight goals and seven assists, and 11 players scored at least one goal as No. 14/16 Babson rolled past Clark, 20-4, on April 2, 2025 at Granger Field in Worcester.
• The Beavers also got offense from Ellie Hilsabeck M'25 (2g, 1a) and senior Lilly Bedard (2g, 1a) and a pair of goals by Clare Connolly '25 and junior Jen Austin. Connolly collected 18 draw controls and Solana Fahey '25 registered a team-high three caused turnovers in the win.
• Meghan Fogarty '25 scored three of the four goals for the Cougars. Senior Alexandra Cacciapaglia caused a pair of turnovers, and Annie Battle '25 picked up three ground balls and made 11 saves in goal in the setback.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (6-4, 3-2 NEWMAC), ranked 17th by USA Lacrosse Magazine, is looking to get back on track after taking an 11-9 conference setback at Springfield on Saturday.
• Sophomore Courtney Laden scored four goals and grabbed three draw controls and senior Lilly Bedard produced two goals and two ground balls for the Beavers. Senior Tatum Sands and first-years Jenna Wong and Grace Rooney scored one goal each and classmate Margaux Boneu collected two assists. Sophomore Charleigh Newman finished with three ground balls, one caused turnover and one draw control in the loss.
• Bedard (20-22-42) is ranked fifth in the NEWMAC in assists and ninth in points, and Wong (20-2-22) has tied Bedard for the team lead in goals. Junior Jen Austin (7-9-16) is second on the team in assists and Laden (13-0-13) and Murray (13-0-13) round out the top five in points. Laden (33) and first-year Allie Collins (15) lead the team in draw controls, and Laden (18 CT, 19 GB) and junior Claire Jones (10 CT, 12 GB) are tops on the squad in caused turnovers.
• McGahan (8.50 GAA, .400 sv. pct., 44 saves) has started all 10 games and is second in the NEWMAC in goals against average.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
• Clark (2-8, 0-5 NEWMAC) has dropped its last five games in a row after a 14-10 setback against Wellesley on Friday evening in Worcester.
• Sophomore Sydney McMonagle and first-year Jasmine Peters led the way with four goals apiece in the setback, and Cacciapaglia contributed a goal and an assist for the Cougars, who were tied with the Blue 8-8 with nine minutes to go in the third quarter. Cacciapaglia had team-highs of six draw controls and three ground balls, first-year Kira Rescsanski had two caused turnovers and two ground balls, and classmate Ella Forsman finished with six saves in goal.
• The Cougars has a balanced offense with Cacciapaglia (16-4-2), Peters (17-1-18) and McMonagle (14-3-17) all within three points of the team scoring lead. Cacciapaglia (29) and Peters (27) are tops on the team in draw controls, Cacciapaglia has team-highs with 19 caused turnovers and 31 ground balls.
• Forsman (12.97 GAA, .420 sv. pct.) has started all 10 games in goal for the Cougars and has made 87 saves.

MIGHTY MACDOWELL
• The Beavers are 4-1 at MacDowell Field this season, outscoring the opponents 67-39.
• Babson is 10-2 at home since last season and 19-3 going back to the beginning of the 2024 season.

SUCCESS IN THE NEWMAC 
• Babson has won 31 of its last 34 NEWMAC regular season games going back to 2023 and is 39-4 in regular season conference games dating back to 2022.
• The Beavers have finished in the top two in the NEWMAC regular season race in the last eight full seasons going back to 2016.

ROOKIE CLASS 
• The first-year class for the Beavers has made a strong impact on this year's team, with seven rookies seeing action in at least seven games and six starting at least three contests.
• Five first-years (Wong, Murray, Rooney, Boneu, and Schiller) have combined to score 48 goals and tally 52 points.
• Seven first-years (Collins, Burtch, Rooney, Wong, Grahn, Murray, and Burke) have totaled 40 draw controls, 30 caused turnovers and 50 ground balls.

CONSISTENT PLAY 
• Bedard has at least one point in all 10 games this season and at least three points in eight of the 10.
• Wong has scored at least one goal in nine of her 10 games this spring and has multi-point performances in five of the 10.
• Laden has collected at least one draw control against all 10 opponents this spring, at least one ground ball in nine of 10 outings, and at least one caused turnover against eight of the 10 foes.

BEAVER BITES
• Babson has scooped up more ground balls than the opponents in eight of 10 outings this spring.
• The Green and White have outshot their opponents this season by a 262-198 count, including 190-140 in shots on goal.
• The Beavers are third in the NEWMAC with 11.0 caused turnovers per game.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White are 4-0 this spring and have gone 32-0 over the past three seasons when leading at halftime.
• Babson is 4-0 this season and 45-1 over the last four seasons when scoring at least 12 goals.
• The Beavers are 6-0 this season and 31-2 going back to 2024 when winning more draws than its opponents.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers head to Cambridge for a key NEWMAC test against No. 17 MIT on Saturday at 1:15 p.m.