Blue Field Hockey Falls to No. 2 Babson, 5-0

WELLESLEY, Mass. – No. 2 Babson College cruised to a 5-0 NEWMAC victory over Wellesley College field hockey on Tuesday evening at Butler Stadium.

Graduate student Brianne McGrath (Newmarket, Ontario) and sophomore Caroline DiGiovanni (Harwich, Mass.) each scored a pair of goals while graduate student Sinead Walsh (Port Elizabeth, South Africa)  added a goal to lead the Beavers (15-1 overall, 7-0 NEWMAC) to the win. Wellesley senior goalkeeper Kyra Deehr-Lewis (Newtown, Pa.) made 14 saves for Wellesley (7-8 overall, 3-4 NEWMAC) in the setback.

DiGiovanni scored her ninth goal of the season in the first quarter, capitalizing at the 4:48 mark on Babson's first penalty corner opportunity. Junior Berit Sharrow's (Denver, Colo.) shot was deflected in for the assist on the play. 

The Beavers took a 2-0 lead 4:46 into the second quarter. Sharrow's first bid on goal was denied by Deehr-Lewis but Walsh collected the rebound from the scramble in front and slapped a shot off the board for her 13th goal of the season. The visitors held the 2-0 advantage at halftime.

Babson added three more goals after the break. McGrath tallied her first goal of the game on a penalty corner assisted by graduate student Meara Hanyon (Brodheadsville, Pa.) 2:44 into the third quarter to make the score 3-0. DiGiovanni then extended the Babson lead to 4-0 on a penalty corner early in the fourth quarter. McGrath assisted on DiGiovanni's goal before scoring her second goal of the game on a penalty corner 3:09 into the fourth quarter to make the score 5-0. Senior Andrea Marguerite (Hopkinton, Mass.) assisted on Mcgrath's second goal

Babson finished the contest with a 30-4 advantage in shots. Junior goalkeeper Bayla Furmanek (State College, Pa.) made one save to earn the win (15-1) for Babson. The Beavers had 12 penalty corner chances and held the Blue to just one attempt.

Both teams return to action at noon on Saturday, October 21. Wellesley heads to Clark while Babson will host No. 19 MIT.