Box Score

Stevens STEVENS 17-4

Babson BABSON 17-2

Stevens STEVENS

17-4

Final

May. 12, 2024

Babson BABSON

17-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Stevens STEVENS	4	1	1	3	9
Babson BABSON	4	3	2	2	11

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 5/12/2024 3:36:00 PM | Stevens Athletic Communications

No. 14 Women's Lacrosse Falls to No. 15 Babson 11-9 in Second Round of NCAA Tournament

The Ducks end the season with a 17-4 record.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 12, 2024) – Senior Emily Leiby scored four goals and tallied an assist, but it wasn't enough as the No. 14 Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse fell to No. 15 Babson 11-9 Sunday in an NCAA second-round matchup at Stagg Field.

The Ducks end the season with a 17-4 record, falling one win short of matching the program's win total set in each of the last two years. The Ducks went a perfect 10-0 this season in Hoboken, but were 7-3 in away games and 0-1 in neutral contests. Babson (17-2) moves on to play No. 5 Salisbury in the third round.

It was a back and forth game as each team possessed the lead multiple times throughout the game. The victory is the first-ever for the Beavers over the Ducks, as the two teams are now 1-1 all-time versus each other.

Sophomore Felicity Heilferty made seven saves in defeat while sophomore Emma Guzowski made one save in the game. Babson's Kathleen Murphy was a big difference maker in the contest, as she made 14 saves in the contest, finishing the match with a .609 save percentage.

The Rundown

Babson scored the first three goals of the game to take the early lead. The first came off a free-position and the second came on a player-up opportunity.
Stevens got back into the game by answering the Beavers with three-straight goals of their own. Leiby got the Ducks on the board after a beautiful spin move found her open after getting by three defenders. She then fired home for the goal. Sophomore Stefanie Sellitto scored 37 seconds later on an assist from junior Rebecca Guerra to pull the Ducks within one. Graduate student Zoe Cook was then able to tie things up with a player-advantage goal.
Babson re-took the lead with just over two minutes to go in the frame, but junior Emily Smart fired home at the horn to tie the game at four after one.
Leiby tallied her second of the game with a free-position goal with 12:35 on the clock in the second, but Babson scored the final three of the quarter to take a 7-5 lead into the break.
The run for the Beavers would end up being 5-0 after scoring the first two goals of the third quarter to extend their lead to four. Leiby then scored her 51st of the year and her third of the game from another free-position opportunity to end Beavers' streak.
With 10:14 left in the fourth, Leiby found the back of the net again from a free-position shot as the Ducks got back within two. Zoe Cook and junior Anna Velardi then later added goals 63 seconds apart to tie the game at nine, forcing Babson to take a timeout with 6:59 to go.
The Beavers were able to score the final two goals of the game to come away victorious.

Top Performers

Leiby scored three of her four goals from free-position shots.
Stevens caused six of the 12 Babson turnovers. Leiby and sophomore Eran Gleason each caused two.
Sellitto controlled 10 draws for the Ducks. Stevens won 16 of the 23 draws overall in the game.
Guerra finished with three assists.
Zoe Cook recorded two goals.
The Ducks were 12-14 on clears but Babson went 24-25.
The teams combined for 12 cards (11 green, 1 yellow) in the match.

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