Powers Earns NEWMAC Field Hockey Defensive Athlete of the Week Award

WESTWOOD, Mass.— Babson College senior back Ellie Powers (Bethlehem, Pa.) was named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Field Hockey Defensive Athlete of the Week on Monday afternoon. Powers helped No. 7 Babson close the regular season with a pair of lopsided wins last week. The senior center back helped the Beavers allow just three shots on goal in a 5-1 win over the University of New England on Tuesday and blanked Mount Holyoke 8-0 to conclude league play unbeaten for the eighth year in a row on Saturday. Powers also scored her first goal of the…