No. 8 Wellesley 0, No. 1 MIT 1 – Final (OT)
Just 38 seconds into overtime, Arianna Doss (Houston, Texas) netted the game-winner in the first round of the NEWMAC Tournament to give the top-seeded MIT women's soccer team a 1-0 win over eight-seeded Wellesley on Tuesday afternoon on Roberts Field.
The Engineers had some momentum in the first half with seven shots and 11 corner kicks, but the Blue defense allowed just one shot on target as the teams played a scoreless first half.
MIT got three shots on goal in the senior half, but Riley McNair (Cupertino, Calif.) turned them all away to send the teams to overtime tied at zero.
host needed less than 40 seconds in the extra period to take the win.
Natalie Barnouw (Los Angeles, Calif.) sent a crossfield pass to Doss, who put the shot into the center of the net past McNair and two Blue defenders to send MIT into the semifinals.
Doss tallied her sixth goal of the year and second game-winner of the season. Barnouw tallied her 13th assist to give her 45 points on the season. She now has 130 points for her career, and the 45 points are tied for the third most in a single season in program history.
Ava Muffoletto (Kings Park, N.Y.)
played the first 45 minutes and made one save.
Maddy Noll (Northbrook, Ill.) got her third win as she played the second half and OT.
McNair made four saves in the match.
MIT will host fifth-seed Wheaton at Roberts Field for the NEWMAC Tournament Semifinals on Thursday, November 6, at 4:00 PM.
No. 7 Coast Guard 2, No. 2 Springfield 4 – Final
The second-seeded Springfield College women's soccer team defeated seventh-seeded Coast Guard, 4-2, in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 NEWMAC Championship Tournament on Tuesday evening on Brock-Affleck Field.
With the win, Springfield improved to 10-8 and will host sixth-seeded WPI on Thursday at 7:00 pm in a semifinal contest. Coast Guard sees its season come to a close at 5-12-3.
Tonight marked Springfield's first NEWMAC Tournament victory since 2021 and the first under the direction of head coach
Kursten Shade.
Kaitlyn Suller (Oviedo, Fla.) powered Springfield's offense with a pair of goals, while
Jessica Perry (Middleboro, Mass.) and
Kayla McGrath (North Adams, Mass.) rounded out the offensive attack for the Pride
. Lauren Darrell (Wethersfield, Conn.),
Rosie Turbett (Wallingford, Conn.) and
Meredith Healy (Niantic, Conn.) were all credited with assists for Springfield.
As a team, Springfield held a 22-11 advantage in shots, including a 13-8 differential in shots on goal, while both teams took just two corner kicks over the 90-minute contest.
Mairead Marsden (Amsterdam, N.Y.) picked up the win in net for the Pride with six saves – the second most she has had all season.
Suller put Springfield on the board in the fifth minute as she finished a long outlet pass from Darrell for the early 1-0 lead. Before the half was up, Suller tallied her second goal of the stanza – this time finishing a pass from Turbett putting the Pride ahead 2-1 heading into the break. Both of Coast Guard's goals – scored by
Mia Forti (Madison, Conn.)– were off of misplayed balls in the box by Marsden, but Springfield's offense picked her up with two additional goals in the second half.
A 49th-minute goal from Perry made it 3-1 before McGrath added an insurance goal for the Pride in the 69th minute, accounting for the 4-2 final.
No. 6 WPI 2, No. 3 Emerson 1 – Final
Maeve Steckley (Rochester, Mass.) recorded a goal and an assist to lift sixth-seeded and visiting WPI to a 2-1 triumph over third-seeded Emerson in a NEWMAC Women's Soccer Tournament quarterfinal contest played on Wednesday on Rotch Field in Boston.
The Crimson and Gray followed a similar path last year, falling to the Lions in the regular season (2-1 in Worcester on October 22nd) before capturing the rematch in the postseason less than two weeks later on Emerson's home field in the NEWMAC Tournament (1-0 in semifinals).
With the win, WPI moves to 11-6-3 on the season and advances to the NEWMAC Tournament semifinals for the fifth time in the last nine seasons of competition for 13-year head coach
Steph Riley-Schafer, including the last two with co-head coach
Melissa Hart alongside on the touchline.
Katie Adiletto (Bolton, Mass.) opened the scoring with a goal on an assist from Steckley ten minutes into the opening half. Emerson would hold the Engineers for the remainder of the first half, with WPI taking a 1-0 lead into halftime.
Steckley would extend the lead to two just a minute into the second half, as she netted a goal on an assist from
Abigail Johnson (Middletown, Conn.).
The Lions'
Zoe Simmons (Los Angeles, Calif.) would score in the 80th minute, on an assist from
Presley King (Lake Forest, Calif.), but it was too little too late for Emerson, as the Engineers held on for a 2-1 victory.
Ayla Verheul (Naarden, The Netherlands) had three saves for WPI, while
Hailey Forman (Saratoga, Calif.) had eight stops for the Lions.
With the win, WPI moves on to face No. 2 Springfield on Thursday.
No. 5 Wheaton 3, No. 4 Babson 1- Final
Three different players scored to fuel a 3-1 victory for the number five seed Wheaton College (Mass.) women's soccer team over host fourth-seeded Babson College this afternoon in the NEWMAC Championship Tournament Quarterfinals on Hartwell-Rogers Field in Babson Park, Mass.
The Lyons advance to the NEWMAC Semifinals to take on the winner of top-seeded Massachusetts Institute of Technology and number eight seed Wellesley College on Thursday, November 6.
Wheaton improves to 11-7 on the season, while the Beavers slip to 8-5-5.
The Lyons earn a spot in the Semifinals for the first time since 2021. The match marked just the second time since 2016 that the teams had met in the NEWMAC Tournament. Wheaton last defeated Babson, 1-0, in 2016, before the Beavers exacted revenge with a 3-1 win over the Lyons in Babson Park last year when the seedings were the same.
Senior midfielder Mia Wolfgang (Holliston, Mass.) came into the match without a career point and ended the afternoon with her first collegiate goal and assist for Wheaton. Senior goalie Patricia Bandrup (Poway, Calif.) stopped six shots for the visitors, including a penalty kick.
The Lyons scored 6:03 into the match and never trailed in the contest. Wheaton took advantage of a strong headwind that was blowing against the Babson goal and outshot their hosts, 9-3 in the first half. The Beavers owned a 13-4 cushion in the second stanza to give them a 16-13 margin for the match. Both teams attempted eight shots on frame.
The Lyons got on the board in the seventh minute to take a 1-0 edge. Junior forward Mackenna Reynolds (Longmeadow, Mass.) sent a ball from the right sideline to the middle of the field, where the ball caromed off a Babson defender. Wolfgang collected the loose ball just outside the box and stepped into a shot that sailed over the Babson keeper's head and into the far left corner for her first collegiate goal.
Wheaton nearly doubled its lead in the 25th minute after Reynolds was fouled just outside of the box. First-year midfielder Kate Rafferty (Westerly, R.I.) took possession of the free kick in the same area where Wolfgang's scoring strike came from. She fired a shot on frame, but the ball hit the crossbar and went straight down in front of the goal line to keep it a one-goal difference.
Babson looked to knot the game in the 27th minute off a corner kick, but a header from junior back Claudia Baiter (Miami, Fla.) was denied by junior back Maya Thomas (Goffstown, N.H.), who was camped on the goalline, to keep the shutout intact.
The Beavers looked to crack the scoring column again in the 57th minute when sophomore forward Lillian McAughan (Bellevue, Wash.) fired a shot directed for the right post, but Bandrup was up to the task to keep the ball out of the net.
Babson continued its pressure just 82 seconds later to gain the equalizer in the 58th minute to pull even at 1-1. Junior midfielder Priscilla-Rose Men-Martin (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) played the ball in the box to McAughan, who received the ball with her back to goal. The forward made a move to create space to her right for a low shot past the outstretched Bandrup into the far left post for the marker.
The Beavers reclaimed the lead in the 65th minute to take a 2-1 margin. Senior forward Katie Wickenheisser (Oxford, Conn.) received the ball on the left side just over midfield and weaved around a pair of Babson defenders before lifting a shot into the top left corner for her eighth score of the year.
Wolfgang factored into Wheaton's third marker to give it an insurance goal with 18:07 remaining in the contest. She sent a lead cross to senior forward Ali Roche (Maynard, Mass.), who jostled with the Beaver defenders, before controlling the ball for a shot that resulted in her team-leading 10th goal of the season and a 3-1 Wheaton lead.
Babson's final chance to pull within a score came with just 23 ticks left on the second half clock. First year forward Autumn Simon (Sharon, Mass.) lined up for a penalty kick, but her shot to the middle of the frame was absorbed by Bandrup to seal the victory for the Lyons.
About the NEWMAC
The NEWMAC is an association of 12 selective academic institutions: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Salve Regina University, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, that are committed to providing high quality competitive athletic opportunities for student-athletes within an educational and respectful environment that embodies the NCAA Division III Philosophy. The conference also partners with eight Associate Members: Brandeis University (Women's Lacrosse, 2026-2027), New York University (Men's Volleyball, 2026-2027), Norwich University (Football), Simmons College (Rowing), SUNY Maritime College (Football), SUNY New Paltz (Men's Volleyball, 2026-2027), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Football), and Vassar College (Men's Volleyball, 2026-2027), while sponsoring 20 sports.