Game One: No. 8 Coast Guard 62, No. 1 Smith 70 – Final | Box Score
Top-seeded Smith took care of business, knocking off No. 8 Coast Guard, 70-62 in a NEWMAC Women's Basketball Quarterfinal match-up on Wednesday evening.
Ella Sylvester led all scorers with 21 points to go along with 11 boards for Smith. Hannah Martin also pulled down 11 boards, and dished out five assists. Dorothy Stotts led the Bears with 20 points.
The first quarter saw Smith jump out to a 6-0 lead lay-ups from Sylvester and Jazmyn Washington, along with a jumper from Jane Loo. Julia Mann would cut the deficit in half with a three-pointer for Coast Guard. The Pioneers would grow thier lead to nine before a jumper by Stotts would cut the lead to seven at the end of the first.
The Bears came out in the second with four straight points to cut the lead to three, before a another lay-up from Washington would start a run that would bring the Pioneers lead back up to nine. With 2:58 left in the half, Martin would hit a trey to extend the lead to ten. The Pioneers would head into the half with a 13 point lead.
The Pioneers wouldn't let up, and two free throws from Maggie Flemming would extend Smith's lead to 15 in the second half. The Bears chipped away, but a three-pointer from Ally Landau would bring the lead back to 16 in the 3rd. Two free throws from Mann with 14 seconds remaining in the quarter would cut into the lead, as the teams headed into the fourth with Smith leading 51-39.
Eight straight points from Stotts would cut the deficit to three, before Olivia Wright would tie the game with a three-pointer with 5:12 left in the game. Sylvester made two straight buckets for the Pioneers, and a three from Loo would bring the lead back to five. The Pioneers would not let the Bears get any closer than five for the rest of the match-up, and five straight free throws down the stretch would clinch the win for the nationally-ranked Pioneers.
Smith will move on to host No. 5 Salve Regina on Friday at 7:00 p.m.
Game Two: No. 7 WPI 60, No. 2 Babson 54 | Box Score
BABSON PARK, Mass.—Graduate student Alice Kelly led all players with 17 points and six assists to help seventh-seeded WPI defeat second-seeded Babson, 60-54, in a NEWMAC Tournament quarterfinal on Wednesday night inside Staake Gymnasium.
Babson, which had its seven-game winning streak snapped, ends the season at 16-10. The loss also snapped the Beavers' run of 15 consecutive NEWMAC semifinal appearances. WPI extended its winning streak to five and improved to 13-13 overall and will travel to sixth-seeded MIT on Friday at 7 p.m.
Sophomore Samantha Reale scored eight of her team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter, while senior Katelyn Mollica finished with 12 points and three steals. Fellow senior Emily Flynn added 10 points and four rebounds in the loss.
Kelly, who played all 40 minutes, was 8-of-8 at the free throws line, while senior Caitlyn Dasaro and sophomore Ava Giansiracusa both added 10 points for the Engineers. Giansiracusa also led all players with 11 rebounds in the win.
WPI went up six on a jumper by Giansiracusa on the opening possession of the second quarter before the Green and White answered with consecutive three-pointers by junior Chloe Perreault and Flynn. The Engineers, who went 8-of-8 from the free throw line in the period, got their lead back to five twice and used four straight points from Kelly to take a 29-23 advantage into the locker room.
Dasaro started the third quarter with a three-point play to make it 32-23 before the Beavers responded with a 9-1 run that included a three-pointer by Mollica and four straight points from Flynn to pull within one midway through the stanza. Babson cut its deficit to just one at 38-37 at the 2:56 mark only to see WPI rattle off an 8-2 run to extend the margin back to 46-39 on a baseline jumper by sophomore Ava Hyams with 9:15 remaining in the fourth.
The Green and White got within three on a right-corner jumper by Perreault a minute later and consecutive layups by Mollica and Perreault sliced the Engineers' lead to 49-47 with 5:24 to play. Babson came up empty on its next three possessions and Kelly drilled a three-pointer form the top of the key following an offensive rebound to make it 52-47 at the 2:42 mark.
Reale converted a three-point play to pull the Beavers within 54-52 with 1:49 to go, but graduate student Emmy Allyn scored inside on the ensuing possession and Kelly went 2-of-2 at the charity stripe to push WPI's lead to 58-53 with 26 seconds remaining.
Babson, which committed a season-low six turnovers, shot just 34.5 percent from the floor and were outrebounded 41-25 in the loss. The Engineers shot 39.4 percent from the floor but outscored the Beavers 23-8 at the free throw line.
Game Three: No. 6 MIT 70, No. 3 Springfield 65 – Final (OT) | Box Score
Springfield, Mass. – No. 6 MIT defeats the third-seeded Springfield College, 70-65, in overtime in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 NEWMAC Championship Tournament on Wednesday evening in Blake Arena.
MIT improved to 11-14 and will play host to seventh-seeded WPI for the semifinal round on Friday at 7:00 pm, while Springfield sees its season come to a close at 15-11. This was the first postseason meeting between Springfield and MIT since the 2019 NEWMAC Championship, and the Engineers are now 3-1 all-time against the Pride in the NEWMAC Tournament with previous meetings coming in the championship in 2019, the quarterfinals in 2018 and the quarterfinals in 2016.
MIT was led by Kamsi Nwogu, who posted a game-high in points (23) and rebounds (11).Angie Czeremcha led the way for the Pride posting 14 points, five boards, two assists, a block and a steal.
The game opened in a back-and-forth affair, as midway through the first quarter the NEWMAC foes found themselves in a 7-7 stalemate. The Engineers rattled off two quick buckets, but in the final 3:48 it was all Springfield. The Pride closed out the opening frame on a 7-3 run, highlighted by a trey and pull-up jumper from Natalie Lucas to lead 18-14. The second quarter was yet another tightly contested battle, with neither team leading by more than six points. MIT entered the halftime locker room with just a one point lead, 32-31, despite a shot-clock-beating triple from Kassidy Carrano with 1:05 remaining.
The Pride came out of the gates hot in the second half, as back-to-back scores from Lindsey Laughlan and a three from Leary gave Springfield a 38-36 advantage with 7:37 remaining in the quarter. MIT pulled the game back to even, 38-38, but a flawlessly executed pick-and-roll between Czermcha and Carrano, followed by a beautiful inside feed from Lopez to Lucas gave Springfield a 47-43 lead with 1:30 remaining. Despite being the shortest player on the court, Lopez rose up to snag an offensive rebound on the ensuing possession, finishing the layup before Carrano knocked down a step-back jumper as time expired. The Pride entered the fourth up 51-43 on an 8-0 run.
The Engineers weren't going away, however, as they responded with a 13-2 run over the first 6:08 of the fourth quarter, with Nwogu and Elise Harvey combining for 11 points. A minute and eight seconds later, Carrano reignited Blake Arena, nailing a left wing three to knot the game at 56 with 2:44 remaining. Czeremcha gave Springfield a two-point lead connecting on a layup with 1:15 to go, but Nwogu buried another floater with 18 seconds to go – proving to be the last points of regulation, as the teams entered overtime tied 58-58.
Czermcha scored the first basket of the extra session, but the Engineers rallied off a 15-5 run to end the game and clinch the postseason win by a 70-65 final as the Engineers advanced to the NEWMAC Semifinals for the third consecutive season.
Game Four: No. 5 Salve Regina 93, No. 4 Emerson 87 - Final | Box Score
Boston, Mass.- No. 5 Salve Regina tops No. 4 Emerson in a quarterfinal match-up of the 2025 NEWMAC Women's Basketball Tournament on Wednesday night.
Amanda Folan would drop 36 for the Seahawks, while Bri Frongillo netted 38 for the Lions to lead all scorers.
Folan would get off to a hot start, scoring 14 points in the first quarter, and helping the Seahawks carry a 10 point led into the second quarter. The Lions stayed in the game with four three-pointers in the first quarter, with Frongillo hitting two and Jessie Silk accounting for two.
The highlight of the first half was a half-court heave in at the end of the half that banked in as both squads chalked up 21 points in the second period with the visitors sporting a 49-39 lead at the half.
The Lions and Seahawks each scored 23 points in the third as Emerson trailed 72-62 heading to the fourth quarter. Emerson started the final frame with an 11-2 run to cut the deficit to 74-73 with 7:25 left to play. The home side pulled even at 78-78 with 3:48 remaining in regulation on a pair of free throws by Frongillo.
Salve Regina responded with seven-consecutive points to seize an 85-78 lead with 2:39 on the clock. The Lions trimmed the margin to 88-87 as Frongillo
converted a pair of free throws with 22 seconds to go.
Folan sank 5-of-6 from the charity stripe for the Seahawks in the final seconds to secure a quarterfinal victory and advance to face No. 1 Smith.
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 four Associate Members: Norwich University (Football), Simmons College (Rowing), SUNY Maritime College (Football), and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Football), while sponsoring 20 sports.