Marlborough, Mass. - November 6, 2026 - Second-seeded Wheaton College and fourth-seeded Coast Guard secured their spots in the 2026 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Soccer Tournament Championship game following today’s semifinal results. Wheaton topped No. 3 MIT, 4-2, while Coast Guard advanced past top-seeded Babson in penalty kicks after a 1-1 result following 110 minutes of play.

Quarterfinal: Tuesday, November 3 (All Games at Higher Seed)
Game 1 - #4 Coast Guard def. #5 Emerson, 2-1 - Box Score
Game 2 - #3 MIT def. #6 WPI, 2-1 - Box Score

Semifinal: Friday, November 6 (All Games at Higher Seed)
Game 3 -#4 Coast Guard advances on Penalty Kicks over  #1 Babson, 5-4 - Box Score
Game 4 - #2 Wheaton def. #3 MIT, 4-2 - Box Score

Championship: Sunday, Novemer 8 (At Highest Remaining Seed)
Game 5 - #2 Wheaton vs. #4 Coast Guard

Wheaton will be making its first appearance in the NEWMAC men’s soccer championship final since 2016 and will be hosting the championship match for the first time since 2007. Wheaton has won eight NEWMAC titles and has appeared in 11 conference championship matches dating back to 1998. In the 11 NEWMAC championship games, Wheaton has outscored its opponents by a 23-7 margin.

Coast Guard will be making its first-ever appearance in the NEWMAC men’s soccer championship following today’s historic result against Babson. The top-seeded Beavers had won five of the last seven NEWMAC titles dating back to 2018. Since 2011, Babson has faced a penalty kick shootout four times (2011, 2012, 2023, 2026) and has yet to get a result in those four contests.

During the regular season, Wheaton and Coast Guard played to a 1-1 draw in Norton. Wheaton’s Owen Kane (Pembroke, Mass.) scored the first goal of the game in the 27th minute but James Von Dyl (San Diego, Calif.) found the equalizer in the 67th minute. Wheaton held an 18-13 edge in shots over 90 minutes of play.

No. 1 Babson 1, No. 4 Coast Guard 1 (Coast Guard advances, 5-4, in Penalty Kicks)

After a scoreless 66 minutes of play, Babson’s Titus Charles (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) gave the hosts a 1-0 edge as he finished a pair of one touch passes from McKenzy Pierre (West Orange, N.J.) and Phillip Finch (La Jolla, Calif.). Over the course of regulation, Babson had outshot Coast Guard by an 18-9 margin and took four corner kicks to the Bears four. It was Ryan Gottschalk (Alpharetta, Ga.), who found the equalizer in the 72nd minute as he tucked the ball into the lower left corner of the net sending the game to overtime.

Coast Guard survived overtime playing a man down for 18 of 20 extra minutes, while only being outshot 3-1 on a rain soaked field.

Babson shot first in penalty kicks where Alexander Yablonovskiy’s (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) attempt was saved by Samuel Linkous (Gulf Breeze, Fla.). Coast Guard drilled all five of its attempts capped by Gottschalk’s game winner as the Bears advanced past the Beavers, 5-4, in the shootout.

No. 2 Wheaton 4, No. 3 MIT 2

MIT held a 2-1 lead through 36 minutes of play following goals from Jonah Gurion (Rye, N.Y.) in the third minute and a strike by Eli Mick (Overland Park, Kan.) in the 36th minute and that’s where the score stood at the halftime break. Wheaton’s Declan Rhatigan (Holderness, N.H.) knotted the score at two on a penalty kick before Paco Polo (Madrid, Spain) drilled what proved to be the game winning goal off of passes from Caleb Cassetta (Denver, Colo.) and Ben Kane (Pembroke, Mass.). Avery Dinham (Coral Springs, Fla.) drilled a strike into the upper right corner of the net in the 84th minute to account for the 4-2 final.

In the tightly contested match, Wheaton held a 31-26 edge in shots and a 10-5 differential in corner kicks. The two goalkeepers, Nick Phinney (Gorham, Maine) and Nicolas Santos-Shin (New York, N.Y.) combined for 22 saves over 90 minutes of play.

About the NEWMAC
The NEWMAC is an association of 13 selective academic institutions: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Saint Anselm College (beginning reclassification process with NCAA in 2027-28), 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 seven Associate Members: 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 21 sports.