No. 5 Coast Guard 4, No. 1 Babson 19 – Final 

BABSON PARK, Mass.—Graduate student Joey Allen (Philadelphia, Pa.) scored three times, senior Bennett Smith (Lake Oswego, Ore.) led all players with four points and junior Ryan St. Onge (Avon, Conn.) finished with four caused turnovers as top-seeded Babson College overwhelmed the fifth-seeded Coast Guard Academy, 19-4, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament semifinal on Thursday night at MacDowell Field. 

No. 4 USILA/No. 8 USA Lacrosse Babson, which has won three consecutive games, improves to 15-2 on the year while advancing to the NEWMAC Tournament final for the fourth year in a row and fifth time in the last six seasons. Coast Guard sees its season come to a close at 5-10. 

Smith had a goal and three assists, juniors Camden Matthews (Westford, Mass.) and Seamus Rooney (Bay Shore, N.Y.) both finished with two goals and one assist, and classmate Rowan Mondello (Wakefield, Mass.) scored twice for the Beavers, who had eight different players finish with at least two points. Sophomore Beck Trafton (Miami Beach, Fla.) won 7-of-12 face-offs, junior Bruno Batty (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) led all players with six ground balls, and sophomore Andrew Almquist (Wakefield, Mass.) had to make just four saves to extend his single-season wins record to 15. 

Sophomore Ezekiel Christian (Stonington, Conn.) had two goals and one assist, while senior Patrick Smith (Leesburg, Va.) added a goal and an assist for the Bears, who committed a season-high 33 turnovers in the loss. Junior Mason Tucker (Alpharetta, Ga.) went 8-of-17 on face-offs, classmate Jamison Wildt (Arnold, Ga.) finished with five ground balls and two caused turnovers, and senior goalkeeper Dustin Miller (Tyler, Texas) made 12 saves in the final game of his career. 

The Green and White got goals from graduate student Patrick McAleavey (Trumbull, Conn.) and Mondello to take a 2-1 lead late in the first quarter and then forced Coast Guard into seven turnovers in the span of eight possessions to begin the second to build a seven-goal halftime lead. Rooney made it 3-1 at the 12:29 mark, senior Jack Feeks (Georgetown, Mass.) followed with his first goal of the night two and a half minutes later and Allen extended the lead to 5-1 with 7:26 to play in the period. 

Sophomore Grayson Ambrosh (Danvers, Mass.) scored in transition less than 90 seconds later and Allen and Rooney both tallied again over the final five minutes of the half to make it 8-1. Allen completed his hat trick with 13:20 to go in the third quarter, sophomore Mark Brown (San Diego, Calif.) scored 17 seconds later and Mondello notched his second goal of the night with 12:25 remaining in the stanza to cap a 10-goal run that stretched the cushion to 11-1. 

Christian snapped a scoring drought of more than 28 minutes to cut the Bears' deficit to 11-2 just over a minute later, but Matthews answered with consecutive tallies and Smith scored his first of the game for a 14-2 lead with 3:39 to play in the third. Smith opened the fourth quarter with a goal for Coast Guard only see to the Green and White answer with four tallies in less than four minutes, the last coming from first-year Cash McCoy (Englewood, Colo.) to make it 18-3 with 7:44 left. 

The Beavers finished with the edge in shots (58-24) and ground balls (45-31) while converting 23-of-24 clears. 

Babson will host third-seeded MIT in Saturday's NEWMAC Tournament final at 1 p.m. 

No. 3 MIT 13, No. 2 Springfield 8 – Final 

No. 3 seeded MIT outscored No. 2-seeded Springfield College, 11-1, over the course of 35 minutes of action before going on to record a 13-8 victory in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Men's Lacrosse Championship on Thursday night. With the win, the Engineers advanced to the title game for the third time in program history and the first since making back-to-back appearances in 2022 and 2023.

MIT, now 9-7 on the season, will move on to the NEWMAC title game on Saturday at top-seeded and No. 4-ranked Babson College. Springfield sees its season end with a record of 10-6.

Nine of MIT's 13 goals came from Riley Pierce (Vestavia, Ala.) and Bryce Metalios (Old Greenwich, Conn.) as Pierce registered five goals to go along with four ground balls, while Metalios notched four goals, an assist, and two ground balls. Garrett Campagna (Lancaster, Pa.) dished out four assists for the Engineers tonight as well.

Jake Degnan (Mahopac, N.Y.) led Springfield with two goals and an assist for three points, while the remainder of the Pride's six goals were tallied by six different student-athletes. Dominic Savastano (South Salem, N.Y.) posted six ground balls and won 11 face-offs. 

Both keepers were tested as Joseph Grenier (Cheshire, Conn.) made 15 saves for the Pride, while Collin Lung (Lynbrook, N.Y.) stopped 13 shots for the Engineers.

Springfield raced out to a 3-0 lead after goals from Savastano, Matt Webb (Northport, N.Y.) and Ryan Berkel (Sudbury, Mass.) over the opening five minutes of play. 

MIT went on to score 13 of the next 15 goals, eventually extending their lead to 13-5 courtesy of goals from Metalios, Hayden Calabretta (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.) and Zach Bleil (New Canaan, Conn.) during the first 4:36 of the fourth quarter. The score remained unchanged until there was 4:06 left to play, when the Pride recorded the first of three consecutive goals down the stretch.

As a team, MIT held the edge in shots (40-35), ground balls (41-18), face-offs (14-10), and scored four times on the man-advantage. The Engineers also went 25-for-31 on the clear, while Springfield went 27-for-33 in transition. 

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 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 21 sports.