Springfield, Mass. - November 2, 2012 - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships will be in full swing this weekend with four Springfield College teams battling for conference titles and an automatic berth into the upcoming NCAA Division III Championships.As a reminder, there is a fee for admittance to NEWMAC Championship events. Adult tickets are $4, while seniors are $2, and students are $1.
The top-seeded Springfield College women’s soccer team will face fourth-seeded Babson in the NEWMAC Semifinals at Brock-Affleck Field Saturday at 12:00 pm. Winners of three-straight regular season titles, the Pride bested Babson in the regular season, 2-1 in double overtime, thanks to a goal from Krissy Cicalis was 44 seconds left in the game. The winner will advance to the NEWMAC Championship on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 pm and will face the winner of the Wheaton/MIT semifinal.
Entering this weekend as the second-seed, the Springfield College women's volleyball team will take on third-seeded MIT at Wellesley College. Earlier this season, Tessa Smolinski produced a match-high 18 kills as the Pride picked up a four-set win against the visiting Engineers. The other semifinal will pit fourth-seeded Coast Guard against top-seeded Wellesley at 3:30 on Saturday, with the championship taking place on Sunday at 1:00 pm.
In men's soccer, the Pride is the third-seed in the NEWMAC Tournament hosted at Babson College and will square off against second-seeded Coast Guard at 1:30 pm on Saturday. The Pride and Bears battled in a double-overtime thriller in the regular season, with Coast Guard prevailing 2-1. Danny Amato found the back of the net in the 72nd minute to force overtime. The winner of this game will play for the league championship on Sunday at 1:00 pm against the winner of the Babson/MIT semifinal.
The Springfield College field hockey team will face top-seeded Babson on Saturday at 12:00 pm NEWMAC Semifinals. The fourth-seeded Pride defeated fifth-seeded Clark, 5-1, in its quarterfinal matchup Wednesday at Stagg field. Five different players scored for the Pride, with Kayla Sokol notching a goal and two assists in the second-half to lead the charge. During the regular season, Babson topped Springfield, 5-0. The winner of Saturday’s game will advance to the NEWMAC Championship Sunday afternoon at 1:00 pm against the winner of the MIT/Wellesley semifinal.
