NORTON, Mass.—Senior Travis Blair (Hastings, N.Y.), junior Noah Kossoff (New York, N.Y.), and sophomore Kevin Davis (Beacon, N.Y.) all scored second-half goals as 12th-ranked Wheaton College rallied past visiting Babson College, 3-1, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's soccer action on Saturday afternoon at Keefe Field.

With the victory, Wheaton is now 10-1-1 overall and 3-0-0 in conference play, while Babson drops to 7-4-0 overall and 1-2-0 in the NEWMAC.

Both teams put immediate pressure on the opposing goalkeepers as Lyons' junior Matt Dickey (Newton, Mass.) and Beavers' junior Stephen Donato (Morganville, N.J.) each made a pair of saves in the opening fifteen minutes of play. The Green and White opened the scoring in the 20th minute on junior Andrew Gonzalez's (Durham, Conn.) third goal of the season. Following a corner kick from junior Tyler Carlos (Prospect, Conn.), senior Peter Van Noppen (Providence, R.I.) gathered a loose ball inside the six-yard box and fed Gonzalez for a 1-0 lead.

Wheaton tied the game just 3:42 into the second half when Davis notched his first marker of the season, heading in a corner kick from senior Luke Finkelstein (Peabody, Mass.). Blair struck for his eighth goal of the season in the 68th minute, taking a feed from Amara Sesay (Bronx, N.Y.) following a Babson turnover for a 2-1 lead.

Kossoff capped the scoring for the hosts, drilling a 25-yard shot into the upper left corner after taking a feed from senior Matheus Goncalves (Framingham, Mass.) to make it 3-1 in the 75th minute.

Donato finished with a career-high six saves for the Beavers, while Dickey stopped six shots for the Lyons, which finished with a 23-14 edge in shots and an 11-6 advantage in corner kicks.

Babson returns to action on Sunday when it hosts Bridgewater State University at 2 p.m., while Wheaton will be at Trinity College on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

GAME NOTES: Babson is now 13-18-0 all-time against Wheaton and has dropped three consecutive matches in the series…the Beavers are now 6-2-0 when scoring first this season…Prior to Saturday's loss, the Green and White had won 13 straight matches when leading at halftime.