BABSON PARK, Mass.—Sophomore Staci Swallow (South Portland, Maine) had a goal and an assist, and Babson College scored twice in the second half to defeat visiting WPI, 2-0, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) field hockey action on Saturday afternoon at MacDowell Field.

With its fifth win in the last six games, Babson is now 8-4 overall and 3-0 in conference play, while WPI drops to 6-3 overall and 1-2 in the NEWMAC.

Despite the hosts outshooting the Engineers 6-0 and attempting five of the stanza's six penalty corners, the teams went into the half deadlocked at 0-0. Senior Caroline Malone (Walpole, Mass.) had the two best scoring chances of the period for the Beavers before being denied by WPI junior goalkeeper Lauren Puishys (Oxford, Mass.) in the 19th minute after taking a centering feed from sophomore Victoria Spofford (Merrimac, Mass.) and again in the 24th minute on a pass from junior Melanie Jordan (Westford, Mass.) following a corner.

The Green and White finally broke through just 6:34 into the second half on Swallow's fifth marker of the season. After earning a penalty corner, Babson was denied on its first two shots, including a defensive save by Engineers' junior Sarah Rose Gabor (Cazenovia, N.Y.) before Spofford slid a pass to Swallow in front of the cage for a 1-0 lead.

Babson extended its lead when first-year Julie Mortimer (Spencer, Mass.) notched her first collegiate goal at the 57:42 mark. Following a corner and a scramble in front of the cage, Swallow slipped a pass across the goal mouth to Mortimer, who was at the right post to make it 2-0.

WPI's best scoring chances came in the closing minutes as Beavers' junior goalkeeper Kayla Costa (Watertown, Mass.) denied a lofted shot by sophomore Jena Mazzucco (Danbury, Conn.) with 3:12 remaining, and sophomore Corinne Urisko (Princeton, N.J.) came up with a defensive save on a shot by junior Rachel Cody (Dover-Foxcroft, Maine) with 2:46 left in the game.

Costa finished with one save to post the second shutout of her career, while Puishys stopped five shots for the Engineers.

The Green and White finished with an 11-6 edge in shots and a 12-4 advantage in penalty corners.

Both teams return to action with conference games on Tuesday as Babson travels to nationally-ranked Wellesley College at 4 p.m., while WPI will be at Clark University for a 7 p.m. start.

GAME NOTES: The Beavers are now 18-15 all-time against the Engineers and have won four of the last five meetings in the series going back to 2010…Babson is 7-0 this fall and has won 28 straight games when holding its opponents to one goal or less…the Beavers are 5-1 this season when tied at the half…Babson has won four consecutive home games against NEWMAC foes going back to last season.