NEW LONDON, Conn.—Senior Louis Gazo (Colchester, Vt.) scored in the 81st minute to help 13th-ranked Babson College pull out a 1-1 draw against the Coast Guard Academy in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's soccer action on Saturday afternoon at Nitchman Field. 

Babson, which has tied its last two games and is unbeaten in 10 straight matches, closes the regular season at 10-3-6 overall and 5-0-3 in league play. The Beavers will be the second seed in the upcoming NEWMAC Tournament. Coast Guard is now 3-5-8 overall and 2-2-4 in league play and will be the fifth seed in the league playoffs. 

Sophomore Joao Araujo (Boca Raton, Fla.) collected an assist and junior goalkeeper Walker White (Coral Gables, Fla.) stopped four shots for the Beavers. 

First-year Naveen Jayareem (Tampa, Fla.) had a goal and senior Charles Fish (Little Silver, N.J.) recorded an assist for the Bears, who got four saves from senior goalkeeper Wolfgang Pfleghar (Fairfield, Conn.). 

Coast Guard jumped on top less than nine minutes into the contest when Jayareem flicked Fish's service through traffic from the edge of the six-yard box for his first career goal. The Green and White outshot the Bears 6-3 in the opening half and turned up the pressure looking for an equalizer after the break. 

Senior Joseph Cardarapoli (Longmeadow, Mass.) forced a diving save by Pfleghar at the near post following a corner kick in the 57th minute and sophomore Robin Pestka (Highland Park, N.J.) forced Pfelghar to extend to catch his shot from 25 yards out in the 59th minute before Gazo leveled the score with 9:39 to play. Junior Lyndon Way (Atlanta, Ga.) dispossessed a Coast Guard attacker inside the box and moments later Gazo ran down a long ball by Araujo and flicked over Pfleghar for his third marker of the year. 

Babson nearly took the lead less than a minute later as Gazo broke free only to have his shot from 15 yards frill off the crossbar. Graduate student Ryan Grund (Princeton Junction, N.J.) attempted to head home the rebound but the ball was cleared out of danger 

The Beavers finished with a 14-7 edge in shots and a 9-4 advantage in corner kicks. 

Babson will host a NEWMAC Tournament semifinal on Thursday, while Coast Guard will travel to either MIT or Wheaton for a quarterfinal match on Tuesday.

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 42-9-8 all-time against Coast Guard and Saturday's tie snapped their four-game winning streak in the series. 
•    Babson finished unbeaten in league play for the second consecutive season and the fourth time in five years going back to 2018. 
•    The Green and White is unbeaten in is last 20 games against conference foes including NEWMAC Tournament matches (17-0-3) and extended road unbeaten streak in league play to 21 games on Saturday. 
•    Eight of Babson's 20 second-half goals this season have come beyond the 80th minute.