CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Seniors Claudia Dodge (Pelham, N.Y.) and Erin Jayne (Merrimac, Mass.) and sophomore Jessica Evans (Southbury, Conn.) all scored twice during a 9-1 spurt that propelled second-seeded Babson College to a 13-10 win over 22nd-ranked and top-seeded MIT in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament final on Saturday afternoon at Jack Barry Field.

With its fifth straight win, Babson improves to 12-7 overall while capturing its second conference tournament championship in three seasons and the ninth in program history. MIT, which had its seven-game winning streak snapped, is now 16-3 and must wait until Monday to find out if it receives an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Jayne, who finished with five points, Evans and graduate student Emily Curtis (Walpole, Mass.) all had three goals, while Dodge contributed two goals, two assists and two caused turnovers for the Beavers. Curtis and sophomore Clare Connolly (Hanover, Mass.), who led all players with 12 draw controls, also forced a pair of turnovers and fellow sophomore Kathleen Murphy (Scarborough, Maine) made 10 saves in the victory.

Senior Ellie Rabenold (Cincinnati, Ohio) had three goals and two assists, while first-year Ashley Thomas (Summit, N.J.) and sophomore Sydney Pyon (Garnet Valley, Pa.) both scored twice for the Engineers. Senior Abigail Kolyer (Manhasset, N.Y.) finished with six saves in the loss.

The Green and White trailed 3-0 just over five minutes into the contest before going on a five-goal run to seize control of the game. Jayne started the run at the 7:18 mark, Dodge and Evans scored 70 seconds apart late in the first quarter and sophomore Kathryn Blake (Medfield, Mass.) followed a tally by Curtis to give the Beavers a 5-3 lead with 11:18 to go in the second.

Rabenold got MIT back within a goal just past the midway point of the stanza but Babson responded with tallies by Dodge, Curtis and Jayne to make it 8-4 at halftime and another from Evans 90 seconds into the third quarter that pushed its lead to five. Goals by Rabenold and Thomas cut the Engineers' deficit to 9-6 with 1:36 to go in the third and Pyon followed with her second marker of the afternoon to make it 10-7 going to the fourth.

The hosts won the first two draws of the final stanza and got back-to-back goals by senior Lindsey Gambino (Garden City, N.Y.) and Rabenold to get within one at 10-9 with 13:22 to play in the game. Connolly responded by winning each of the next two draws that helped set up scores by Jayne and Evans to push the Beavers' advantage back to 12-9 with 11:17 remaining.

Junior Meredith Arterburn (Cooksville, Md.) cut the MIT deficit to two with 8:00 left but Murphy made the lead stand up with three saves over the next four minutes and Curtis completed her hat trick to give the Green and White a three-goal edge with 2:58 remaining.

The Beavers finished with a 27-21 edge in shots and a 17-10 advantage in draw controls in the win.

Babson will find out where it is headed for the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament when the pairings are announced at 10 a.m. on Monday.

GAME NOTES
• The Beavers are 37-6 all-time against MIT, which includes victories in all 11 conference tournament matchups between the teams.
• Babson is 12-0 this season and 25-1 going back to the start of last year when scoring at least 12 goals.
• Connolly has totaled at least nine draw controls in 12 of her last 14 games.
• With four points on Saturday, Curtis is now fourth on Babson's single-season list with 88 points, while Jayne's five-point day moved her into 13th place with 192 for her career.