BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior Jessica Evans (Southbury, Conn.) led all players with three goals and graduate student Anna Costello (Milton, Mass.) set a new single-season program record with five caused turnovers to help 16th-ranked and top-seeded Babson College defeat the fourth-seeded Coast Guard Academy, 7-3, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament semifinal on Wednesday night at MacDowell Field. 

Babson (16-2) has won four straight games and has been victorious in 16 straight conference semifinal contests going back to 2007. Coast Guard sees its season come to a close at 13-5. 

Junior Amelia Novitch (Dover, Mass.) finished with a goal and an assist and classmate Clare Connolly (Hanover, Mass.) scored once and led all players with six draw controls for the Beavers. Senior Zoë Michaud (Bedford, N.H.) registered five caused turnovers, classmate Eileen Manning (Needham, Mass.) scooped up a game-high six ground balls to go along with four caused turnovers, and junior goalkeeper Kathleen Murphy (Scarborough, Maine) made three saves and also contributed three forced turnovers and two ground balls in the victory. 

Senior Addy Bass (Redondo Beach, Calif.) had two goals, classmates Mia Becker (Hudson, Ohio) and Caitlin Kelly (Bayport, N.Y.) both recorded three caused turnovers and junio Maici Mintchwarner (Cream Ridge, N.J.) made nine saves in the loss for the Bears. 

Bass opened the scoring less than 90 seconds into the contest before Evans scored twice around a tally by senior Genevieve Bushey (Lakeville, Conn.) to give the Green and White a 3-1 advantage 20 seconds into the second quarter. Becker won the ensuing draw and pulled the Bears back within one just eight seconds later before Novitch buried a feed from senior Nicole Darveau (Sudbury, Mass.) to push the margin back to 4-2 with 4:18 to go before halftime. 

Bass trimmed Coast Guard's deficit to one with 1:13 to go in the second period but it would get no closer as the Beavers' defense dominated the final 30 minute of the game. Graduate student Lily Ives (Chappaqua, N.Y.) gave the hosts a two-goal lead with 10:35 left in a third quarter that saw the Bears commit nine turnovers while attempting just two shots. 

Connolly put away a free-position chance with 2:20 remaining in the third and Babson forced the visitors into miscues on six of their next seven possessions before Evans completed her hat trick with 6:52 to go in the game. The Bears got off just one shot, which was saved by Murphy in the final stanza, while finishing the night with 30 turnovers. 

The Beavers held a 24-10 edge in shots and a 11-3 margin in draw controls, while scooping up 31 ground balls and converting 24-of-28 clearing opportunities. 

Babson will host third-seeded and 20th-ranked MIT in Saturday's NEWMAC Tournament final at 1 p.m. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 11-0 all-time against Coast Guard, which includes three NEWMAC Tournament victories. 
•    Costello's 48 caused turnovers bettered the previous mark of 47 achieved by Lisa Campofranco '06 back in 2006. 
•    Babson recorded a season-high 23 caused turnovers in Wednesday's victory and is now 10-0 this season when it forces at least 10 turnovers. 
•    Evans has now scored 16 goals over her last five postseason games going back to last season.