BABSON PARK, Mass.— Senior Mia Wolfgang (Holliston, Mass.) scored her first career goal and added an assist as fifth-seeded Wheaton College knocked off fourth-seeded Babson College, 3-1, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's soccer tournament quarterfinal Tuesday afternoon at breezy Hartwell-Rogers Field.

With the victory, Wheaton avenges a 3-1 loss to Babson in last year's quarterfinal and improves to 11-7-0 on the season while the Beavers wind up their season with a record of 8-5-5.

Sophomore Lillian McAughan (Bellevue, Wash.) scored her second goal of the season for the Beavers, which tied the game at 1-1 early in the second half. Senior Cleo Grignard (Red Bank, N.J.) made four saves in goal in the first half and first-year Maisie Creamer (Boulder, Colo.) made one save in the second half.

Seniors Kate Wickenheisser (Oxford, Conn.) and Ali Roche (Maynard, Mass.) scored second-half goals for the Lyons, and classmate Patricia Bandrup (Poway, Calif.) finished with six saves in the victory, including one on a late Babson penalty kick.

Wheaton kept the ball deep in Babson territory in the first five minutes of the game and scored the first goal six minutes in. Wolfgang stepped up to pounce on a loose ball and unloaded a shot from 20 yards out on the right side that flew over Grignard's head and into the far corner for a 1-0 lead for the Lyons.

The visitors kept the pressure on and Grignard made a nice stop on a Roche free kick in the 24th minute. Wheaton nearly doubled its lead a minute later on a free kick from 25 yards out but the shot by first-year Kate Rafferty (Westerly, R.I.) bounced off the cross bar.

Babson had a good scoring opportunity on a corner kick in the 28th minute but a header by junior Claudia Baiter (Miami, Fla.) was cleared off the line by a Wheaton defender, and a follow-up shot by first-year Lindsey Cassady (Westfield, Ind.) went over the crossbar.

The Beavers came back to tie the score 12 minutes into the second half. McAughan received a pass from junior Priscilla-Rose Men-Martin (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) at the top of the 18-yard box, made a move away from two defenders to create space, and ripped a shot past a diving Bandrup into the left corner of the net for her second goal of the season.

Wheaton needed just seven minutes to regain the lead. Wickenheisser got free in the Babson zone after receiving a long pass from the Lyons' end of the field, and eluded a pair of defenders before converting a beautiful shot from 25 yards out that found the upper left side of the goal for her eighth goal of the season.

The Lyons added an insurance goal in the 72nd minute when Wolfgang sent a through-ball to Roche inside the Babson box and she rolled a shot under a charging Creamer for a 3-1 lead.

Babson had a chance for a goal in the final minute of play but Bandrup denied first-year Autumn Simon (Sharon, Mass.) on a penalty kick to seal the victory.

The hosts finished with a 16-13 margin in total shots but the shots on target were even at 8-8. Babson also had a 6-5 advantage in corner kicks.

Wheaton advances to the NEWMAC semifinals on Thursday when they will take on the winner of top-seeded MIT vs. eighth-seeded Wellesley.

GAME NOTES
• Babson is 16-30-10 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to 1981, and 3-7-2 all-time against the Lyons in the conference playoffs.
• The Beavers were knocked out of the NEWMAC Tournament in the quarterfinals for just the fourth time since 2012 after going 9-2-1 in their previous 12 appearances.
• The Green and White conceded more than two goals for just the second time in 18 matches this season.