BABSON PARK, Mass.—Coming off a fourth consecutive New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament championship and a fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, Babson College field hockey 19th-year head coach
Julie Ryan announced her program's 2025 schedule on Tuesday.
The nine-time defending NEWMAC regular season champs, Babson will play a 19-game slate that includes nine conference matchups and four contests against teams that reached the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
The Green and White, which went unbeaten (9-0) in league play a year ago for the eighth consecutive season and finished 19-4 overall, opens the 2025 campaign at Endicott in Beverly, Mass., on August 29. The first two home games at MacDowell Field will be against Swarthmore on August 31 and NCAA Tournament foe Williams on September 7.
After a trip to Saint Joseph's (Maine) on September 10, the Beavers will play back-to-back contests against the two teams that met in the 2024 NCAA championship game, at defending champion Middlebury on September 14 and home against runner-up Tufts on September 17.
The first two NEWMAC games will be on the road at crosstown rival Wellesley on September 20 and Mount Holyoke on September 27. The Beavers finish out the month with a clash at Trinity on September 28 and begin the new month at home against NCAA Tournament foe Roger Williams on October 1.
Six of the next seven games will be conference matchups, beginning with home tilts against WPI on October 4 and four-time NEWMAC runner-up MIT on October 7, followed by a home contest vs. Smith on October 11. The Green and White will host Bowdoin for a tough test on October 14 leading into three straight league games, home encounters vs. Clark on October 18 and Salve Regina on October 25 sandwiched around a road trip to Springfield on October 21.
The regular season winds up with a non-conference clash at the University of New England on October 28 and a NEWMAC meeting vs. Wheaton on November 1. The six-team NEWMAC Tournament will get underway with quarterfinal contests on November 4. The top two seeds will host semifinal matches on November 6 and the highest remaining seed will host the tournament final on November 8. The NEWMAC champion receives an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.