BABSON PARK, Mass.—After capturing its sixth consecutive New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship on Saturday, No. 14 Babson College was selected as one of 12 hosts for the first round of the 2026 NCAA Division III Tournament on Sunday night. 

The Beavers (15-6) will take on No. 25 Union College (13-6) on Wednesday at 3 p.m. on MacDowell Field, with the winner advancing to take on No. 2 Middlebury (15-3) in Saturday's second round. The other first round games in the Middlebury Regional feature No. 7 Hamilton (11-5) taking on Southern Maine (15-7) and No. 10 Wesleyan facing SUNY Geneseo (16-3), with the winners meeting on Saturday at Peter Kohn Field. 

The regional final is set for next Sunday at 1 p.m., with the winner punching its ticket to the national semifinals, which will be played at William Smith College in Geneva, N.Y., on November 20. 

Led by head coach Julie Ryan, Babson avenged its first NEWMAC regular season loss since 2015 by defeating top-seeded MIT, 2-1, on Saturday in Cambridge, Mass. The Beavers are back in the NCAA Tournament for the seventh consecutive season and the 11th time in program history, and have advanced to the national semifinals three times over the last decade (2016, 2023, 2025). The Green and White has won seven consecutive games and played each of the five highest-ranked teams in this year's NCAA Tournament field during the regular season.

Union, which finished second in the Liberty League regular season standings, captured its first conference title with a 4-2 victory at No. 18 Rensselaer on Sunday afternoon. The Garnet Chargers, who are one win shy of matching their single-season program record for victories, will be making their NCAA Tournament debut on Wednesday afternoon. 

Gates for Wednesday's first round game will open at 2 p.m. General admission tickets are $15 and children under 2, veterans and active military members will be admitted free of charge.