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Carah Leclair (#24) scored her team-leading fourth game-winning goal in semifinal win over Babson
Ed Habershaw '03M
Carah Leclair (#24) scored her team-leading fourth game-winning goal in semifinal win over Babson
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Babson BABSON (8-9-4)
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Winner Salve Regina SALVE (12-3-5)
Babson BABSON
(8-9-4)
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Final
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Salve Regina SALVE
(12-3-5)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Babson BABSON 1 1 2
Salve Regina SALVE 2 1 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Ed Habershaw '03M

NEWMAC Semifinal: Salve Regina def. Babson, 3-2

Seahawks overcome deficit in second straight playoff victory

NEWPORT, R.I. (November 5, 2026) -- Second-seeded Salve Regina University overcame its second straight first-half deficit and defeated sixth-seeded Babson College, 3-2, in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Soccer Championships semifinal at Brother Michael Reynolds Field on Thursday afternoon in Newport, Rhode Island.

The Seahawks (12-3-5) beat the Beavers (8-9-4) for the first time ever in women's soccer and advance to their first ever NEWMAC Championship on Saturday, November 7, against the winner of the other semifinal (#4 WPI at #1 MIT, 6 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass.). Either outcome, the Seahawks will be facing the Engineers (fourth-seeded WPI at home on Reynolds Field, or at top-seeded MIT who went 11-0 in league play this season).

In their regular season meeting with the Beavers in Babson Park, Mass., the Seahawks and Beavers were tied 1-1 after 65 minutes before the hosts had a three-goal spree and finished with a 4-2 final. It marks the last defeat on the Seahawk schedule this season.
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The Seahawks were whistled for a hand ball in the box and Priscilla-Rose Men-Martin (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) slipped a shot past a diving Sabrina Lawless (Milford, Conn.) to open the scoring at the 10:43 mark.

Salve Regina responded three minutes later when freshman Tori Spadavecchia (Monmouth Beach, N.J.) netted her fourth goal of the season, and third in each of the last three games, after a feed from sophomore back Ellie Snoke (Nashua, N.H.).

Five minutes after the equalizer, Salve Regina's leading scorer, freshman Sienna Mastroianni (Whitinsville, Mass.), put the Seahawks on top with her 10th goal of the season.

The teams were even at halftime in shots on goal (5-to-5) although Salve Regina had a slight edge in pressure, 10-to-8 in overall shots, and a 6-to-1 advantage in corner kick opportunities. The Beavers flipped the corners in the second half with a 7-to-1 advantage.

Senior captain Carah Leclair (Bellingham, Mass.) gave the Seahawks a two-goal cushion when she scored her seventh goal of the season just over three minutes into second-half action. The Beavers upped their attacking game (23-to-8 advantage in shots overall, including 11-to-7 on goal) and drew within one when Izzy Lee (Phoenix, Ariz.) headed a corner kick by Lindsey Cassady (Westfield, Ind.) in the 62nd minute.

Babson's Men-Martin lifted a corner kick in the 78th minute that Claudia Baiter (Miami, Fla.) got a header on but it was blocked. In the 83rd minute, Cassady and Lee tried to recreate their corner kick connection but were denied by Lawless.

Senior captain Allie Gallagher (Staten Island, N.Y.) tested Beaver keeper Callahan Cottone (Medway, Mass.) in the 85th minute before Cassady had the final shot attempt of the day that sailed high in the 89th minute.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 3, Babson 2
Records: Salve Regina (12-3-5, 7-2-2 NEWMAC), Babson (8-9-4, 4-3-4 NEWMAC)
History: Today was the first-ever postseason contest between the two programs and the first-ever victory for Salve Regina in 13 meetings, the last five as league members. The series, which began in 2001, had the Beavers visiting Newport for the sixth time. Their previous two visits in NEWMAC regular-season play were on the Toppa Field turf (a 3-2 Babson win in 2023 and a 0-0 draw in 2025). This year's regular-season meeting at Babson Park had the hosts winning 4-2.

SUMMARY
  • 10:43 | BABSON | Babson Priscilla-Rose Men-Martin PENALTY KICK GOAL, goal number 9 for season.
  • 13:45 | SALVE | GOAL by Salve Regina Tori Spadavecchia, Assist by Ellie Snoke, goal number 4 for season.
  • 18:53 | SALVE | GOAL by Salve Regina Sienna Mastroianni, goal number 10 for season.
  • 48:16 | SALVE | GOAL by Salve Regina Carah Leclair, goal number 7 for season.
  • 61:52 | BABSON | GOAL by Babson Izzy Lee, Assist by Lindsey Cassady, goal number 6 for season.
NOTEWORTHY
  • Salve Regina's Sabrina Lawless had 13 stops between the posts and Babson's Callahan Cottone had nine saves.
  • Salve Regina reaches 12 wins in a season for just the second time in program history and first since 2011.
  • Four of the previous five matches between Babson and Salve Regina had been decided by either a single goal or in a deadlock.
  • Carah Leclair's seventh goal of the season was also her team-leading fourth game-winning goal.
  • The Seahawks now have their second-most goals in a season (59) -- they scored 65 goals in 2003 which ended with a 2-2 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) semifinal decision at Endicott College (the Gulls advanced to the title game on penalty kicks after double overtime).
  • Tori Spadavecchia scored a goal in her very first collegiate game, and now has scored a goal in each of the last three including two in postseason.
ON THE HORIZON
No. 2 Salve Regina plays either No. 4 WPI or No. 1 MIT for the NEWMAC Championship on Saturday on FloCollege.
 
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