Longmeadow natives Catherine Ryan and Julia Bell lead Mount Holyoke to another win.
Springfield College women's lacrosse sophomore scored with only 4.7 seconds remaining to give the Pride a huge 9-8 victory over rival Babson Saturday
The Pride defeated Wheaton 7-6 in the semifinal, and Babson 10-6 to capture the NEWMAC title last year at Babson Park.
Junior Kelly Gallo of Westfield scored two goals for the Pride, which snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 6-5, 1-2 while Babson slipped to 4-5, 1-1.
Freshman Connie Nielsen scored a game-high four goals for Springfield. Anne Versprille made five saves in goal.
After a timeout with 28 seconds remaining, Dorsey moved the ball in close, and was fouled with 6.6 seconds to play. She then converted the free-position opportunity with a shot over the left shoulder of junior goaltender Julie Bahrestani.
The Pride next hosts Smith Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Mount Holyoke 17, MIT 6: Longmeadow natives Catherine Ryan and Julia Bell played a big part as Mount Holyoke improved to 8-2, 2-1 NEWMAC with the home victory over the Engineers (4-7, 1-2).
Ryan recorded a game-high four assists to go along with one goal, and Bell, a Wilbraham & Monson Academy graduate, scored two goals and added an assist.
Sophomore Kirsten Kilburn scored a game-high five goals for MHC, which hosts Bridgewater State Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Westfield State 16, Fitchburg State 6: Senior attack Maura Stack of Wilbraham scored four goals and assisted on three others, and freshman goalkeeper Mimi Khampaeng of Hampden stopped seven shots for the host Owls (6-2, 2-0 MASCAC).
Wheaton 13, Smith 5: Freshman defender Mia Cambi of Longmeadow scored two goals to help the Lyons (5-4, 3-0 NEWMAC) defeat the Pioneers (3-8, 0-2) at Northampton.
Cambi has six goals and four assists.
Sophomore Melanie Sharick of Amherst scored a goal, and freshman Anna Carando of Easthampton contributed an assist for Wheaton.
Christina Vara scored twice for the Pioneers.
Becker 13, Elms 6: Sophomore attack Lauren Mazza of Agawam scored five goals for Elms (2-6, 0-1 NECC) in the loss to Becker (3-7, 1-0) at Leicester.
Saint Michael's 11, AIC 8: Freshman midfielder Stephanie Dufresne of Belchertown scored a goal and added two assists for the visiting Yellow Jackets (1-9, 0-7).
Middlebury 13, Amherst 4: The third-ranked and host Panthers (9-0, 6-0 NESCAC) broke out to a 5-0 lead in breezing past the Jeffs (6-3, 3-3). Senior Marta Randall scored twice for Amherst.
MEN’S LACROSSE
Towson 9, UMass 5: Senior attack Will Manny became the 10th player in program history to record 100 career goals with his one score, but the Minutemen (5-6) remained winless in Colonial Athletic Association play at 0-3 with the loss at Johnny Unitas Stadium.
Kyle Smith of Longmeadow recorded a goal and assist for UMass, which faces No. 12 Drexel next Saturday at Garber Field at 1 p.m.
Middlebury 10, Amherst 8: Junior Devin Acton scored seven seconds into the fourth quarter to tie the game at 8-8, but the Lord Jeffs (3-6, 2-4 NESCAC) could not pull off the upset over the Panthers (8-1, 5-1) at Gooding Field.
BASEBALL
Elms 4-13, Newbury 1-3: Senior lefthander John Russell of Springfield threw a complete game four-hitter in the first game, and the Blazers put up six runs in both the third and fifth innings of the second to earn the sweep at Brockton.
Elms (7-9. 2-1 NECC) junior designated hitter Sean Farnsworth of Westfield went 4 for 8 with five RBIs in the doubleheader. In the second game, sophomore first baseman Geoffrey Frost of Ludlow had two RBIs.
UMass 2, Rhode Island 0: Sophomore Andrew Grant (2-3) hurled a four-hitter for UMass (4-16, 1-4 A-10) at Kingston, R.I.
SOFTBALL
Springfield 6-5, Clark 0-0: Jennifer Joseph struck out 11 in five innings in the opener, and Ashley Marino scattered six hits, and struck out nine with a complete game in the second as the Pride improved to 10-12, 5-1 with the NEWNAC sweep over Clark (9-7, 4-4) at Potter Field.
Fordham 17, UMass 11: The Minutewomen (7-17, 4-2 A-10) dug an early hole by allowing eight Fordham (2-12, 5-3) runs in the third inning at Sortino Field.
Taylor Carbone, Christine Della Vecchia, and Tiffany Weeks and all went 3 for 4 for UMass, which compiled a season-high 18 hits.
The loss snapped a 20-game home winning streak for the Minutewomen with Fordham again the last winner April 30, 2011.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Daniel Webster 3, Elms 1: Joe Walz of East Longmeadow recorded a match-high 17 kills to help Daniel Webster (15-11, 10-2 NECC) to a 25-22, 23-25, 25-22, 25-22 victory over Elms (14-13, 7-5) at Nashua, N.H.
Junior setter Kevin Welsh of Wilbraham compiled 38 assists for Elms, which concluded its regular season at 14-13, 7-5.
MEN’S TENNIS
AIC 6, Saint Anselm 3: Cass Schwab, Thijs Bik, Kenzo Kauffmann, and Jakub Simicek were winners in singles play for AIC (2-3, 2-3 NE-10)