To wrap up our week of Babson and Wellesley College fall sport reviews we take a look at their cross country programs. Babson’s men’s cross country finished the season by finishing 5th at the NEWMAC Championships, while their women’s team finished 9th. The Wellesley women’s team finished 3rd at NEWMAC’s to end their season.

On this hump day we take a look at the seasons for both the Wellesley and Babson College field hockey teams. Babson currently stands at 18-4 and after defeating Springfield in the NEWMAC semifinals, fell to MIT in the finals. The team did however earn an at large berth into the NCAA’s and will host Saint Joseph’s (ME) this afternoon in the first round.

Wellesley meanwhile ended their season with a 10-9 overall record. The team did earn a NEWMAC tournament berth and fell to Springfield in the quarterfinals. Tomorrow we will wrap up the fall reviews by taking a look at both school’s cross country teams!

Continuing our look at the Babson and Wellesley fall sports we take a look at both program’s women’s volleyball teams who are both still in action at the time of this post. Babson currently stands at 32-1 and is coming off of a NEWMAC tournament title after defeating Coast Guard and Emerson. The Beavers will begin NCAA tournament play Friday afternoon as they take on UMass-Boston at Tufts.

Wellesley meanwhile is currently 22-5 and defeated WPI in the NEWMAC quarterfinals before falling to Emerson in the semis. The team did however earn an at large berth into the NCAA’s and will face Brockport at Clarkson in the first round on Friday. Stay tuned tomorrow as we will look at both program’s field hockey teams!

Hope everyone is enjoying this Veteran’s Day as we take time to give thanks to those who have served to protect our way of life. It is also Monday which means time for another edition of Monday Poll! This week’s question is…Do you have a family member who has served in the armed forces? Comment with your answers!

As I said i’m unveiling some special content this week, taking a look at how Babson and Wellesley College fall teams fared/are faring. Today we begin with the soccer programs at both schools. Babson men’s soccer is currently 14-5-2 and is coming off of a NEWMAC tournament title after beating Wheaton and WPI. The team earned a automatic berth into the NCAA tournament and will travel to Suny Oneonta for the first round on Saturday.

The Babson women’s soccer team finished their season 9-9-2 and defeated Coast Guard in the NEWMAC quarterfinals before falling to WPI in the semifinals. The Wellesley College women’s soccer team finished their season 4-12-1. Stay tuned tomorrow as we’ll take a look at the two women’s volleyball program’s!

With the fall season pretty much wound down and the winter season soon upon us it’s time to look at some of the content coming up the next couple of weeks. This week i’ll be doing some special content as I will look at how both Wellesley College and Babson College fall teams fared/are faring in the 2019 season. The week after I will review all the 2019 WHS fall sports, and the following week I will preview the Thanksgiving game leading up to the game itself, so stay tuned!

There is still some fall sports action left to be had as 3 Raider teams will either conclude or continue their 2019 fall season this week. Here’s a look at the schedule!

Friday 11-15

Football @ King Philip 7 pm

Saturday 11-16

Cross Country @ All State Finals (Gardner GC) TBA

Sunday 11-17

Girls Swimming @ All State Meet (MIT) TBA

Girls Swimming was looking for a three peat of sectional titles this afternoon as they headed into BU for the sectional meet. Could the girls take home another trophy, lets find out!

Result for 11-10-19

Girls Swimming: Finished 1st at Sectional Meet

Team advances to State Meet!

It was a big day for cross country as both teams competed this morning at the D2 East meet with aspirations of bringing home an Eastern Mass title. Before we get to that however time to answer yesterday’s trivia question. The last time boys and/or girls hockey played a tournament game at Babson was…2018. Both teams played the same night as the girls defeated Winchester and the boys fell to Xaverian. Now onto the recap!

Results for 11-9-19

Boys Cross Country: Finished 2nd at D2 East meet

Team advances to state meet next weekend!

Girls Cross Country: Finished 2nd at D2 East meet

Team advances to state meet next weekend!

For the second time in 4 seasons the Raider football team appeared in the south semifinals this time in D2 and this time on the road against Natick. The two teams squared off earlier this season with Natick coming away 14-13 victors. Could the Raiders turn the tables this time around, lets find out!

Result for 11-8-19

Football: Natick 30 Wellesley 0 D2 South Semifinals