BABSON PARK, Mass.—Sophomore Bailey Tregoning had a goal and an assist as third-seeded MIT defeated second-seeded Smith, 3-2, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Field Hockey Tournament semifinal on Saturday afternoon at MacDowell Field. 
 
MIT (13-4) advances to Sunday's NEWMAC title game to face top-seeded Babson, while Smith concludes its season at 10-9.
 
Junior Emily Penn and classmate Anna Neuman also scored for the Engineers, who got four saves from first-year goalkeeper Kate Brewer.
 
Junior Julia Hamilton (Williamstown, Mass./Deerfield Academy) and sophomore Emimly Biggs each scored the Pioneers, while junior Mariah Ollive (Milton, Vt./Milton) and first-year Sammie Pavlov (Royersford, Pa./Westtown) both recorded an assist. Junior goalkeeper Cameo Tietje (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) turned away five shots in the loss. 
 
MIT jumped on top just 5:12 into the contest when Penn converted a penalty stroke for her league-leading 20^th goal of the season. Tregoning followed with her marker just over six minutes later to give the Engineers a 2-0 advantage at the 11:28 mark of the first half. 
 
Smith got on the board when Biggs redirected an aerial shot by Pavlov in the 47^th minute, but MIT tacked on an insurance goal with 6:09 remaining as Neuman scored off a centering pass from Tregoning to make it 3-1.

The Pioneers maintained their pressure and cut their deficit back to 3-2 on Hamilton's 12^th tally of the year following a penalty corner with 4:45 left, but were unable to find a late equalizer.
 
The Engineers finished with a 16-12 edge in shots, while Smith had an 11-10 edge in penalty corners.



(Recap courtesy to Babson Athletics)