SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Wellesley College soccer pushed its unbeaten streak to five with a 4-2 triumph over Mount Holyoke College in a NEWMAC regular season finale for both teams on Saturday.
Wellesley will now await the release of the NEWMAC Women's Soccer Championship draw to find out its Quarterfinal opponent.
First-year Maya Fraser (Leverett, Mass.) got the offense going for the Blue (7-6-5 Overall, 4-3-4 NEWMAC) with a brace in the span of 70 seconds. At 18:56, Fraser connected on a fifth goal of the year from a tough angle at the left side of the box. At 20:56, first-year Areet Rao (Palo Alto, Calif.) ripped a shot from the top of the box that was turned away by the Mount Holyoke goalie. The deflection went right to Fraser, who tapped the ball into the net for a team-leading sixth goal of the season.
Mount Holyoke (3-11-4 Overall, 0-9-2 NEWMAC) retaliated by halving the deficit late in the half at 38:21. Senior Sage Hudson (Washington, D.C.) came in for the score, a team-best 11th of 2026.
First-year Mary Ford Fitzjurls (Saint Simons Island, Ga.) pushed the Wellesley lead back to a pair in the 54th minute with a left-footed strike from inside the top right of the box. Senior Olivia Chow-Gillette (Dallas, Texas) picked up an assist on the play.Â
Ten minutes later, the Lyons pulled within one on an own goal.Â
Senior Mae Nephew (Duluth, Minn.) gave Wellesley an insurance goal in the 80th minute by converting a penalty kick to make the score 4-2.Â
Sophomore Olivia Lore (Blue Bell, Pa.) had six saves to earn the victory for Wellesley. Lore now has 126 saves on the season which is t-7th most in a single season. Mount Holyoke senior goalie Emma Zoubok (Somers, N.Y.) finished the match with 16 saves.
