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| History |
Soccer became a conference sport in the NEW 8 in 1987. The initial
conference tournament held at Wheaton College was won by Smith
College with a 2-1 victory over Brandeis University. In 1988,
Smith defeated Mt. Holyoke College 2-0 to win their second consecutive
championship. MIT won the 1989 tournament with a 1-0 victory
over Smith in the finals. In 1990, Brandeis won their first
conference championship by defeating Mt. Holyoke 3-0. In 1991,
Smith captured their third conference championship with a 3-2
overtime victory over Babson College. Babson defeated Wellesley
College 5-2 in the 1992 tournament to win their first conference
championship. In 1993, Babson repeated as tournament winner
with a 3-2 win over Brandeis. The following year, Babson won
their third consecutive conference title with a 4-2 victory
over Smith. In 1995, Wheaton ended Babson's run and earned their
first conference title by defeating Babson 3-2 on penalty kicks.
In 1996, Smith defeated Wellesley 3-0 and won their fourth conference
tournament. Wheaton won their second conference championship
in 1997 with a 2-0 victory over Wellesley. In 1998, the conference
began sponsorship of men's sports and changed the name to the
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. Babson won
the first NEWMAC Championship with a 1-0 victory over Wellesley.
In 1999, Wellesley won their first conference championship by
defeating Wheaton 1-0. The following year, Wheaton was named
the NEWMAC Champion after winning the 2000 regular season and
went on to capture an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by
winning the tournament final with a 1-0 victory over Wellesley.
In 2001, Wheaton repeated as the NEWMAC Champion and, after
defeating Springfield College 3-1 in the tournament final, earned
the right to represent the conference in the NCAA Tournament.
Wheaton captured its third consecutive conference crown with
a 5-0 championship game win over MIT in 2002. In NSCAA's final
2003 poll, Wheaton received a #1 ranking for the first time
in school history, following their victory at the NEWMAC championship.
In 2004, Wheaton College, fresh after capturing the NEWMAC championship,
competed in the NCAA Final Four for the first time in their
program's 26 year history.
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| Regular
Season Champions |
Tournament
Champions |
| 2004 Wheaton
College |
2004 Wheaton
College |
| 2003 Wheaton
College |
2003 Wheaton
College |
| 2002 Wheaton
College |
2002 Wheaton
College |
| 2001 Wheaton
College |
2001 Wheaton
College |
| 2000 Wheaton
College |
2000 Wheaton
College |
| 1999 Wheaton
College |
1999 Wellesley
College |
| 1998 Clark
University |
1998 Babson
College |
| 1997 Babson
College |
1997 Wheaton
Colege |
| 1996 Wellesley
College |
1996 Smith
College |
| 1995 Clark
University |
1995 Wheaton
College |
| 1994 Babson
College |
1994 Babson
College |
| 1993 Babson
College |
1993 Babson
College |
| 1992 Babson
College |
1992 Babson
College |
| 1991 Brandeis
University |
1991 Smith
College |
| 1990 Mt.
Holyoke College |
1990 Brandeis
University |
| 1989 Smith
College |
1989 MIT |
| 1988 Brandeis
University |
1988 Smith
College |
| 1987 Smith
College |
1987 Smith
College |
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