It would have appeared to be a dominating performance of impressive measures – players from the same team finishing 1-2-3 in a collegiate tournament – only what Babson College did Monday to win the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship by 38 strokes was pretty much standard fare.

Nicholas Gianelos: Three firsts, 70.9 scoring average.

At least in this remarkable stretch of fall golf for Babson, that is.

Now it might be suggested that the important stuff won’t occur till next spring when all the focus will be on the NCAA Division 3 Championship. But to understand the collegiate golf landscape is to savor the roll Babson is on – five wins in five tournaments.

“We don’t have a conference, so we’d have to receive an at-large bid (to the NCAA Division III Championship),” said Babson golf coach Jeff Page. “So, our body of work is important; the kids know it, they relish it.”

By pushing to No. 2 in the current GolfStat Division III rankings behind annual power Methodist, Babson is receiving a lot of well-earned love. The “body of work” includes winning all five tournaments, yes; but it’s especially noteworthy that the Beavers have traveled to the south and beaten teams that play all year round.

“We won the (Royal Lakes) Oglethorpe Invitational, which was huge,” said Page, “and it’s great for the kids to play the Oglethorpes (Brookhaven, Ga.) and Emorys (Atlanta).”

To close out the fall portion of their 2021-22 season, the Beavers will again travel south for this weekend’s Chick-fil-A Collegiate Invitational hosted by Berry College at the Stonebridge Golf Club in Rome, Ga. Oglethorpe, ranked 21st in that GolfStat poll, will be in the field and so will Emory, which sits No. 3.

What unfolded at Captains Golf Course in Brewster in winning the NEIGA pretty much provided a snapshot of Babson’s near-flawless fall. When all the numbers were crunched, the Beavers had placed the top three finishers – Nicholas Gianelos at 71-72 – 143; Lane Bohman at 72-75 – 147; and Jackson Rothwell at 72-76 – 148. As a team, Babson finished at 15-over 591, overwhelmingly ahead of the runner-up, Husson (53-over 629).

It’s the third time Babson has won by at least 30 strokes and Page points all the credit to a team that has power at the top and is on quite a roll. Which isn’t to say that the Beavers have not strutted their depth and fortitude when required, however.

They held firm to win the season-opening Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury, Vt., by just one. Then, a few weeks later, Babson prevailed by only 12 strokes at the Royal-Lakes Oglethorpe Invitational in Flowery Branch, Ga.

In the five tournaments thus far, Gianelos, a senior from West Chester, Penn., has won two and been tied for first in another, and hasn’t been lower than T-4. Rothwell, a sophomore from Victoria, B.C., who qualified for this summer’s U.S Amateur, has also been top 10 in all five tournaments. And Bohman, a senior from Chatham who came back re-charged after skipping the COVID-impacted 2020-21 season, has been second twice and top 10 in four tournaments.

With Burt Gesner, a senior from Severna Park, Md., offering great consistency, also (three top 10s), Page feels blessed to line up such depth in a team sport where you play five but count only four scores each round.

No. 5 has been shared by Sean Fitzgerald, a junior from West Newton who plays out of Brae Burn CC, and freshman John Baldwin of Little Compton, R.I. Fitzgerald has been top 10 twice, Baldwin was T-11 in the NEIGA.

“Honestly, the key is being strong at Nos. 4 and 5,” said Page, “and that’s been our strength. We’re throwing out 72s and 73s and the kids are feeding off that depth.

“We’ve definitely been on a roll. We’re hoping it continues in the fall and then into the spring.”