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It’s the first full weekend of DIII lacrosse for most of the country. Here are the key games we’re watching.

» Men. Colorado College at Illinois Wesleyan (Fri.). Roanoke at Mary Washington; Randolph-Macon at Ursinus; Gettysburg vs. Christopher Newport; Salisbury at Scranton; Washington and Lee at York; RIT at Denison; Dickinson at Stevens; Ohio Wesleyan at Grove City; Albion vs. Sewanee (Sun.).

» Women. UW-River Falls vs. Sewanee; Salisbury at Catholic; Scranton at Messiah; St. Mary’s (Md.) at Roanoke; Adrian at Ohio Northern. Franklin & Marshall at Washington and Lee (Sun.)

Berry improved to 2-0 with a 14-9 victory at Huntingdon, as the Vikings outscored their hosts, 4-0, in the final period. Owen Morini had 4-2 in a winning cause. Mary Washington got six goals from Tanner Boone and opened its season with a 16-9 win at Shenandoah.

Three players each tallied three points as McDaniel held off homestanding Juniata, 11-9. Freshman Myles Nielson scored six times as Southern Virginia (1-1) evened its record with an 18-9 triumph vs. Marymount. Jack Jaynes had a 10-point night (8-2) as Regis downed Anna Maria, 17-10. The eight goals tied the program’s single-game record. Moravian raced out to an early 5-0 lead to defeat Gwynedd Mercy, 9-5. And Methodist rebounded from an opening-game defeat to take down Guilford, 13-5.

Third-ranked Salisbury opened its season with a bang, as Avery Dunbar had 3-3 in a 13-5 win against Stevenson. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps put the hammer to Cal Lutheran, 26-3, as Sarah Press and Kate Larson each had four goals. Julia Ryan recorded 21 draw controls for the Athenas.

Piedmont opened the year with a 15-4 win vs. Oglethorpe as Lovette Choloh tallied four times. Skyla Jo Charette and Analise Robinson scored five goals each as Pfeiffer rolled past Montreat 19-3 in its season opener. And Greensboro suffered a 21-1 loss to DII Lees-McRae in its season opener.

“Coming off its 12th Liberty League title since 2012 and its 15th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, it comes as no surprise that the Rochester Institute of Technology men’s lacrosse team was selected as the top team in the Liberty League for the 2026 campaign, as voted by the conference’s head coaches.”

Preseason Liberty League Coaches Poll. 1-RIT, 2-RPI, 3-St. Lawrence, 4-Ithaca, 5-Skidmore, 6-Union, 7-Clarkson, 8-Vassar.

D3Lacrosse Preseason All-LL. A-Tyler Ruffini, Sr., RPI, 37-44-81; A-Daniel Mahoney, Jr., St. Lawrence, 38-19-57; A-Easton Morse, Jr., RPI, 48-23-71; A-Lucas Proctor, Jr., Ithaca, 29-21-50; A-Ethan Harkins, RIT, Sr., 42-12-54; M-Sean Smith, Sr., RPI, 23-11-34; M-David Koffler, Sr., Skidmore, 14-6-20; D-Jace Dockx, Sr., Ithaca, 40 GB; D-Michael Dearborn, So., Skidmore, 29 CT; LSM-John Sula, Sr., Union, 41 GB; GK-Alex Zborowski, Sr., RIT, 58.3%

D3Lacrosse Preseason Favorite. RIT
Preseason Player of the Year. Tyler Ruffini, Sr., A, RPI

“Hope College and Albion College were selected as co-favorites in the 2026 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Preseason Poll, voted on by the seven head coaches whose institutions sponsor men's lacrosse.”

Preseason MIAA Coaches Poll. T1-Albion, T1-Hope, 3-Trine, 4-Adrian, 5-Calvin, 6-Kalamazoo, 7-Alma.

D3Lacrosse Preseason All-MIAA. A-Gibson Heethuis, Jr., Hope, 21-23-44; A-Austin Salvage, Sr., Adrian, 35-28-63; M-Cal Stearns, Sr., Albion, 52-12-64; M-Jackson Early, Sr., Hope, 28-2-30; M-Alec Winegar, Sr., Adrian, 29-7-36; M-Braden Carpenter, Sr., Calvin, 34-17-51; M-Luke Schuemann, So., Albion, 28-16-44; D-John Foster, Sr., Hope, 30 CT; D-Jack Bungart, Sr., Kalamazoo, 39 CT; D-Will Jewell, Sr., Hope, 25 CT; D-Ben Schollett, Sr., Albion, 21 CT; D-Mason Levin, Jr., Trine, 28 CT; LSM-Logan Bride, Sr., Albion, 45 CT; FO-Nate Hanson, Sr., Calvin, 60.2%; GK-Jack Balmforth, Sr., Hope, 50.2%

D3Lacrosse Preseason Favorite. Hope
Preseason Player of the Year. Cal Stearns, Sr., M, Albion

“Gettysburg edged three-time defending champion Franklin & Marshall for the top spot in the 2026 Centennial Conference Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll. The Bullets garnered six first-place votes and 62 points to land atop the preseason prognostication among CC head coaches.”

Preseason Centennial Coaches Poll. 1-Scranton, 2-Catholics, 3-Susquehanna, 4-Moravian, 5-Juniata, 6-Elizabethtown, 7-Lycoming, 8-Drew, 9-Goucher, 10-Wilkes.

D3Lacrosse Preseason All-Centennial. A-Lauren Pittman, Sr., Franklin & Marshall, 62-23-85, 104 DC; A-Julia Daly, Sr., Gettysburg, 64-51-115; A-Brooke Epstein, Sr., Haverford, 66-23-89, 98 DC; A-Emma Youngling, Jr., Muhlenberg, 63-12-75, 85 DC; A-Piper Evans, Sr., Washington College, 41-14-55; A-Mia Salvatierra, Sr., Washington College, 53-32-85; A-Devyn Crone, Sr., Franklin & Marshall, 33-48-81; M-Sarah Scolin, So., Gettysburg, 30-16-46; M-Kat Thayer, Sr., McDaniel, 38-25-63; M-Jaime Michaud, Jr., Ursinus, 30-5-35; D-Belle Dintino, Sr., Franklin & Marshall, 18 CT; D-Ella Patterson, Jr., Gettysburg, 24 CT; D-Finley Jordan, Jr., Haverford, 30 CT; GK-Sara DiGiovanni, Sr., Franklin & Marshall, 52.0%

D3Lacrosse Preseason Favorite. Franklin & Marshall
Preseason Player of the Year. Lauren Pittman, Sr., A, Franklin & Marshall

“For the second straight year, Carroll has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) women’s lacrosse title, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.”

Preseason CCIW Coaches Poll. 1-Carroll, 2-Carthage, 3-Illinois Wesleyan, T4-Augustana, T4-North Central, 6-Elmhurst

D3Lacrosse Preseason All-CCIW. A-Madison Langewisch, Sr., Augustana, 36-12-48; A-Abby Tubbs, So., Carroll, 37-10-47, 79 DC; A-Elizabeth Wang, Jr., Carroll, 61-21-82; A-Shannon Heitschmidt, Sr., Carthage, 23-14-37; A-Maddie Gibson, So., Illinois Wesleyan, 23-13-36; M-Lauren Fricke, Jr., Carroll, 24-7-31; M-Samantha Hurd, Sr., Carroll, 18-4-22; M-Piper LeFevre, Sr., Carthage, 55-18-73, 23 CT; M-Becca Lacina, So., Augustana, 11-6-17; M-Kaitlyn Goff, Jr., Carthage, 15-11-26, 21 CT; M-Sadie Newton, Sr., Illinois Wesleyan, 26-10-36, 31 CT; D-Hannah Kim, Sr., Carthage, 31 CT; D-Sarah Reipe, Sr., Illinois Wesleyan, 11-7-18, 22 CT; D-Teah Rupp, Sr., Carroll, 24 CT; GK-Devin Duym, Jr., Carroll, 47.7%

D3Lacrosse Preseason Favorite. Carroll
Co-Preseason Players of the Year. Elizabeth Wang, Jr., A, Carroll

“The Tewaaraton Foundation announced the Men’s Watch List for the 2026 Tewaaraton Award on Tuesday.

Founded in 2001, The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse players in the United States. The selection committees are made up of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation.

Tufts’ senior Jack Regnery was the lone DIII player on the watch list.”

“A bizarre and highly anticipated McDonald's promotion combining its iconic Chicken McNuggets with luxury caviar ended in digital chaos on Tuesday. The fast-food giant's "McNugget Caviar" kits, offered for free, sold out within minutes of their 11 a.m. ET launch on February 10, 2026, leaving thousands of hopeful fans with nothing but error messages.

The promotion, hosted exclusively on the website McNuggetCaviar.com, was met with such overwhelming demand that the site buckled under the pressure. Prospective customers who visited the site as the countdown timer hit zero were greeted not with a checkout page, but with an "HTTP Error 429" message, indicating too many requests were hitting the server at once.

Within ten minutes of the chaotic launch, the website updated with a new message: all kits had been claimed.”

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