APRIL 6, 2026
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TOP STORY
1. Bowdoin Survives Trinity Upset Bid to Remain Undefeated
photo by Brian Beard
Chris Berry scored the eventual game-winning goal with 4:14 remaining and the Bowdoin defense did the rest as the second-ranked Polar Bears held off an upset bid by visiting Trinity, 9-8.
Bowdoin (10-0) led 7-3 at half, but the Bantams (5-6) scored four unanswered goals to knot the game at 7-7 entering the final period.
Cormac Walsh put the Polar Bears back in front just 2:54 into the final stanza, but Bo Page’s tally just 1:13 later tied the game at 8-8.
Casey Ryan had 3-1 for Bowdoin and Alec Delgado made 15 saves. | Recap
Elsewhere …
Jace Riley Day recorded 19 saves and Parker Kusko had a hat trick as Muhlenberg went on the road and toppled No. 17 Washington College, 12-8. A Jake Arcudi tally midway through the fourth quarter pulled the Shoremen (9-3) within one, but Connor Sutton’s acrobatic goal with 4:17 remaining proved to be the insurance the Mules (6-6) needed | Recap
Ben Burns scored four goals and Kyle Short added 3-2 as No. 10 Wesleyan celebrated Senior Day with a 14-6 triumph against No. 14 Middlebury. The Cardinals (8-2) won 19 of 24 faceoffs and Conor Selfridge made 11 saves | Recap
Riley McClure, Bates | photo by John Werner
Top 20+ Scores
#1 Tufts 21 Connecticut Coll 8
#2 Bowdoin 9, Trinity 8
#4 Christopher Newport 19 Kean 6
#5 Babson 16 Coast Guard 6
#6 RIT 16 Clarkson 6
#7 Salisbury 22 Mary Washington 3
#8 York 22 St. Mary’s 3
#9 Gettysburg 14 Haverford 8
#10 Wesleyan 14, #14 Middlebury 6
#11 St. John Fisher 20 Alfred 3
#13 Dickinson 17 Ursinus 6
#15 Bates 17 Hamilton 13
#16 Amherst 11 Colby 10
#17 Skidmore 15 Vassar 11
Muhlenberg 12, #17 Washington C 8
#19 W&L 19 Hampden-Sydney 8
Cortland 21 Potsdam 4
Elmhurst 25 Carroll 2
F&M 22 McDaniel 4
Ithaca 9 Union 8
Oberlin 15 John Carroll 5
Randolph-Macon 30 Guilford 2
St. Lawrence 15 RPI 10
Top-ranked Tufts (10-0) scored 20+ goals for the second straight game to extend its winning streak to 38 games with a 21-8 victory against Connecticut College. Chase Beyer scored four times with two assists, while Jackson Reed also found the back of the net four times | Recap
No. 5 Babson outscored Coast Guard, 10-4, in the second half to pull away from the Bears, 16-6. Joey Allen had 4-1 for the Beavers (11-1) and Andrew Almquist made 12 saves as Babson has won 25 games in a row when scoring 10 or more goals | Recap
Riley McClure scored five goals and assisted on three others as No. 15 Bates downed Hamilton, 17-13, in Clinton. A six-goal third period helped the Bobcats (8-3) create some separation after holding an 8-7 lead at the break | Recap
Conor Walsh scored the golden goal with 3:13 remaining in overtime to keep Rivier unbeaten at 12-0 with an 11-10 victory against Norwich | Recap
2. Adams Beats Buzzer to Give Top-Ranked Middlebury 5-4 Win vs. No. 3 Wesleyan
Caroline Adams, Middlebury
Caroline Adams played hero for Middlebury, scoring with 1.2 seconds remaining to lift the top-ranked Panthers past No. 3 Wesleyan, 5-4, in a defensive struggle.
Elle Priesing scored her second goal of the day just 38 seconds into the final period to give the Cardinals (9-1) a 4-3 lead. Kendall Coyne tied the game up with 8:38 remaining and Adams scored the 200th point of her career to secure the victory.
Elizabeth Savage made eight saves for Middlebury (11-0) who outshot Wesleyan, 21-17. Izzy Weintraub turned away 11 shots in a losing cause | Recap
Elsewhere …
No. 5 Amherst raced out to a 9-5 lead at intermission and held off homestanding No. 12 Colby, 11-7. Kate Becker had a goal and five assists for the Mammoths (10-1), while Emily Petersen had 3-1 | Recap
No. 7 York held No. 13 Stevens to just one goal in each period to take an 11-4 victory against the visiting Ducks. Sydney Mentzer had three goals and an assist for the Spartans (7-4), while Audrey Simoes made 14 saves | Recap
photo by David Sinclair Photography
Top 25+ Scores (W)
#1 Middlebury 5, #3 Wesleyan 4
#2 Tufts 20 Conn College 4
#4 Salisbury 14 Mary Washington 7
#5 Amherst 11, #12 Colby 7
#6 W&L 19 Bridgewater 3
#7 York 11, #13 Stevens 4
#8 William Smith 19 Rochester 12
#9 Gettysburg 18 Ursinus 8
#11 Pomona-Pitzer 20 Occidental 2
#15 Rowan 14, #22 CNU 12
#17 Trinity 17 Bowdoin 5
#18 TCNJ 18 Farmingdale St 3
Haverford 13, #19 F&M 8
#23 Muhlenberg 22 Juniata 2
#24 St. John Fisher 23 Alfred 1
#25 Colorado Coll 21 UW-Stout 0
Carthage 18 Augustana 0
Coast Guard 14 Smith 11
Cortland 15 New Paltz 5
Oberlin 15 Wittenberg 4
Saint Mary’s IN 19 Albion 5
Salem State 20 Anna Maria 0
Shenandoah 9 R-MC 6
No. 2 Tufts jumped out to a 12-1 lead at half and never looked back in a 20-4 win at Connecticut College. Schuyler Lloyd paced the Jumbos (9-2) with five goals | Recap
No. 4 Salisbury extended its season-opening win streak to 13 with a 14-7 win at Mary Washington. Audrey Harrington had a pair of goals and six assists for the Gulls | Recap
No. 15 Rowan outscored No. 22 Christopher Newport, 4-2, over the final 15 minutes to record a 14-12 home win. Elaina Corson tallied six goals for the Profs (9-2) | Recap
Haverford registered its first win against No. 19 Franklin & Marshall since 2000, downing the Diplomats, 13-8. Brooke Epstein scored four goals and an assist for the Fords (8-4) who are the only unbeaten team in Centennial play | Recap
3. Lightning Round ⚡
» There are still four remaining unbeatens in DIII men’s lacrosse - Tufts (10-0), Bowdoin (10-0), Hope (11-0), and Rivier (11-0).
» The number of teams without a blemish on their record on the women’s side is the same - Salisbury (12-0), Middlebury (11-0), Wooster (9-0) and Salem State (8-0).
» The Hope men’s squad continued the program’s best-ever start to a season with a 14-1 win against Kalamazoo. The Flying Dutchmen are now 11-0.
» Congrats to Swarthmore women’s coach Karen Borbee who won the 300th game of her career as the Garnet downed Dickinson, 14-8.
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