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TOP STORY
1. The Men’s Bracket
The 40-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse championship is out and Tufts is the top seed, following its 18-14 win against Bowdoin in the NESCAC final on Sunday.
Twenty-seven teams received automatic qualification into the tournament, while 13 others earned at-large berths to the field.
The NCAA Power Index “cut line” fell at No. 25 (Roanoke) with a 66.224 rating.
Two flights - Rhodes makes the trip to New Hampshire, while Colorado College heads to Lynchburg.
» First Round. Rhodes at Rivier. Grove City at Ohio Wesleyan. Transylvania at Pfeiffer. Ohio Northern at Concordia (Wis.). Maritime at Scranton. Western New England at Cortland. Husson at Massachusetts Maritime. Marymount at Roanoke.
» Second Round. Rhodes/Rivier at Tufts; Dickinson vs. Middlebury | Grove City/OWU at Lynchburg; York vs. Colorado College | Transy/Pfeiffer at Christopher Newport. Gettysburg vs. Washington and Lee | ONU/CUW at Wesleyan; St. John Fisher vs. Williams | Maritime/Scranton at Bowdoin; Stevens vs. Amherst | WNE/Cortland at Bates; Hope vs. Ithaca | Husson/MA Maritime at Babson; Hamilton vs. St. Lawrence | Roanoke/Marymount at Salisbury; RIT vs. Elmhurst
Championship Game Scores (M)
Atlantic East
Marymount 11 Immaculata 7
Centennial
Gettysburg 13 Dickinson 12 OT
Coastal
Salisbury 10, Chris. Newport 9 OT
CCIW
Elmhurst 19 Illinois Wesleyan 9
CNE
W. New England 10 Endicott 7
Empire 8
St. John Fisher 14 Nazareth 7
GNAC
Rivier 8 Saint Joseph’s ME 7
Landmark
Scranton 9 Catholic 7
Liberty
RIT 17 Union 7
Little East
Mass Maritime 13 W. Connecticut 10
MIAA
Hope 15 Calvin 9
MAC Commonwealth
York 15 Stevenson 8
MAC Freedom
Stevens 20 Arcadia 10
NESCAC
Tufts 18 Bowdoin 14
NEWMAC
Babson 15 MIT 9
North Atlantic
Husson 16 Maine Maritime 12
NCAC
Ohio Wesleyan 12 Oberlin 4
NACC
Concordia (Wis.) 8 Lake Forest 5
OAC
Ohio Northern 15 Baldwin Wallace 7
ODAC
Washington and Lee 18 Lynchburg 8
Presidents
Grove City 17 Chatham 6
Skyline
Maritime 13 Merchant Marine 12
SAA
Rhodes 13 Sewanee 11
SUNYAC
Cortland 18 Oneonta 7
United East
St. Mary’s (Md.) 16 Penn College 14
USA South
Pfeiffer 23 Southern Virginia 7
Tufts outscored Bowdoin, 14-5, over the middle two periods to win its 14th NESCAC title with an 18-14 road victory. Jack Regnery scored five goals and assisted on two others, as the Jumbos handed the Polar Bears their first loss of the season.
Preston Huffman capped a furious seven-goal rally from a 9-3 deficit with a goal in overtime as Salisbury won the Coastal Lacrosse Conference with a 10-9 triumph at Christopher Newport - the Sea Gulls’ ninth consecutive conference crown.
Washington and Lee raced out to a 7-1 lead after one period and was never threatened in an 18-8 victory against Lynchburg for the Generals’ 14th ODAC championship.
Trailing 12-9 with 5:09 to play, Gettysburg scored the final three goals of regulation and then found the back of the net in overtime for a 13-12 victory over Dickinson in the 2026 Centennial Conference championship game. Jackson Barroll scored the game-tying goal with just nine seconds left and Jackson Hearn tallied the golden goal on an unsettled situation with only :45 left in OT.
Seven top seeds fell in their respective tournament finals. Western New England won the CNE with a 10-7 win at Endicott.
St. John Fisher avenged a regular-season loss to Nazareth, downing the Golden Flyers, 18-9, for its seventh consecutive Empire 8 crown.
Massachusetts Maritime is going to the NCAAs for the first time in program history following a 13-10 win at Western Connecticut in the Little East championship.
Ohio Wesleyan is king of the NCAC once again after a 12-4 win at Oberlin.
Staying in the Buckeye State, Ohio Northern went on the road and won at Baldwin Wallace, 15-7, to defend its OAC title.
Maritime and Rhodes became the lowest seeds to win their conference trophies. The Privateers edged Merchant Marine, 13-12, for the Skyline title, while the Lynx bested Sewanee, 13-11, for its second straight SAA championship.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
2. Women’s Bracket Preview
The 47-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse championship is out and Middlebury is the top seed, following its 7-5 win against Wesleyan in the NESCAC final on Sunday.
Thirty teams received automatic qualification into the tournament, while 17 others earned at-large berths to the field. According to the NPI, they are Salisbury, Wesleyan, Tufts, Amherst, Trinity, Chicago, Wooster, Rowan, Gettysburg, Christopher Newport, Messiah, Williams, Claremont-M-S, Union, Haverford, Colby, Coast Guard.
The NCAA Power Index “cut line” fell at No. 32 (Coast Guard) with a 60.278 rating.
The bracket will be released this morning at 10:30 AM ET.
Championship Game Scores (W)
AMCC/UEC
St. Mary’s (Md.) 20 Alfred State 2
Atlantic East
Neumann 18 Marywood 13
Centennial
Franklin & Marshall 7 Haverford 5
Coast-to-Coast
Salisbury 11 Christopher Newport 9
CCIW
Carthage 9 Carroll 6
Conf. of New England
Endicott 17 Roger Williams 11
Empire 8
St. John Fisher 12 Geneseo 10
Great Northeast
Saint Joseph’s ME 12 Emmanuel 3
Heartland
Transylvania 16 Spalding 7
Landmark
Scranton 16 Catholic 11
Liberty
William Smith 13 Union 8
Little East
W. Connecticut 11 Southern Maine 9
Massachusetts
Worcester St 14 Westfield St 13 OT
MAC Commonwealth
York 11 Messiah 5
MAC Freedom
Stevens 25 DeSales 8
Michigan
Hope 16 Calvin 8
NESCAC
Middlebury 7 Wesleyan 5
NEWMAC
MIT 12 Coast Guard 5
New Jersey
TCNJ 10 Rowan 7
North Atlantic
Husson 12 Maine Maritime 9
North Coast
Denison 19 Wooster 10
Northern Athletics
Aurora 9 MSOE 8
Northwest
Whitman 10 Willamette 6
Ohio
Mount Union 11 Baldwin Wallace 10
Old Dominion
W&L 8 Randolph-Macon 6
Presidents
Grove City 10 Chatham 4
Skyline
Farmingdale 10 Merchant Marine 8
Southern Athletic
Rhodes 16 Sewanee 9
Southern California
Pomona-Pitzer 18 Claremont-M-S 10
SUNYAC
Cortland 9 Oswego 4
USA South
Meredith 21 Piedmont 2
Wisconsin
Colorado College 21 UW-River Falls 8
Caroline Adams scored three goals and assisted on two others as Middlebury won its 13th NESCAC championship with a 7-5 win against Wesleyan. The Panthers improved to 18-0 with the victory.
Salisbury won its sixth consecutive C2C championship with an 11-9 victory over visiting Christopher Newport. The Sea Gulls remain unbeaten at 17-0.
Kira Fulton had three goals and three assists as top-seeded William Smith won its 10th Liberty League crown with a 13-8 victory against Union.
TCNJ won its 15th consecutive NJAC championship with a 10-7 win against visiting Rowan, defeating the Profs for the fifth straight time in the final.
Make it 16 straight ODAC titles for Washington and Lee, following the Generals’ 8-6 win against Randolph-Macon. It is the 26th ODAC championship for W&L.
Franklin & Marshall won its fourth consecutive Centennial championship, going on the road to down Haverford, 7-5.
York avenged its regular-season loss to Messiah with a 9-5 win over the Falcons for the Spartans’ fifth straight MAC Commonwealth championship.
Denison won its fourth consecutive NCAC tournament title and 19th league championship overall with a 19-10 win against Wooster.
Carthage won its first-ever CCIW tournament title with a 9-6 win at Carroll.
Worcester State rallied from a 13-10 deficit with three scores in the final 4:08 of regulation and got the game-winner from Madigan Kelley to defeat Westfield State, 14-13, and clinch the MASCAC title.
NEWS
3. Job Openings
Head Men’s Coach. Oglethorpe University, Randolph College
Head Women’s Coach. Clarkson University, Saint Francis University, Williams College
Assistant Women’s Coach. Centre College, Misericordia University, Shenandoah University
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