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📣  Friday … Callum Robinson Mustang Classic Weekend begins.

Headlines
Nine Top-20 Matchups Set For Owings Mills
Roundup (M): York, Hampden-Sydney Play Beat the Buzzer
Roundup (W): Late Rally Lifts F&M; Bullets Take Out Captains; TCNJ Rolls 
Exploring Contributors and Barriers to Academic and Athletic Success

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TOP STORY
1. Callum Robinson Mustang Classic Weekend Features Nine Top-20 Matchups

It’s the biggest weekend in Division III men’s lacrosse as the Callum Robinson Mustang Classic takes place on Friday and Saturday in Owings Mills, Md., on the campus of Stevenson University.

Four top-10 teams - #1 Tufts, #3 RIT, #5 Christopher Newport and #8 Gettysburg - will be joined by five others ranked 11-20 - #13 St. Lawrence, #14 Dickinson, #16 Washington and Lee, #18 Stevenson and #19 Lynchburg - while Hamilton rounds out the field.

There is a top-10 matchup on each day, as the Captains and the Bullets meet on Friday at 6:15 p.m., and the titanic clash between the Jumbos and the Tigers is slated for Saturday at the same hour.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for students with college ID, while Stevenson students, faculty and staff, along with children under 8 are admitted free.

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RECAP (M)
2. ROUNDUP: York, Hampden-Sydney Win On Buzzer-Beaters

Gavin Gismondi scored off an assist from Davis Fisher with :02 left in overtime to give York (4-2) an 11-10 victory at #15 Swarthmore. Drew Tyson had 18 saves in a losing cause for the Garnet (6-1). Cole Palmer scored with 24 seconds remaining to lift Hampden-Sydney (5-1) past Baldwin Wallace (3-3), 13-12.

Patrick Fitzgerald went 5-2 as Bowdoin (4-0) remained unbeaten with a 17-10 win against Endicott (4-2). Colorado College (5-3) handed Illinois Wesleyan (6-1) its first loss of the season, downing the Titans, 19-11. Trine moved to 6-0 with a resounding 15-3 victory against Carroll (4-2). Bryce Petersen scored three times and handed out seven assists as Concordia (Wis.) throttled Northland, 23-4.

» Undefeated Teams. As of midday Thursday, there are still 20 unbeaten teams in Division III.

RECAP (W)
3. ROUNDUP: Late Rally Lifts F&M; Bullets Take Out Captains; TCNJ Rolls

#3 Franklin & Marshall broke open an 6-6 game after three periods with three scores in a 6:16 span to down Shenandoah, 11-8. #4 Gettysburg outscored #22 Christopher Newport, 10-3, in the second half to subdue the Captains, 16-6. Marissa Lucca had six goals and six assists as #12 TCNJ (4-0) continued to roll with a 23-6 win against Moravian.

#16 Ithaca (3-1) raced out to an 11-5 lead at the half to down Roanoke, 19-10. Lily Cody led the Bombers with 6-4. #17 Amherst turned away #25 MIT, 14-8. #18 Denison jumped out to a 12-3 halftime lead and rolled past Capital, 20-9. Anna Devuono scored seven goals with a pair of assists for the Big Red (3-2). Sofia Mancino scored in the final minute to lift #19 Colorado College (3-1) past Catholic, 14-13.

Zoe Heffernan scored four goals with four assists to lift RIT (4-1) past Stevenson (4-2), 16-15. John Carroll moved to 6-0 in its final season in the OAC with a 14-7 win against soon-to-be league rival Oberlin. Ohio Northern (5-2) blanked Randolph, 19-0, holding the Cats to just one shot on goal. Lewis & Clark improved to 5-1 in its first varsity season, defeating North Central (4-1) by a 14-9 count. Sage Swegle had 5-1 for the Pioneers. Carthage is 6-0 following a 19-9 win over previously unbeaten Emerson.

» Undefeated Teams. As of midday Thursday, there are still 31 unbeaten teams in Division III.

FEATURE
4. Exploring Contributors and Barriers to Academic and Athletic Success

by Steve Dittmore, D3Lacrosse.net

“This spring wraps up my 23rd year in higher education, as a professor of sport management and, now, an academic dean. Staying current on recently released academic literature is sometimes a challenge given my work schedule. However, a recent peer-reviewed article published this month in the Journal of Athlete Development and Experience caught my attention. Authored by researchers from California State University, Long Beach, the article explores the “dual demands of college student-athletes.”

Division III’s published priorities all revolve around a theme of a “well-rounded collegiate experience”; one that balances academics and athletics. As such, this study’s findings were of interest to me. The authors gathered responses from 176 student-athletes across nine institutions, representing 18 different sports. The majority of respondents came from a Division I institution (67%), were freshmen (38%), and participated in baseball (29%), water polo (14%), and volleyball (11%). While 75% confirmed they were in a desired major, 21% indicated they would change their major if they were not playing a sport. Sixty-one percent of participants reported their career aspirations did not involve playing sports professionally. 

When asked what factors contribute to their success in school, five themes emerged.”

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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
5. Your Streaming Guide

Other than the Mustang Classic games …

M: Haverford (6-1) vs. Rhodes (5-3), Fri., 11 AM
M: Merchant Marine (3-1) vs. Kean (6-1), Sat., 4 PM
M: Carroll (4-2) vs. Hanover (5-1), Sat., 4 PM
M: Williams (2-1) vs. Wesleyan (2-1), Sat., 1 PM
M: Salve Regina (6-1) vs. Coast Guard (4-1), Sat., 1 PM ($)
M: Endicott (4-2) vs. York (4-2), Sun., 1 PM

W: Bates (5-1) vs. #1 Middlebury (4-0), 12 PM
W: William Smith (3-0) vs. Salisbury (3-2), 12 PM
W: Christopher Newport (4-3) vs. Haverford (6-1), Sat., 12 PM
W: Vassar (5-0) vs. Clarkson (4-0), Sat., 12 PM
W: Emerson (3-1) vs. Springfield (3-1), Sat., 1 PM
W: York (3-1) vs. Gettysburg (5-0), Sat., 1 PM
W: St. John Fisher (4-0) vs. Cortland (2-2), Sat., 1 PM
W: UMass Boston (4-0) vs. Keene State (4-1), Sat. 1 PM
W: RIT (4-1) vs. Ithaca (3-1), Sat. 1 PM
W: Mount Union (4-2) vs. Sewanee (7-0), Sat., 2 PM
W: Trinity CT (2-1) vs. Pomona-Pitzer (7-0), Sun., 2 PM ($)

NEWS
6. Lightning Round ⚡️ 

🗞️ News. “Grace Osborn, a senior midfielder on the Capital women’s lacrosse team, is on the cusp of breaking the record for career points across all NCAA divisions. Osborn, a Pickerington Central graduate, has 425 goals and 116 assists since 2022, leaving her 23 points shy of matching an all-time mark set by Jackie Sileo at LIU Post just over a decade ago. Sileo scored 564 points with 195 goals and 369 assists from 2011-14.”

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