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TOP STORY
1. Tufts Scoring Machine Faces Upstart Dickinson in National Final

Defending national champion Tufts put a 26-burger on Bowdoin to advance to another NCAA DIII men’s lacrosse final on Sunday night. The Jumbos (22-0) will take on upstart Dickinson (17-5) in the championship match on Sunday in Foxborough, Mass., after the Red Devils stunned RIT, 12-10.

Tufts d, Bowdoin, 26-11
The Jumbos (22-0) scored 10 times in the second period to forge a 14-7 lead at intermission and defeat #5 Bowdoin, 26-11. Jack Regnery led the high-powered Tufts offense with six goals, while Brooks Hauser and Will Emsing each posted a hat trick and a pair of assists. The defending national champions, who moved into the semis with a 17-8 win against #7 Gettysburg, outshot the Polar Bears (16-4), 55-45, and got 12 saves from GK Conner Garzone. Patrick Fitzgerald led Bowdoin with five goals.

Bowdoin advanced to the national semifinal with a 19-11 defeat of No. 4 Christopher Newport in the Elite Eight. Jason Lach powered the Polar Bears with eight scores.

Dickinson d. RIT, 12-10
Charlie Baughan scored four times, while Landen Hyatt tallied three goals as the Red Devils (17-5) stunned the Tigers (21-2) on their home field. Dickinson shot out to a 4-1 lead after the first 15 minutes and held a 5-3 lead at the break. An Ethan Harkins tally midway through the third quarter tied the game at 6, before the Devils reeled off three unanswered scores to seize control. Rocco Bognet made nine saves between the pipes for the Red and White.

Dickinson reached the semis for the first time in program history with an 11-9 win against #5 RPI, as Hyatt and Ramsey Huggins each recorded hat tricks. RIT rolled into the final four with a 14-5 defeat of Cortland, as Clifford Gaston notched four goals.

LACROSSE (W)
2. NESCAC Invitational + Gettysburg

Welcome to the NESCAC Invitational - plus Gettysburg - as the four teams for the NCAA DIII women’s lacrosse semifinals are set for Salem.

Middlebury d. York, 19-4
The defending national champions jumped all over the Spartans early, sprinting out to a 6-1 lead after 15 minutes and 13-1 at intermission to cruise to victory. Hope Shue scored five times, while Caroline Adams and Maggie Coughlin added four scores apiece for the Panthers (19-1). Zoe Kluegel scored twice for York (18-4).

Colby d. Wesleyan, 7-6
The White Mules held off the hard-charging Cardinals to reach their first-ever Final Four. Seven different players scored goals for Colby (17-3), who led 6-4 after three periods. Mya Waryas scored her second goal of the day with 43 ticks remaining to pull Wesleyan (15-6) within one but the Connecticut side could not get the equalizer.

Tufts d. Salisbury, 8-7
Maggie Carden notched a hat trick while Allie Zorn added a pair of goals as the Jumbos (20-1) advanced to the national semifinals with a one-goal win against Salisbury (16-5). Zorn’s second goal gave Tufts a 8-5 lead with 9:33 remaining and the margin needed to hold off two late Gull goals.

Gettysburg d. Denison, 16-13
Sophie Smith scored five times, while Mikaela Kelly and Julia Daly each had two goals and four assists as the Bullets crashed the NESCAC party with a win against the Big Red (16-5). A five-goal run during the third period opened up a 9-8 match at intermission.

» National Semifinals (Friday). Middlebury vs. Colby. Tufts vs. Gettysburg.

CONFERENCES
3. All-Conference Teams

It’s All-Conference season and here at D3Lacrosse.net, we will provide links to all the award winners as the week rolls on.

Men

• GNAC

• MAC Commonwealth

• MAC Freedom

• NACC

• Skyline

Women

• GNAC

• MASCAC

• Northwest

• Presidents

• USA South

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