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The NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse team has a Cinderella and it resides in Holland, Mich.

Hope traveled to Maine and came away with a pair of surprising victories against Ithaca, 14-11, and Bates, 14-12, to remain undefeated at 20-0. The Flying Dutchmen become the first team from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) to advance as far as the national quarterfinals.

Trailing 11-9 early in the final stanza, Hope scored four straight goals, including the go-ahead goal from Jackson Early with 4:21 left, to take a 13-11 lead. Miles Schmidt scored with 1:47 remaining to pull the Bobcats back within one, but Weston Godbold applied the clincher with 0:22 on the clock.

Next up for the Flying Dutchmen is another trip to Vacationland against No. 2 overall seed Bowdoin (18-1). The Polar Bears fought off valiant Stevens, 17-14, in the rain in Brunswick, as Casey Ryan had a nine-point day for the victors (5-4).

Babson and RIT will meet in the bracket’s other quarterfinal. The Beavers blitzed St. Lawrence, 6-1, over the final 15 minutes to down the Saints, 13-9. Seamus Rooney scored two fourth-quarter goals, while Braden Reilly put the hosts head for good with a tally just 1:45 into the stanza. Ryan Sanders made his sixth goal of the night the most memorable, scoring in overtime to send the Tigers into the Elite Eight with a 12-11 victory at Salisbury.

Christopher Newport rallied from a four-goal halftime deficit to edge Washington and Lee, 13-12, in Newport News. A Jeremy Horne goal with 2:56 left in the first half gave the Generals an 8-4 advantage. But the Captains regrouped and outscored W&L, 9-4, in the second half to advance to the national quarterfinals. Kevin Miller led CNU (18-3) with four goals and four assists.

Next up for the Captains is Wesleyan. The Cardinals (14-4) downed Little Three rival Williams, 14-10, in Middletown as Matt Morrow scored four times.

Cory Bergmann scored five goals and assisted on five others as York traveled south and came away with an 18-12 victory at Lynchburg. Davis Fisher added six points (3-3) as the Spartans improved to 20-1. Tufts is next for York, after the Jumbos put away NESCAC foe Middlebury, 24-10. Jack Regnery and Brooks Hauser each had eight points for the top-seed who scored 13 goals in the third period alone.

» Round of 32. Tufts d. Rhodes, 17-9; Middlebury d. Dickinson, 13-8; Lynchburg d. Grove City, 16-15; York d. Colorado College, 11-4; Christopher Newport d. Pfeiffer, 20-7; Washington and Lee d. Gettysburg, 19-10 Wesleyan d. Ohio Northern, 19-4; Williams d. St. John Fisher, 6-5; Bowdoin d. Scranton, 16-6; Stevens d. Amherst, 14-13; Bates d. Cortland, 17-9; Hope d. Ithaca, 14-11; Babson d. Massachusetts Maritime, 26-8; St. Lawrence d. Hamilton, 14-10; Salisbury d. Roanoke, 19-3; RIT d. Elmhurst, 19-6.

» Round of 16. Tufts d. Middlebury, 24-10; York d. Lynchburg, 18-12; Christopher Newport d. Washington and Lee, 13-12; Wesleyan d. Williams, 14-10; Bowdoin d. Stevens, 17-14; Hope d. Bates, 14-12; Babson d. St. Lawrence, 13-9; RIT d. Salisbury, 12-11 (OT)

Quarterfinals/Semifinals
» at Tufts | York vs. Tufts; Christopher Newport vs. Wesleyan
» at Bowdoin | Hope vs. Bowdoin; Babson vs. RIT

Home teams and higher seeds came away victorious in 13 of the 16 NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse second-round contests over the weekend.

Gettysburg went on the road to Cambridge and toppled MIT, 13-9. The Bullets shot out to a 7-1 lead in the second period and withstood a furious Engineer rally. Julia Daly led the Orange and Blue with four goals and a pair of assists.

Williams made its trip to the Finger Lakes special with an 11-10 win at William Smith. Katy McCullough had three goals and an assist but it was the Ephs’ defense that won it down the stretch, holding the Herons without a shot in the final 61 seconds.

And Christopher Newport won Virginia bragging rights with an 8-7 overtime triumph over homestanding Washington and Lee as Brooklynn Peterson scored the golden goal with 2:40 remaining in the extra period.

» First Round. St. John Fisher d. Western Connecticut, 14-7; Scranton d. St. Mary’s (Md.), 15-7; Stevens d. Saint Joseph’s (Maine), 18-6; Messiah d. Worcester State, 21-6; Haverford d. Endicott, 19-9; Gettysburg d. Husson, 26-4; Williams d. Grove City, 18-3; Union d. Mount Union, 21-5; Wooster d. Farmingdale State, 16-8; Carthage d. Transylvania, 14-7; Christopher Newport d. Meredith, 17-6; Cortland d. Colby, 14-8; Hope d. Aurora, 20-5; Claremont-M-S d. Whitman, 20-10; Franklin & Marshall d. Neumann, 21-4.

» Round of 32. Middlebury d. St. John Fisher, 17-4; Rowan d. Scranton, 13-11; Amherst d. Stevens, 11-8; TCNJ d. Messiah, 18-11; Tufts d. Haverford, 17-7; Gettysburg d. MIT, 13-9; Williams d. William Smith, 11-10; Colorado College d. Rhodes, 20-7; Salisbury d. Union, 17-9; York d. Wooster, 14-7; Denison d. Carthage, 20-7; Christopher Newport d. Washington and Lee, 8-7 (OT); Wesleyan d. Cortland, 18-3; Chicago d. Hope, 23-7; Pomona-Pitzer d. Claremont-M-S, 14-13; Trinity d. Franklin & Marshall, 12-7.

Sectional Weekend
» at Middlebury | Rowan vs. Middlebury; Amherst vs. TCNJ
» at Tufts | Gettysburg vs. Tufts; Williams vs. Colorado College
» at Salisbury | York vs. Salisbury; Denison vs. Christopher Newport
» at Wesleyan | Chicago vs. Wesleyan; Pomona-Pitzer vs. Trinity

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