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TOP STORY
1. Hope Remains Undefeated, Trips Trine to Advance to MIAA Final vs. Calvin
Jordan Warners, Calvin | photo by Ashley Sap
Gibson Heethuis scored four goals and assisted on another as Hope remained unbeaten at 17-0 with a hard-fought 8-7 win against Trine. Ben Torrence converted a pass from Heethuis with 11:14 remaining to give the Flying Dutchmen an 8-5 lead. Tallied from Riley Fischer and Rocco Curtola closed the gap to 8-7 with 5:3 remaining but the Hope defense closed the door on any Trine equalizer attempt.
Calvin advanced to its first-ever MIAA championship match with a 17-10 triumph against Albion. David Blackmon scored five times for the Knights, while Jordan Warners had four goals and four assists. Calvin (13-3) will meet Hope for the crown on Friday.
Scores (M)
Centennial First Round
Swarthmore 16 Muhlenberg 4
Empire 8 Quarterfinals
Geneseo 15 Alfred 5
Utica 13 Hartwick 12
Liberty League First Round
Union 13 Skidmore 9
Little East Quarterfinals
UMass Boston 13 E. Connecticut 9
Plymouth State 17 Keene State 6
MIAA Semifinals
Calvin 17 Albion 10
Hope 8 Trine 7
NEWMAC First Round
Coast Guard 10 Salve Regina 8
Skyline First Round
Manhattanville 12 USMV 11
Clay Almgren scored a game-high seven goals, breaking the school’s career point record in the process, as Swarthmore toppled Muhlenberg, 16-4, in a Centennial first-round contest. The Garnet (11-7) will take on Dickinson in the semifinals.
Utica earned the program’s first postseason victory as the Pioneers (7-9) edged Hartwick, 13-12. Ryan Hollenbeck was the hero, scoring the game-winning goal with 2:31 remaining to send Utica into the Empire 8 semifinals vs. Nazareth.
Garrett Salit had a seven-point day as Union (7-10) advanced to the Liberty League semifinals with a 13-9 win against Skidmore. Salit had 5-2 to set a program record for most points scored by a first-year.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
2. Hope, Calvin Advance to MIAA Final; Monks, Saints Meet in GNAC Title Match
Julia Brown, Hope | photo by Lynne Powe
Hope outscored Kalamazoo, 10-2, over the final 19 minutes to turn an 11-8 deficit into an 18-13 victory to advance to the MIAA championship match. Julia Brown had five goals and two assists for the Flying Dutch to keep its quest for a fourth straight tournament title alive. The Hornets (10-9), who ended Hope’s 26-game MIAA win streak on April 7, received five goals from Abbie Caza.
Audrey Booher scored five goals to go along with two assists as Calvin punched its ticket opposite Hope with a 13-10 win against Adrian. The second-seeded Knights (13-5) used a 5-1 run in the second quarter to forge a 9-4 lead at the break and never looked back.
Scores (W)
GNAC Semifinals
Emmanuel 13 Norwich 5
Saint Joseph’s ME 7 Colby-Sawyer 6
HCAC Semifinals
Spalding 7 Hanover 3
Liberty League Quarterfinals
Ithaca 18 Clarkson 5
Rochester 8 St. Lawrence 7
Union 15 RIT 7
Little East Quarterfinals
E. Connecticut 14 Keene State 4
Plymouth State 15 UMass Boston 10
MASCAC Quarterfinals
Bridgewater 12 Salem State 9
Framingham State 18 Fitchburg St 3
MIAA Semifinals
Calvin 13 Adrian 10
Hope 18 Kalamazoo 13
ODAC Quarterfinals
Roanoke 22 Bridgewater 7
Shenandoah 14 Lynchburg 6
PAC Quarterfinals
W&J 21 Saint Vincent 4
Westminster 19 Bethany 2
Celia Melanson scored a goal and assisted on four others as top-seeded Saint Joseph’s (Maine) edged Colby-Sawyer, 7-6, in a GNAC semifinal. Sophia Burton’s third goal of the day gave the Monks (17-3) a 7-4 lead with 11:36 left. The Chargers scored twice, including Lauren Vignola’s 69th goal of the season with 6:12 remaining, to close the deficit to one at 7-6. But the Monks defense sealed the deal.
Madeline Wright had a five-point night as Emmanuel knocked out Norwich, 13-5, to advance to the GNAC final. Keira Walsh made nine saves for the Saints (15-4).
Rochester scored twice in a 24-second span late in the final period to boost the Yellowjackets past St. Lawrence, 8-7, in a Liberty League quarterfinal. The Saints forged a 7-6 lead with four consecutive goals, capped by a Cate Rathnam tally with 5:47 left. Alyssa Gorny tied the game with 3:07 to go for Rochester and Anna Rogers notched the game-winner with 2:43 left.
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