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1. Oh My! Oberlin Beats Denison For First Time Since 1960
photo by Massimo Vliet
It was the spring of 1960. Dwight D. Eisenhower was still in the White House. The buzz was not about the Mercury space program, but was about Sputnik. And a group of young men from Oberlin defeated a men’s lacrosse team from Denison, 9-6.
Sixty-six years had elapsed since the last Yeomen victory over the Big Red … until Saturday. Jacob Starcke scored six times and Solomon Brennan tallied twice with three assists as Oberlin edged Denison, 13-12.
The Yeomen (10-4) led 10-5 at the half and held a 13-9 advantage midway through the final period on Brennan’s second score. Denison (7-8) tallied three unanswered goals, including Michael Cassidy’s goal with :57 to pull within one but could not get the equalizer | Recap
Elsewhere …
Nazareth also put an end to a long losing streak, snapping a 14-game skein against St. John Fisher with a 12-7 victory against the Cardinals. The Golden Flyers (9-6) jumped out to a 5-0 lead after one period and Fisher (13-2) got no closer than three as Nazareth ended the a pair of Cardinal streaks - a 39-game Empire 8 regular-season winning streak and 52 consecutive Empire 8 games without a loss including the postseason.
Kyle Rosenberger led the way for Naz with three goals and two assists and Sven Habitzreuther made 11 saves | Recap
Mason Bellinger did it all for Christopher Newport (15-2) in the Captains’ 12-9 home win against Salisbury (12-3). The senior GK set a program record with 26 saves and also scored a game-tying goal in the third quarter | Recap
Scores of National Interest
Bowdoin 14 Conn College 4
Carthage 12 Illinois Wesleyan 9
Christopher Newport 12 Salisbury 9
Dickinson 8 Haverford 7
Elmhurst 22 North Central 11
Endicott 19 Hartford 7
Gettysburg 16 Washington Coll 7
Grove City 14 St. Mary’s MD 13 OT
Hope 20 Calvin 6
Ithaca 12 Vassar 11
Lynchburg 13 Hampden-Sydney 10
Middlebury 12 Amherst 5
Nazareth 12 St. John Fisher 7
Oberlin 13 Denison 12
RIT 16 Union 11
Rivier 13 Emmanuel 6
Roanoke 11 Randolph-Macon 7
Scranton 19 Susquehanna 6
St. Lawrence 11 Skidmore 10
Sewanee 15 Rhodes 7
Stevens 27 Arcadia 4
Trinity 13 Colby 11
Tufts 18 Hamilton 10
Wesleyan 17 Williams 9
York 29 Albright 3
Tufts fell behind Hamilton, 5-3, after one period before turning on the jets to blitz the Continentals, 18-10. The Jumbos (14-0) led just 7-6 at intermission before outscoring their hosts, 11-4, over the final 30 minutes. Jack Regnery led Tufts with six goals and three assists as the Jumbos won for the 41st consecutive time | Recap
Bowdoin set the stage for Wednesday’s clash in Medford against Tufts with a 14-4 win at Connecticut College. The Polar Bears (13-0) led 10-1 at the break and cruised home. Hudson Greene had two goals and three assists for Bowdoin | Recap
Hope improved to 15-0 with a convincing 19-7 win against archrival Calvin (11-3). Gibson Heethuis led the way again for the Flying Dutchmen with 4-5 | Recap
2. Defense Shines As Top-Ranked Middlebury Defeats No. 5 Amherst
Parker Hanson, Middlebury | photo by Annica Nassiry
The Middlebury defense blanked Amherst for 32:01 and the offense responded with seven goals as the top-ranked Panthers went on the road and downed the fifth-ranked Mammoths, 13-7.
After a Bridget Finley tied the game at 2-2 for Amherst (12-2) midway through the first period, Middlebury reeled off those seven unanswered tallies, including two each from Caroline Adams, Haley Hamilton, and Skylar Lach, to seize a 9-2 lead with 7:00 left in the third.
Adams ended the day with four goals and four assists as the Panthers (14-0) extended their win streak against Amherst to 15 games | Recap
Elsewhere …
William Smith capped off a perfect Liberty League regular-season with wins against RPI and Union. The Herons jumped all over the Engineers early, taking a 7-1 lead after 15 minutes and 12-2 at the half on their way to a 19-6 triumph. Kira Fulton had four goals and an assist.
The next day, the Herons downed Union, 12-7, to give head coach Ann Phillips her 300th career victory. Katie Grottenthaler had three goals and an assist | Recap
Scores of National Interest
Carroll 22 Augustana 4
Chris. Newport 11 Mary Wash 9
Colorado College 22 UW-Stevens Pt 1
Colorado C. 13 UW-River Falls 12 OT
Cortland 20 Buffalo State 5
Denison 22 Oberlin 3
Endicott 17 Hartford 6
F&M 17 Washington College 8
Gettysburg 18 Swarthmore 9
Haverford 12 Dickinson 8
Hope 20 Trine 8
Husson 10 Maine Maritime 9
Ithaca 15 St. John Fisher 11
Lake Forest 17 Cornell College 3
MIT 14 Coast Guard 7
Meredith 20 Piedmont 4
Messiah 22 Eastern 0
Middlebury 13 Amherst 7
Oswego 8 New Paltz 7
Raonoke 19 Sewanee 6
Rowan 20 Kean 8
St. John Fisher 21 Nazareth 4
St. Joseph’s ME 18 USJ 7
Salisbury 23 St. Mary’s MD 8
Scranton 14 Susquehanna 7
Stevens 23 Arcadia 6
TCNJ 20 Ramapo 1
Trinity 12 Colby 7
Tufts 15 Hamilton 6
USMMA 23 Maritime 1
W&L 22 Lynchburg 4
Wesleyan 11 Williams 3
WestConn 20 UMass Boston 6
Whitman 18 Lewis & Clark 10
William Smith 19 RPI 6
William Smith 12 Union 7
Wooster 11 Ohio Wesleyan 10 OT
York 24 Albright 0
MIT captured the battle of NEWMAC unbeatens, upending Coast Guard, 14-7. The Engineers (13-3) outscored the Beats (11-2), 8-2, in the second half to take sole possession of first place. Nina Petulla had five goals for MIT, while Pauline Vien made 10 saves | Recap
The Centennial’s big three whittled a five-way tie at the top to just three after Saturday’s play. Gettysburg handed Swarthmore its second league loss with an 18-9 win, while Franklin & Marshall did the same to Washington College, 17-8. Haverford kept pace with a 12-8 win against Dickinson.
Meredith (13-4) secured the No. 1 seed for the USA South tournament with a resounding 20-4 victory at Piedmont. Bailey Swails led the charge with five goals while Reese Walker added 4-3 | Recap
Lake Forest is the top seed for the NACC tournament following a 17-3 win against Cornell College. The Foresters (10-4) were led by Avery Srnka’s six scores | Recap
Colorado College rallied in the final seconds to force overtime and got the golden goal 99 seconds in extra time to down UW-River Falls, 13-12. Oliv Janierico tied the game with :01 left and Charlotte Iler notched the game-winner. Iler had four goals and three assists for the Tigers (12-3) | Recap
Sarah Hawkins scored six goals with three assists to power Whitman past Lewis & Clark, 18-10, knocking the Pioneers out of first place in the NWC | Recap
3. Lightning Round ⚡
» There are still four remaining unbeatens in DIII men’s lacrosse - Hope (15-0), Rivier (15-0), Tufts (14-0), and Bowdoin (13-0).
» Carthage (8-7) posted its first men’s lacrosse win against Illinois Wesleyan since 2017 with a 12-9 road win in Bloomington. Trailing 6-1 at half, the Firebirds turned the tables on the Titans with a 7-1 outburst in the third quarter.
» Salisbury’s Blake Malamphy recorded his 1,000th career face-off win in the Sea Gulls’ 12-9 loss at Christopher Newport.
» Wooster has won 13 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history after an 11-10 overtime win at Ohio Wesleyan. Lizzie Hardy scored the golden goal.
4. Goalie Goal
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