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APRIL 13, 2026
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🗞 Today in D3 Lacrosse. St. Lawrence Stuns #6 RIT. No. 3 Tufts Edges No. 2 Wesleyan in OT; No. 4 Salisbury Trips No. 18 TCNJ. NPI Rankings.
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1. St. Lawrence Stuns #6 RIT
Ted Wilson, St. Lawrence | C A Hill photo
No. 19 St. Lawrence recorded its first win against RIT in 24 years, toppling the No. 6 Tigers, 11-9.
Ted Wilson scored a pair of goals just 37 seconds apart five minutes into the final period to give the Saints a 10-8 lead. Ryan Sanders made it interesting, scoring off an assist from Evan Lyon with 1:57 left to close the RIT deficit to 10-9.
St. Lawrence sealed the deal when Ben Anderson scored an unassisted goal with :49 ticks left. Wilson had 3-1 for the Saints, while Heath Mann made 13 saves | Recap
Elsewhere …
Brooks Hauser had a seven-point day (4-3) and Will Emsing added six (3-3) as top-ranked Tufts (10-0) remained unbeaten with a 19-14 win against No. 8 Wesleyan (9-3). Jack Regnery contributed eight points on the day with two goals and six assists | Recap
A seven-goal second quarter proved to be the separation that third-ranked Lynchburg needed to put away Randolph-Macon, 14-10. Riley Hastings powered the Hornets (11-1) with five goals and an assist | Recap
Top 20+ Scores
#1 Tufts 19, #10 Wesleyan 14
#2 Bowdoin 25, UMass Boston 4
#3 Lynchburg 14 R-MC 10
#5 Babson 16 Emerson 2
St. Lawrence 11, #6 RIT 9
#7 Salisbury 28 Kean 8
#8 York 22 Widener 6
#9 Gettysburg 18 Ursinus 8
#11 St. John Fisher 22 SUNY Poly 7
#12 Stevens 24 Lebanon Valley 6
#13 Dickinson 11 St. Mary’s 5
#14 Middlebury 16 Colby 9
#15 Bates 15 Connecticut College 11
#16 Amherst 10, #20 Williams 9
#17 Skidmore 11 Clarkson 7
#18 Wash Coll 12 Haverford 11 OT
Hamilton 18 Trinity 13
Elmhurst 27 Augustana 0
Cortland 20 Oneonta 7
Ithaca 11 RPI 10
Muhlenberg 15 F&M 10
Scranton 17 Catholic 5
Rivier 10 Saint Joseph CT 9 OT
No. 2 Bowdoin scored nine goals in both the first and second periods to lead 18-0 at the break and cruised to a 25-4 win vs. UMass-Boston. Casey Ryan had three goals and four assists for the Polar Bears (12-0) | Recap
No. 5 Babson (12-1) prepared for Tuesday’s showdown against top-ranked Tufts with a 16-2 win against Emerson. Twelve different players tallied goals, led by Joey Allen with three | Recap
No. 16 Amherst outscored No. 20 Williams, 4-1, over the final 15 minutes to take a 10-9 victory over its archrival. Bob Gross had 4-1 for the Mammoths (6-5) | Recap
No. 18 Washington College (11-3) forced overtime with a Carson Crawford goal with :09 remaining and walked it off on a Peyton Gestole tally to win at Haverford, 10-9 | Recap
Rivier remained undefeated (13-0) and took over first-place in the GNAC with a 10-9 overtime win in Nashua. Brenden Tedeschi tied the game for USJ (10-2) with 1:28 left, setting the stage for the Raiders’ Henri Brochu to win it in extra time | Recap
2. No. 3 Tufts Edges No. 2 Wesleyan in OT; No. 4 Salisbury Trips No. 18 TCNJ
Elsa Schutt, Tufts
Elsa Schutt was the unlikely heroine as No. 3 Tufts downed second-ranked Wesleyan, 11-10, in overtime at Middletown.
The Cardinals (10-2) rallied from a 10-8 deficit after three quarters on a pair of tallies from Addie Cummings. That set the stage for Schutt, the senior middie, to score just her sixth goal of the season just 1:04 into extra time.
Eleanor Helm led the Jumbos (11-2) offense with two goals and three assists. Cummings was outstanding in a losing cause with five goals and two assists | Recap
Elsewhere …
Wesleyan rebounded from its overtime loss to defeat No. 7 William Smith, 10-6, on Sunday. The Cardinals jumped out to an 8-2 lead at halftime and were never threatened. Mya Waryas had a huge day with five scores | Box
Fourth-ranked Salisbury rallied from a 4-0 second-period deficit to trip No. 18 TCNJ, 6-4. After conceding four goals in 21 minutes, the Sea Gull defense locked down the Lion offense from there, while the offense received a pair of goals from Miranda Mears and Leah Doy.
Paige Ellis made six saves for Salisbury (14-0), while Hailey Wexler turned away 13 shots for TCNJ (10-2) | Recap
Top 25+ Scores (W)
#1 Middlebury 14, #12 Colby 5
#2 Wesleyan 10, #7 William Smith 6
#3 Tufts 11, #2 Wesleyan 10 OT
#4 Salisbury 6, #18 TCNJ 4
#5 Amherst 13, #19 Williams 9
#7 William Smith 24 Bard 2
#8 York 20 Widener 3
#9 Denison 21 Kenyon 3
#10 Pomona-Pitzer 19 Chapman 3
#11 Gettysburg 12, #23 Haverford 10
#13 Scranton 10 Catholic 4
#14 Stevens 16 Lebanon Valley 4
#15 Messiah 20 Alvernia 6
#16 Rowan 20 Ramapo 0
#17 Trinity 12 Hamilton 8
#20 F&M 13 Dickinson 7
#21 Chicago 20 UW-La Crosse 7
#22 Chris. Newport 15 Meredith 7
Wash Coll 14, #24 Muhlenberg 12
#25 St. John Fisher 25 SUNY Poly 2
Colorado College 22 Augsburg 0
Top-ranked Middlebury jumped all over Colby early, staking a 6-0 lead after the first period on its way to a 14-5 thrashing of Colby. Haley Hamilton had 3-1 for the Panthers (12-0) | Recap
Bridget Darcy and Emily Petersen combined for seven goals to power fifth-ranked Amherst past #19 Williams, 13-9. Franny Donohue had 3-3 for the Ephs | Recap
Gettysburg rallied from a 9-7 deficit to down No. 23 Haverford, 12-10. The 11th ranked Bullets (7-5) scored four times in 4:15 to turn the contest in their favor. Maddie Passarello led the way with four goals. Brooke Epstein had 2-2 for the Fords (8-5) | Recap
No. 13 Scranton took control of the Landmark Conference race with a 10-4 win at Catholic. The Royals (10-4) scored the first nine goals of the contest | Recap
Washington College upset No. 24 Muhlenberg, 14-12, in Chestertown. The Shorewomen (11-3) led 13-5 after three periods. Piper Evans and Mia Salvatierra each had five-point days | Recap
3. Lightning Round ⚡
» There are still four remaining unbeatens in DIII men’s lacrosse - Tufts (12-0), Bowdoin (12-0), Hope (13-0), and Rivier (13-0). The Flying Dutchmen blitzed Alma, 27-1. Gibson Heethuis set a program single-season record for assists, handing out nine to raise his total to 46.
» Lewis & Clark set a pair of program records as the Otters registered a 22-3 road win at Pacific Lutheran. Aviana Gonzalez set a single-game mark with eight goals, while teammate Ala Cross set standards with nine assists and 12 points.
» George Fox extended its Northwest Conference win streak to 87 games with a 8-7 overtime triumph against Willamette. The Bearcats’ Priya Mistry tied the game with 1:14 remaining, setting the stage for the Bruins’ Lana Davis to be the heroine just 36 seconds into overtime.
4. NCAA Power Index
Here are the latest NCAA Power Index (NPI) numbers through Sunday’s games.
» Men. 1-Bowdoin, 2-Tufts, 3-Babson, 4-Wesleyan, 5-Lynchburg, 6-Christopher Newport, 7-St. John Fisher, 8-Salisbury, 9-Bates, 10-York, 11-RIT, 12-Dickinson, 13-Amherst, 14-Middlebury, 15-Stevens, 16-Hamilton, 17-Hope, 18-Gettysburg, 19-Skidmore, 20-St. Lawrence.
» Women. 1-Salisbury, 2-Middlebury, 3-Tufts, 4-Amherst, 5-Wesleyan, 6-Denison, 7-Pomona-Pitzer, 8-Washington and Lee, 9-Rowan, 10-William Smith, 11-Sewanee, 12-Chicago, 13-Wooster, 14-TCNJ, 15-Washington College, 16-Trinity, 17-York, 18-Williams, 19-Muhlenberg, 20-Gettysburg.
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