Eagles Soar to National Title

Tufts-Dickinson meet for MLAX crown; Middlebury, Tufts, Colby and Gettysburg advance to WLAX national semifinals

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TOP STORY
1. Eagles Soar to National Title

Sophomore Carys Code took medalist honors, carding a one-under-par 71 in the final round to edge Carnegie Mellon’s Cecelia Jia by two shots.

» Team Results. 1-Emory (+16), 2-Carnegie Mellon (+29), 3-Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (+43), 4-George Fox (+51), 5-Washington U. (+54).

» Individual Results. 1-Carys Code (Emory) 285; 2-Cecelia Jia (Carnegie Mellon) 287; 3-Alison Takamiya (George Fox) 288; 4-Zimo Li (Emory) 289; 5-Rena Kaneko (Redlands) 291.

LACROSSE (M)
2. 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)
3. NESCAC Invitational + Gettysburg

Ainsley Dion, Colby

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. Middlebury vs. Colby. Tufts vs. Gettysburg.

SOFTBALL
4. Moving On

Gracie Ellis, Randolph-Macon (photo by Mick Anders)

Three top-seeds fell in the regional round of the NCAA DIII Softball Championship last weekend. Randolph-Macon won three games, taking out #3 Christopher Newport, 6-2, in the biggest shocker in the Newport News regional. No. 3 seed Emory edged #8 Huntingdon, 4-3, in the ‘if necessary’ game to win the Montgomery regional, while Wisconsin-Stevens Point rose up as the No. 3 seed to topple #16 UW-Oshkosh, 3-1, in the Oshkosh regional. The other 13 top seeds advanced to the super regional round.

» Regional Winners. Trine, Moravian, Illinois Wesleyan, UW-Whitewater, Gettysburg, Rowan, Texas Lutheran, East Texas Baptist, Linfield, Saint Mary’s MN, Emory, Randolph-Macon, UW-Stevens Point, Salisbury, Redlands, Virginia Wesleyan.

» Super Regionals (best of 3). #10 Texas Lutheran at #1 East Texas Baptist;
#15 Gettysburg at #2 Virginia Wesleyan; #12 UW-Whitewater at #7 Saint Mary’s MN; UW-Stevens Point at #5 Trine; #14 Illinois Wesleyan at #6 Linfield; Randolph-Macon at #18 Moravian; #11 Salisbury at #4 Rowan; Emory at #9 Redlands.

BASEBALL
5. Top Squads Advance to Super Regionals

Jonathan Enriquez, McMurry

La Verne was the highest seed to fail to advance from the regional round of the NCAA DIII Baseball Championship. Pomona-Pitzer ousted the #6 Leopards, 2-1 in an elimination game, before falling to undefeated McMurry, 12-2.

#11 Brockport, #14 Gustavus Adolphus, #15 Webster, #16 UW-La Crosse, #17 Centre, #18 Cortland and #20 Buena Vista also failed to advance to the super regionals.

» Regional Winners. Johns Hopkins, Case Western Reserve, McMurry, Trinity TX, Endicott, Claremont-M-S, Lynchburg, Rowan, Denison, Belhaven, Kean, Salve Regina, UW-Whitewater, UW-Oshkosh, Salisbury, Messiah.

» Super Regionals (best of 3). #13 Case Western Reserve vs. #1 Johns Hopkins;
#9 Trinity TX vs. McMurry; Claremont-M-S vs. #4 Endicott; #12 Rowan vs.
#5 Lynchburg; #19 Belhaven vs. #2 Denison; #10 Salve Regina vs. #8 Kean;
#24 UW-Oshkosh vs. #3 UW-Whitewater; Messiah vs. #7 Salisbury.

TRACK AND FIELD
6. Championship Participants

The participants for the 2025 DIII outdoor track and field championships have been announced. The championship meet is May 22-24 at the SPIRE Institute's Outdoor Track & Field facility in Geneva, Ohio.

NEWS YOU CAN USE
7. Lightning Round ⚡️ 

» Volleyball (M). “The Landmark Conference will officially sponsor men's volleyball beginning with the 2026-27 academic year.”

» Merger. “Kean University and New Jersey City University (NJCU) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI), advancing a proposed historic merger that would integrate NJCU into Kean.”

» Enrollment. “Union College has fallen short in filling its freshman class for two years and is now pulling millions of dollars from its endowment to balance its budget.”

TRANSACTIONS
8. Comings and Goings 

ADRIAN - Kaylie Laskody named interim head track and field coach
EUREKA - Isaiah Pace named head women’s basketball coach
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS - Coley Reis Welter resigned as head softball coach to become assistant coach at Minnesota State
KING’S - Aaron Perez named head wrestling coach
MACALESTER - Katie Kollar resigned as head women’s basketball coach
SCRANTON - Announced addition of men’s volleyball as a varsity sport in 2026-27
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA - Jerry Schlegelmilch announced his retirement as head baseball coach. Paul Lasike named head rugby coach
SWEET BRIAR - Announced return of volleyball for the 2025 season. Alejandro “A.J.” Escobar named head coach
THOMAS - Gavin Kane named head women’s basketball coach
YORK (Pa.) - Jay Rexroth named assistant women’s basketball coach

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