College Men

Unheralded relative to certain teammates, Colin Burns has proven as pivotal as any of them in Princeton's pursuit of its first national title in a quarter century.

His first assignment out of Air Force Academy? Grad school. The destination? South Bend. Playing lacrosse in the national championship? Gravy.

It was another overtime classic. This time, Tampa did not call timeout and Tommy Ortega delivered the game-winning goal for the Spartans' second NCAA championship.

Winning a third straight title meant joining Salisbury (2003-05), Middlebury (2000-02) and Hobart (1980-91) as the only Division III men's teams to win at least three titles in a row. 

The Fighting Irish scored five man-up goals and added a man-down tally in a 15-7 victory over Syracuse. They'll play Princeton for the national championship.

Spallina leaves Syracuse as the all-time scoring leader with a pair of final four appearances. But the thing he really went there to do is a dream left unfulfilled.

It wasn’t 90 seconds into Saturday’s semifinal when Ryan Croddick made his first save and knew that it would be a good afternoon. Everyone else found out soon enough.

Whatever Duke might regret from its 14-7 loss to Princeton in Saturday’s NCAA semifinals, it won’t be a lack of chances.

Ryan Croddick's first goalie stick came from a Target store. Now he's the target of the top shooters in lacrosse, and the key to unlocking Princeton's first NCAA title in 25 years.

The resurrection of the unseeded Blue Devils’ season is unlike any other in coach John Danowski’s 20-year run in Durham.