College Men

Princeton lost just two games all season and ripped off 12 straight wins after a loss to Cornell on March 21.

Cassese spent the 2024-26 seasons on Lars Tiffany's staff overseeing the offense.

Chad Palumbo, Colin Burns and Ryan Croddick powered the Tigers to a 16-9 win, completing Matt Madalon’s decade-long rebuild and restoring a lacrosse blueblood to the top.

When Princeton goalie Ryan Croddick is seeing the ball well, Chad Palumbo says, "This team feels unstoppable." That certainly proved true championship weekend.

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.