Division III Recap: Scranton Wins in OT, Lopsided Scores Everywhere Else

The first day of the NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse tournament was rife with lopsided scores — except for one game.

Scranton needed overtime to top SUNY Maritime, advancing to Saturday’s second round on Quinn Carson’s tally with 1:02 remaining in the extra period.

Carson was one of a quartet of Scranton players with a hat trick, joining Brendan Donohue, Kyle Holmes and Jason Kozak. Donohue assisted Holmes for the equalizer with 1:32 left in regulation, and Carsen Kirchner (13 saves) saved a shot by Michael Wiegand with 14 seconds left to send things to overtime.

Things did not appear on track for overtime after the first quarter. Massachusetts Maritime stormed out to a 4-1 lead, then it entered halftime up 7-5 and even led 9-6 with 8:33 left in the third quarter. That’s when Scranton began to turn things around.

Carson scored to cut it to 9-7, then Kozak scored twice in the span of 40 seconds, knotting the score at 9. The sides traded one-goal leads the rest of the way, trading blows and setting up the dramatic overtime.

Scranton has now advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament in each of the past four seasons, but it has yet to break through and advance into the third round under head coach Michael Hofmeister.

Continue on for the rest of the scores from the opening round of the tournament, as well as the second-round schedule.

NCAA DIVISION III MEN’S TOURNAMENT
FIRST ROUND SCORES

Cortland def. Western New England 21-5
Grove City def. Ohio Wesleyan 14-9
Rhodes def. Rivier 16-8
Pfeiffer def. Transylvania 15-8
Roanoke def. Marymount 22-7
Massachusetts Maritime def. Husson 28-17
Scranton def. SUNY Maritime 15-14 (OT)
Ohio Northern def. Concordia-Wisconsin 16-4

NCAA DIVISION III MEN’S TOURNAMENT
SECOND ROUND SCHEDULE

Games scheduled for Saturday, May 9. All times Eastern.

Grove City vs. Lynchburg, 12 p.m.
Massachusetts Maritime vs. Babson, 12 p.m.
Pfeiffer vs. Christopher Newport, 12 p.m.
Ohio Northern vs. Wesleyan, 12 p.m.
Scranton vs. Bowdoin, 12 p.m.
Amherst vs. Stevens, 3 p.m.
Colorado College vs. York, 3 p.m.
Roanoke vs. Salisbury, 3 p.m.
St. Lawrence vs. Hamilton, 3 p.m.
Washington and Lee vs. Gettysburg, 3 p.m.
Williams vs. St. John Fisher, 3 p.m.
Cortland vs. Bates, 4 p.m.
Rhodes vs. Tufts, 4:30 p.m.
Elmhurst vs. RIT, 6 p.m.
Ithaca vs. Hope, 7 p.m.
Middlebury vs. Dickinson, 7:30 p.m.