The Tufts men’s lacrosse team remains in a league of its own.
The Jumbos defeated RIT, 17-11, at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., to win the program’s third consecutive Division 3 championship on Sunday. It is the Jumbos’ sixth NCAA title, all of which have come since 2010. The Jumbos are the first team to three-peat since Salisbury did so from 2003-05.
Tufts also bested the Tigers in the 2024 title game, 18-14. It routed Dickinson, 25-8, at Gillette Stadium in last year’s championship to cap a perfect season.
The Jumbos (22-1) broke the contest open late in the second quarter, scoring four times in 1:19 to seize control. Peter Kraemer’s tally made it 8-6 with 2:15 remaining in the second quarter. Garrett Kelly scored twice in 17 seconds before Brooks Hauser, a Deerfield Academy product, added his 73rd goal of the season for a 11-6 advantage.
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Tufts senior Jack Regnery, the all-time leader for goals in NCAA Tournament games with 61, extended his record with three in the final. The tournament’s Most Outstanding Player surpassed former Tufts great John Uppgren and his 51 goals last weekend.
Regnery, Kelly, and Hauser each netted a trio of goals Sunday, tied for the team lead. Hauser also had two assists, giving him 5 points and tying Norwell native and BC High graduate Will Emsing (two goals, three assists) for most points in the win. Jack Old, who attended prep school at Taft in Connecticut, made a career-high 17 saves.
“I love this senior class so much,” said coach Casey D’Annolfo, saluting a group which includes Regnery, Kelly, and Hauser, plusWestwood natives Ben Frisoli and Ethan O’Neill. “It’s been a pretty incredible journey with this group, 85-5 record across four years, and just enjoyed every minute of it.”
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The Middlebury women made it five straight Division 3 national championships on Sunday in Rochester, N.Y., beating second-seeded Wesleyan, 8-6, to complete a third perfect season during that run.
Canton’s Siobhan Colin, who attended Notre Dame Academy, and Hamilton-Wenham product Haley Hamilton both had two goals, with Hamilton’s second giving the Panthers (23-0) the lead for good, 6-5, with 7:18 left in the third quarter. Senior Caroline Adams, the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, also scored twice after her overtime winner beat Tufts in the semifinals on Friday.
Since not competing in 2021 following the COVID-19 pandemic, Middlebury is 112-2, only losing to Tufts in the 2022 NESCAC tournament final — they’d beat the Jumbos for that year’s NCAA championship — and to Wesleyan in last year’s NESCAC semifinals.
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