19-05-2025
Tufts men's lacrosse headed to Gillette Stadium for shot to defend Division 3 national championship
On Sunday, the Jumbos, who needed two overtimes to win at Bowdoin in their regular-season finale, trailed eight minutes in following two goals from Patrick Fitzgerald. They scored seven of the next eight, however, and Garrett Kelly, Max Ettinghausen, Brooks Hauser, and Norwell's Will Emsing all went on the scoresheet multiple times as the Jumbos built a 14-7 halftime lead.
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Fitzgerald finished with five goals for Bowdoin (16-3), which reached the national semifinals for the second straight season. Three of the school's five all-time NCAA appearances have come in the last four seasons.
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Callum Wood (New Canaan, Conn.) scored a pair of late goals for Tufts, with Westwood's Ethan O'Neill, Brookline's Beau Keough, and Harrison Stockdale (Darien, Conn.) adding single tallies.
Conner Garzone made 12 saves for Tufts. The grad student's .630 save percentage ranks second in the nation.
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Margie Carden scored three goals and Bedford's Allie Zorn had two as the Tufts women's lacrosse team held off visiting Salisbury, 8-7, in the NCAA Division 3 quarterfinals.
Sophie Powless (30) and the Jumbos are headed to the Division 3 semifinals in women's lacrosse as well.
Daniel Murphy
Tied at 5 through three quarters, Emma Joyce, Boxford's Madeline Delaney, and Zorn put the Jumbos (20-1) up by three with 9:33 to go. Salisbury (16-5) got within 8-6 on the following possession, but despite a half-dozen shots and holding the majority of the possession, couldn't get within one until Lauren Hackett's goal with 12 seconds left.
The Sea Gulls won the ensuing draw, but time ran out and set up a Tufts meeting with Gettysburg (19-3) on Friday in Salem, Va.
The other semifinal will feature fellow NESCAC foes Colby (17-3) and Middlebury (19-1), the three-time defending national champions who had a 67-match winning streak broken in the conference tournament.
