Men's Lacrosse Draws Penn State in NCAA Tournament
HAMILTON — The NCAA announced its 18-team field for the 2025 Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship Sunday evening. The field includes 10 automatic qualifiers and eight at-large bids chosen by the selection committee.
Colgate (10-7, 4-4 Patriot League) will head to No. 5 seed Penn State (10-4, 3-2 B1G) to take on the Nittany Lions in the first round on Saturday, May 10, at 5 p.m.
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The Raiders clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 17-10 win over Boston University in the Patriot League title game Sunday afternoon. Colgate won the conference and returns to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2015.
The Raiders have played PSU the last two years during the regular season. Colgate fell 14-9 to Penn State in its season opener on Feb. 1. The Raiders shocked the then No. 4 ranked Nittany Lions 13-12 to open the 2024 campaign after Liam Connor scored his first career goal with four seconds remaining.
Colgate will meet Penn State for the 26th time overall on Saturday. The Raiders hold a 10-15 record all-time against PSU.
The winner of Saturday's contest will play the winner of Notre Dame vs. Ohio State the following weekend in Annapolis, Md.
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