About that time of year for a preliminary list of committed players for next year.  I'll sort it according to this year's standings. As always, this list is fluid and incomplete. If there's anyone I haven't included that you know about please feel free to add.

RPI

Rotimi Esiso, 6'5" F, Clarkstown North HS NY

Union

Lino Sanchez, 6'1" G, Beaver Country Day School MA
Adrian Shepard Jr, 6'3" G, Tabor Academy MA (dual sport athlete: football)
Ryan Mutschler, 6'5" F, Hanover HS MA

Vassar

Chris Ferrare, 6'1" G, Montville HS NJ
Eshan Kulkarni, 5'11 PG, Hun School of Princeton NJ
Arthur Shevick, 6'2" G, Fox Lane HS NY

SLU

Reid Danforth, 6' G, Skaneateles HS NY
Sean Acunto, 6'1" G, Canterbury School CT/Nyack HS NY
Patrick Ricca, 6'1" G, St. Paul's School NH
Finn O'Neill, 6'5" G/F, Proctor Academy MA
Mitchell Masiello, 6'5" G/F, Nichols School NY

Interesting note: Sean Acunto is the son of Greg Acunto '98, a member of SLU basketball's Mount Rushmore (in my view, and many others).

Ithaca

Leonidas Vlogianitis, 6'2" G, transfer from Pace University
Sam Cano, 6'4" G/F, North Broward Prep FL
Callen Murphy, 6' G, Blair Academy NJ

Skidmore

Garrett Hall, 6'6" F, Alvirne HS NH
Luc Brongniart, 6'8" F, Masters School NY

Hobart

Tre Paulfrey, 6' PG, Nichols HS NY
Tucker Burnett, 6'1" G, Marcellus HS NY

Clarkson

Tyler Witazek, 6'1" G, Guilderland HS NY

RIT

Brendan McDonald, 6' G, Pomfret School CT
CJ Azor, 6'1" G, Northfield Mount Hermon MA
Jadon Green, 5'11" G, Apex Friendship HS NC

Bard

Charlie Juliana, 5'11" G, Hun School of Princeton NJ
Milo Shirakawa, 5'11" G, Rye HS NY

Cortland hosting Oneonta Friday and Saturday in best-of-three playoff semifinal, but New Paltz at Oswego semi series moves to Saturday/Sunday.
    New Paltz on Wednesday wins 4-2 road game at Western Connecticut where Hawks use five pitchers including one-inning starter Xavier Zykoff. Latter on national D3 Team of the Week for April 21 seven-inning 13-1 no-hit decisioning of Oneonta.

    Cortland returns to weekly D3 media Top 25 poll at No. 25. RDragons also ascend to 27 in ABCA coaches Top 30 weekly poll. Russell Sage (29-5) of Albany 28th in ABCA poll and among D3 mentions. St. John Fisher (25-9) also 'mention' on coaches' poll
    Sage leads Empire 8 at 18-1 ahead of 16-3 Brockport (20-17 overall) and 14-5 SJF.

Final SUNYAC: Cortland 15-1 (25-8-1), Oswego 14-4 (20-14), New Paltz 11-7 (23-13), Oneonta 7-9 (19-17), Fredonia 6-12 (7-26), Plattsburgh 5-13 (15-18), Canton 3-15 (11-22)

ABCA Top 10: 1. Denison OH 33-1, 25 No. 1 votes; 2. Lynchburg VA 34-4-1; 3. Wisc-Whitewater 31-3; 4. Salve Regina RI 29-4; 5. Rowan NJ 29-5; 6. Johns Hopkins MD 30-9; 7. Shenandoah VA 30-9; 8. Bridgewater VA 30-10; 9. Salisbury MD 27-9; 10. Baldwin Wallace OH 27-8
D3 Top 10: 1. Denison; 2. Lynchburg; 3. Wisc-Whitewater; 4. Salve Regina; 5. Rowan; 6. Shenandoah; 7. Salisbury; 8. Johns Hopkins; 9. Bridgewater; 10. Balwin Wallace

Leading 2-0 when the postponed game was resumed the WARHAWKS extended the lead to 5-0 before Eau Claire put 3 runs across in the third. Adding an extra run in the fourth the WARHAWKS went up 6-3 and that score stood to the final out.  Gravin Taschner started surrendering 1 hit and struck out a pair in a single inning of work.  Franklin Kirchner (4-0) picked up the win allowing 6H, 3R/ER with 5K over 5 innings.  Benjy Tucker earned a 3 inning save finishing the game allowing just a 1H, 1BB and getting 2K.  Evon Olson and Jackson Spring each had a pair of hits and Spring had 2RBI.  Aaron Holland, Danny Hopper, Landen Seymour and Dominik McVay each had an RBI. 

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Ah, that explains it. 

Can't wait for the bell to ring at Merner or Faganel when Dempsey and Tunney go head-to-head!

Just hope that the refs don't do a long count if Dempsey is dribbling for more than five seconds.

But you know so well how many freshmen PGs, not having been restrained by a shot clock in HS, have a strong tendency to dribble..dribble.., and dribble some more.

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Quote from: WUPHF on April 28, 2026, 06:42:45 PMMarian (WI) is cutting lacrosse. Interesting...

https://sabreathletics.com/news/2026/4/28/general-marian-university-announces-strategic-realignment-of-athletic-programs-to-strengthen-student-athlete-success.aspx

Wow...I went to their athletic website to see the rosters to determine how many players this impacted and they no longer have the links listed under "Sports". They've already removed the pages. That seems a bit harsh. Just my opinion.

I found a way to see the rosters. 18 on the mens team and 13 on womens team. That's just not enough to be competitive. Player safety would be my first concern.

Cal Lutheran just announced that it is cutting Women's lacrosse and cited the problem of maintaining a "robust roster."  It had 15 on the roster, 6 of whom are seniors.  They just added the fast growing sport of Girls Flag Football this year, which effectively replaces lacrosse.

QuoteFollowing a comprehensive review, the California Lutheran University Athletics Department announces that the women's lacrosse program will be discontinued, effective immediately. The seven-year-old program faced continued and severe challenges in maintaining a robust roster.

" While this was an incredibly difficult decision, it allows us to better focus on the strength and competitive success of our remaining 22 varsity programs," Howard N. Davis, Ed.D., associate vice president/athletic director, said.

Babson Still Needs a home game. Financial Guarantee is possible depending on the date.
jflannery2@babson.edu

Quick review of the out of conference schedules for 2026 based on 2025 records:

Mount 19-6 Wheaton/Grove City
Etta & Wilm 14-8  Westminster/MSJ, Wooster/Hanover
ONU 13-7 Adrian/Bluffton
Musk 11-10 MSJ/Franklin
Heidi 10-10 Maryville/Rose Hulman
BW 9-12 Bethany/Alma
Ott 7-13 Calvin/Manchesster
Cap 6-14 Waynesburg/Anderson

UMW is losing more coaches than players! Lost both assistant coaches: one to a local HS team as HC and one to Maryville as HC. Congrats to both Coach Lomax and Sansone. Quality gentlemen.

Maryville gets a good one in Coach Mark Sansone from UMW!

Webster University just lost a home game for 26-27. If interested email jordanolufson86@webster.edu