BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The first round of the 2026 Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Championship featured a pair of overtime upsets as No. 6 Lehigh knocked off No. 3 Boston University, 16-15, while defending champion and No. 5 Colgate clipped No. 4 Bucknell, 6-5, as both teams advanced to the semifinal round on Friday, May 1, at Army West Point’s Michie Stadium.
Lehigh sophomore attack Luke Breslin scored his fifth goal of the game off a pass from junior goalkeeper Kasey Heath with 52 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Mountain Hawks back to the semifinal for the first time since 2023. Junior midfielder Luke Winkler found the back of the net five times, Patriot League Rookie of the Year Finn Morgan totaled five points on two goals and three assists, and Heath finished with 14 saves.
Six different Raiders scored a goal, including first-year midfielder Emmet Crotty in overtime. Sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Lehrman finished with 16 saves to lead the defending champions back to the semifinals for the second consecutive year. Senior attack Hunter Drouin and sophomore attack Casey Quinson paced Colgate with two points each as the Raiders and Bison played the lowest-scoring game in Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Championship history.
The six-seeded Mountain Hawks will travel to West Point to battle the top-seeded Black Knights on Friday, May 2, at 4 p.m. The fifth-seeded Raiders will meet No. 2 Loyola Maryland in the second semifinal matchup, with a faceoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Both semifinal-round games will air on CBS Sports Network.
The 2026 Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Championship Game is scheduled for Sunday, May 3, at noon on CBS Sports Network. Dave Ryan and Evan Washburn are on the call for the semifinals and championship game, while Paige Messier will handle sideline duties for the title game.
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2026 Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Championship Schedule
First Round - Tuesday, April 28 | Hosted by higher seed
No. 6 Lehigh 16 at No. 3 Boston University 15 (OT) | Box Score
No. 5 Colgate 6 at No. 4 Bucknell 5 (OT)| Box Score
Semifinal Round - Friday, May 1| Hosted by U.S. Military Academy
No. 6 Lehigh at No. 1 Army West Point | 4 p.m. | Stats | CBS Sports Network
No. 5 Colgate vs. No. 2 Loyola Maryland | 7:30 p.m. | Stats | CBS Sports Network
Championship Game - Sunday, May 3 | Hosted by U.S. Military Academy
Winner of Semifinal 1 vs. Winner of Semifinal 2 | 12 p.m. | CBS Sports Network
NO. 6 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (8-7) 16 AT NO. 3 BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (8-6) 15 (OT)
Nickerson Field/Boston, Mass. | 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON, Mass. – Sophomore attack Luke Breslin scored his game-high fifth goal off a full-field pass from junior goalkeeper Kasey Heath to lift No. 6 Lehigh to a 16-15 overtime victory over No. 3 Boston University at Nickerson Field and to the semifinals of the Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Championship.
*In the back-and-forth contest, the Mountain Hawks grabbed a 15-14 lead late in the fourth quarter, before Boston University sophomore midfielder Andrew Pape tied the game at 15-15 with 52 seconds remaining to force the extra period.
*Lehigh junior midfielder Luke Winkler poured in five goals, while Patriot League Rookie of the Year Finn Morgan added five points on two goals and three assists.
*Junior midfielder Jack Archer, sophomore attack Colin French, senior attack Andrew Kelly and senior faceoff specialist Johnny Kidd each added one goal for the Mountain Hawks.
*Boston University freshman attack Peyton Forte finished with five points on four goals and one assist, while sophomore attack Timothy Shannehan dished out a game-high five assists.
*Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Year Madden Murphy went 22-for-33 at the ‘X’ with nine ground balls and graduate student goalkeeper Michael Allieri finished with 13 saves.
*Terriers’ senior attack Jimmy Kohr added a hat trick, while junior attack Tyler Fox and Pape each scored two goals.
RECAPS: BOSTON UNIVERSITY | LEHIGH
NO. 5 COLGATE RAIDERS (6-8) 6 AT NO. 4 BUCKNELL BISON (8-7) 5 (OT)
Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium/Lewisburg, Pa. | 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – First-year midfielder Emmet Crotty scored his first goal of the game off a pass from senior attack Ryan Favaro in overtime to help defending Patriot League champion Colgate avenge its regular-season loss to Bucknell, 6-5, and advance to the semifinal round of the 2026 Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Championship.
*Colgate senior midfielder Hunter Drouin and sophomore attack Casey Quinson each registered two points on one goal and one assist.
*Junior midfielder Quinn Spillett, junior defender Nick Lancaster, sophomore attack Freddy Fowler and Crotty each added a goal for the Raiders.
*Sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Lehrman finished with 16 saves and a .762 save percentage, while junior Kyle Rummel and sophomore Fischer Burke combined to go 9-for-14 at the ‘X’.
*The Raiders finished with the advantage in caused turnovers (15-10) and ground balls (41-33).
*Bucknell sophomore midfielder Luke Brennan and junior midfielder Sean Berrigan each scored two goals, while senior attack Owen Kovacs tallied the Bison’s fifth goal.
*Senior goalkeeper Jaz Zanelli finished with 11 saves, while Zach Hepworth and Colin McLoy combined to win five faceoffs for Bucknell.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | COLGATE
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