No. 17 men's lacrosse prepares for NCAA Championship appearance on May 9

The Hamilton College Continentals travel to Babson Park, Mass., to take on the St. Lawrence University Saints in a 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship second round game at Babson College's MacDowell Field on Saturday, May 9 at 3 p.m.

Hamilton and St. Lawrence haven't played each other since 2011 when the Continentals were still playing lacrosse in the Liberty League. Babson (16-2 overall) hosts Massachusetts Maritime Academy (16-2) in the other second round contest at noon. Massachusetts Maritime defeated Husson University 28-17 in the first round on May 6.

Here's a glance at Saturday's matchup with a spot in the third round on Mother's Day on the line.

Records

Hamilton: 9-7 overall (5-5 in NESCAC, tie for sixth place)

SLU: 11-6 overall (5-2 in Liberty League, tie for second place)

Rankings

Hamilton: No. 17 in May 4 U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III Top 20 poll and No. 15 in May 3 NCAA Power Index

SLU: No. 16 in May 4 U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III Top 20 poll and No. 20 in May 3 NCAA Power Index

How They Got Here

Hamilton: NCAA at-large selection; first round bye

SLU: NCAA at-large selection; first round bye

NCAA History

Hamilton: Second appearance, 1-1 record in NCAA Championship (2003)

SLU: 16

th appearance, 9-15 record in NCAA Championship (2016 semifinalist)

Head Coaches

Hamilton:

Scott Barnard, 20

th season at Hamilton, 122-149 record

SLU: Mike Mahoney, 29

th season at St. Lawrence, 317-136 record

Team Stats

Hamilton: 11.31 goals/game; 38.75 shots/game; 33.00 ground balls/game; 16.56 turnovers/game; 8.38 caused turnovers/game; .505 faceoff pct.; 64.0 PK pct.; 25.6 man-up scoring pct.

SLU: 12.18 goals/game; 36.82 shots/game; 33.76 ground balls/game; 18.82 turnovers/game; 9.24 caused turnovers/game; .511 faceoff pct.; 60.4 PK pct.; 46.2 man-up scoring pct.

Individual Stat Leaders

Hamilton:

Carson Kraus '28 (M, 5-10, 180), 44G-11A-55P;

Thomas Healy '26 (A, 6-2, 200), 26G-14A-40P;

Finn Vaccaro '29 (A, 5-9, 175), 13G-18A-31P;

Riley Chai-Onn '27 (D, 6-3, 215), 32 GB, 30 CT;

Andrew Higgins '28 (FO, 6-2, 195), 155-of-296 FO wins, 74 GB

SLU: Daniel Mahoney (Jr., A, 6-2, 210), 44G-28A-72P; Jamie Rosenzweig (So., A, 5-8, 150), 12G-36A-48P; Patrick Murray (So., A, 6-4, 205), 29G-3A-32P; Drew Knight (So., D/LSM, 6-0, 195), 125 GB, 35 CT; William Abplanalp (Fy., FO, 6-4, 225), 165-of-326 FO wins, 45 GB

The Goalies

Hamilton:

Jack Williams '28 (6-0, 189), 16 starts, 11.58 GAA, .539 save pct., 8-7 record

SLU: Heath Mann (Jr., 5-9, 173), 7 starts, 10.53 GAA, .565 save pct., 5-3 record

Notes

Hamilton: Continentals have a 7-3 record away from home…Made the NESCAC semifinals for the second time in the last three years…

Carson Kraus '28 (1

st team) and

Riley Chai-Onn '27 (2

nd team) made the all-conference team…Kraus' 44 goals are the most by a Hamilton player since the Continentals joined the NESCAC for lacrosse in 2012…Kraus has scored seven goals three times in the last six games…

Thomas Healy '26 is second on the team's all-time list with 125 career goals and fifth with 174 points…Healy scored the game-winning goal with 15 seconds left in a 10-9 victory at Wesleyan University in the conference quarterfinals on April 25…

Frank Coyle '26 reached the 100-point milestone in the NESCAC semifinals at Bowdoin College on May 2.

SLU: Lost 11-9 against Rochester Institute of Technology in the Liberty League tournament semifinals…Drew Knight was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year…Daniel Mahoney and midfielder Dan Anderson joined Knight on the all-league first team…Mahoney surpassed 100 career points and 100 career goals earlier this spring…The Saints have a 3-4 record against ranked teams…Heath Mann recorded a career-high 19 saves in the postseason loss against RIT…St. Lawrence is in the NCAA championship for the fourth time in the last five years…The Saints advanced to the third round in 2025.