YORK, PA – The #6 Spartan men's lacrosse team saw their stellar 2025 campaign come to a close on Sunday night in York as the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons downed York 10-6 in the third round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Cortland goalie Travis Wagner was outstanding in the game as he turned the Spartans away time and time again during the game. The Red Dragons put together a game clinching three goal run at the end of the third quarter to secure the win.
The Red Dragons move on to the national quarterfinals against RIT with a mark of 18-2. The outstanding Spartan campaign comes to a close with a mark of 17-4.
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans could not have gotten off to a better start as a freshman Brady Watts won the open face off, raced to goal and finished off the first chance of the game, seven seconds into the match. The game would settle in and play would go back and forth until the Red Dragons tied the game on a Nick Stoecker goal with 3:16 left in the quarter. Sean Kavanagh gave the Red Dragons a 2-1 lead with a goal with just ten seconds left in the opening quarter.
• York had a bunch of great opportunities in the opening quarter but Cortland goalie Travis Wagner made seven first quarter saves to keep the Spartans at bay despite York squeezing off 13 shots.
• Cortland scored back-to-back goals in a 1:29 span in the second quarter to push out to a 4-1 lead. Ryan Scanlon and Kavanagh scored for the Red Dragons and they slowly wrestled control of the game away from the Spartans. York got back on the board at the 5:20 mark as Nate Schilling recorded the goal off a Coleton Mahorney assist. Cortland out-shot York 9-5 in the quarter including 4-1 in shots on goal.
• Schilling opened the third quarter scoring as Davis Fisher found Schilling from the X and the freshman one-timed the shot to cut York's deficit to 4-3, 54 seconds into the second half. Cortland responded just over three minutes later as Sam Rothman scooped up a loose ball off a Spartan turnover and drilled home the opportunity to give the Red Dragons a 5-3 lead.
• The Spartans had a two-man up power play but got just one shot off as they couldn't take advantage of the golden opportunity midway through the third quarter. Two possessions later, the Spartans got a turnover and a fast break that Gavin Gismondi finished off at the 7:00 mark to draw the Spartans back to within one at 5-4.
• York cashed in on a power play with 4:38 left in the third as Colby Berard notched a behind the back goal off a Gismondi pass, knotting the game at five. Cortland needed just 31 seconds to retake the lead as Wagner made a fantastic save that led to a fast break opportunity for the Red Dragons. Kole Stuver finished off the break, giving Cortland a 6-5 lead in the back-and-forth game. Cortland struck again with ten seconds left in the third quarter as Rothman notched another goal to push the lead back to two goals, 7-5. The Red Dragons then got a dagger goal with 1.3 seconds left in the quarter as Cortland won the face off and got a Joe DeLaney goal, pushing the lead to three heading to the fourth.
• With the clock ticking away in the fourth, the Red Dragons added an important goal from Ryan Scanlon with 8:56 left in the game. The Spartans finally halted the Cortland run with a Mahorney goal with 3:22 left in the game but the Spartans couldn't draw any closer as their 11-game win streak was halted by Cortland. The Red Dragons got an empty net goal with 39 seconds left to provide for the final 10-6 Red Dragon margin of victory.
 
By the Numbers
The Spartans out-shot the Red Dragons 34-27 while both teams had 18 shots on goal … York held a slight 35-30 advantage in ground balls … York was 1-for-4 in the extra man while Cortland was 0-for-2 … the Spartans committed 22 turnovers while Cortland had 21 miscues … Cortland had 13 caused turnovers while York had 12 … both teams won 10 face offs … the Red Dragons had a 12-8 margin in saves … York was 19-for-23 in the clear while Cortland was a near-perfect 24-for-25 … Nick Stoecker led the Red Dragons with five points on a goal and four assists while he also had two ground balls and a caused turnover … Sam Rothman and Ryan Scanlon each added two goals and an assist in the Cortland win … Sean Kavanagh chipped in with two goals … Joe DeLany had two caused turnovers and a goal … Tucker Macknik added two caused turnovers and two ground balls … Nicky Miltenberger went 10-for-16 at the X with four ground balls … goalie Travis Wagner finished the game with 12 saves in his 60 minutes between the pipes.
 
Spartan Notes
The meeting was the first between the two programs … York is now 15-9 all-time in the NCAA Tournament … the Spartans are now 10-4 all-time at Kinsley Field in the NCAA Tournament … York is 4-3 in the third round all-time in the NCAA Tournament … York falls to 11-2 at home … York is now 43-9 at Kinsley Field dating back to the start of the 2021 season … York was held to a season-low tying six goals in the game (vs. Franklin and Marshall on February 22) … York's three assists were a season-low … the Spartans' 22 turnovers tied a season-high (at Washington and Lee on February 14) … York's 18 shots on goal were a season low … freshman Nate Schilling led the way for the Spartans with two goals … Coleton Mahorney and Gavin Gismondi each had a goal and assist for two points … Colby Berard had York's other goal … Brady Watts was 10-for-18 at the X with nine ground balls while he also had the opening goal of the game … Connor Stewart had four caused turnovers and three ground balls in the game … goalie Nash Womack recorded eight saves and five ground balls for York.
 
Up Next
The loss closes out the careers of seniors Terence Harmon, AJ Apel, Zach Rutledge, Hayden Sock, Rhys McCarver, Hugo Spencer, Aaron Rubeling, and Trey Snodgrass along with grad students Jack Keller, Connor Stewart, Gavin Gismondi, and Kyle Ettenhofer. The Spartans have three MAC Commonwealth championships in the last four years and own a combined record of 62-21 overall and a 30-0 mark in regular season MAC Commonwealth play. The Spartans will return to the field in February 2026.