Women’s lacrosse earns SUNYAC championship title 

Women’s lacrosse earns SUNYAC championship title 

05/14/2024 

The top-seeded Cortland women's lacrosse team earned an automatic NCAA Division III tournament berth with a 14-7 victory versus second-seeded Geneseo on Saturday, May 4, at Cortland’s Grady Field in the championship game of the SUNYAC Tournament.

The Red Dragons, under third-year head coach Kelsey Van Alstyne, made their 26th NCAA tournament appearance. On Saturday, May 11, the Red Dragons defeated Westfield State, 13-9, in an opening-round game hosted by Tufts University. The Red Dragons lost to the nationally fourth-ranked hosts, 21-7, the following day, snapping their 13-game winning streak. Cortland finished the season with a 15-5 record and tied for 17th nationally.

Read more, including stats, on the SUNY Cortland athletics page


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