{"id":10178,"date":"2026-04-06T13:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/?p=10178"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:41:30","slug":"mens-club-lacrosse-rolls-all-the-way-to-5-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/2026\/04\/06\/mens-club-lacrosse-rolls-all-the-way-to-5-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Mens\u00a0Club Lacrosse\u00a0Rolls\u00a0all the way to 5-0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;Cortland&nbsp;mens&nbsp;lacrosse club has been&nbsp;on a roll&nbsp;to start&nbsp;the 2026&nbsp;spring season. The team is&nbsp;pushing to make this season&nbsp;a perfect season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club is currently 5-0 and is looking to continue their success throughout the season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noah Rojas, the&nbsp;team&#8217;s&nbsp;president has been impressed with how the team is performing so far in this season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe team\u2019s been doing&nbsp;really well&nbsp;overall. Everyone&nbsp;has been putting in the work to make this our best season yet\u201d Rojas said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team had a very impressive first win of the season. They beat the number one team in the NCLL&nbsp;Division one,&nbsp;the Binghamton&nbsp;Bearcats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Binghamton was the only team&nbsp;who&nbsp;handed Cortland&nbsp;a&nbsp;loss last fall&nbsp;season.&nbsp;Going into this spring&nbsp;season,&nbsp;they were the number one team in the Division.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club lacrosse team had a lot to play in their first game of the year.&nbsp;To start the season off strong, to play for the same success they&nbsp;reached&nbsp;the previous year and to get their&nbsp;pay back on a team who bested them in the&nbsp;previous&nbsp;season. The Binghamton Bearcats&nbsp;are the ones&nbsp;who stood in their way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 6, Cortland traveled to Binghamton to take on the Bearcats. The game was intense,&nbsp;close, and came down to the wire. At the end of&nbsp;regulation, the score was tied 10-10, and they headed into overtime.&nbsp;The game ended when midfielder Joey Brodbeck scored the game winning goal to push Cortland to 1-0.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After putting up four goals in the game against Binghamton, Jayden Mandarano won NCLL player of the week and&nbsp;claimed&nbsp;his spot as the top goal scorer for the club so far.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI owe it to all my teammates and coaches for putting me into a position to succeed.\u201d Mandarano said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a 1-0 start the club had little time to rest&nbsp;before their next two games, which was only two days after March 8.&nbsp;A double header against&nbsp;Niagara and SUNY Oswego.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lack of rest and recovery did not affect the club in doing what they needed to get done. They took care of Niagara 7-3, and Oswego 8-6. They moved on to start their season 3-0.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Macaluso serves as the&nbsp;clubs&nbsp;coach during game day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo far the team has been off to a hot start,\u201d Macaluso said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club had time to rest after their 3-0&nbsp;start,&nbsp;their next two games took place on March 28 in Long Island. The&nbsp;two teams they faced were Quinnipiac and Stony Brook.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They&nbsp;made the long drive to continue their winning streak down to Long Island.&nbsp;&nbsp;Their first game&nbsp;of the weekend&nbsp;was against Quinnipiac and won with a final score of 6-5. Their second game of the weekend was against Stony Brook where they won 6-3.&nbsp;Moving to 5-0 to start their season.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are four remaining games left for the lacrosse club this spring. An away game at&nbsp;Maryland on April 11&nbsp;and&nbsp;a home game against St. Bonaventure on April 18. To&nbsp;finish&nbsp;the&nbsp;season,&nbsp;they will host&nbsp;a double header against Cornell and Union&nbsp;both played on April 19<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Cortland&nbsp;mens&nbsp;lacrosse club has been&nbsp;on a roll&nbsp;to start&nbsp;the 2026&nbsp;spring season. The team is&nbsp;pushing to make this season&nbsp;a perfect season.&nbsp; The club is currently 5-0 and is looking to continue their success throughout the season.&nbsp; Noah Rojas, the&nbsp;team&#8217;s&nbsp;president has been impressed with how the team is performing so far in this season.&nbsp; \u201cThe team\u2019s been doing&nbsp;really well&nbsp;overall. 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