2023 Leading Edge in College: April 3 Recap

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Stopping CJ Kirst is proving to be one of the most difficult tasks in college lacrosse.

The Leading Edge 2020 product by way of Delbarton was back at it again for red-hot Cornell. Kirst fired home five goals and dished out a helper to push the Big Red past Dartmouth, 22-11. It was Kirst’s third straight game with at least five goals. He’s scored multiple goals in every game this year and has hat tricks in all but one.

Kirst also provided three ground balls for Cornell, which has won three straight and is averaging 20 goals per game in Ivy League play. His 39 goals are tops among all players in the country.

Notre Dame 20, Syracuse 12

’17 Brian Tevlin (Seton Hall Prep) vacuumed up six ground balls and scored a goal, as did ’18 Griffin Westlin (Seton Hall Prep), to help the Irish run away from the Orange with a 9-1 fourth quarter.

Penn State 17, Ohio State 9

’21 Kevin Parnham (Pingry) helped the Nittany Lions put on a defensive clinic with four ground balls and a caused turnover as Penn State snapped a two-game losing skid.

Utah 18, Air Force 11
Utah 18, Jacksonville 15
Air Force 12, Cleveland State 9

The Utes’ offense was humming, and ’21 Colby Plotts (Sparta) got in on the fun with a goal to go along with two caused turnovers and a ground ball against the Falcons. He followed it up with four ground balls and two caused turnovers in the win over the ranked Dolphins.

’19 Gavin Peene (Ridgewood) tossed out an assist for Air Force against Utah before firing home a goal against the Vikings.

Brown 13, Villanova 11
Princeton 16, Brown 12

’21 LSM Gibson Linnehan (Princeton Day) tossed home a goal and caused a turnover as the Bears knocked off top-10 Villanova. ’22 goalie Harry Laferriere (Avon Old Farms) saw time in relief against Princeton and caused a turnover.

’18 goalie Will Vitton (Summit) denied eight shots sent his way against the Bears. ’20 Reid Colwell (Westfield) caused a turnover and collected a ground ball.

Lehigh 15, Lafayette 9

’20 Aidan Decker (Chatham) buried a goal as the Mountain Hawks downed their rivals.

Providence 16, Marquette 14

’21 SSDM Will Ferraro (Seton Hall Prep) hammered home a goal to counter a pair of tallies from Marquette’s ’20 Luke Blanc (Seton Hall Prep).

Army 12, Bucknell 7

’22 Jaz Zanelli (Seton Hall Prep) blocked 14 shots salvoed his way and added a ground ball and a caused turnover for the Bison.

Johns Hopkins 16, Rutgers 12

’20 Jack Aimone (Hunterdon Central) and ’22 Andrew Macheca (Culver, Ind.) each had a ground ball for the Scarlet Knights.

Loyola 15, Holy Cross 8

’21 SSDM Cal McPherson (Pingry) picked up a pair of ground balls and caused a turnover for the Crusaders.

Penn 17, Yale 16

’22 defenseman Konrad Miklaszewski (Montclair) snatched up a ground ball for the Bulldogs.

Vermont 13, Merrimack 8

’21 Andrew Williams (St. Peter’s Prep) doled out an assist for the Warriors.

Hofstra 12, Monmouth 6

’19 Matt Karsian (Ramapo) tallied twice for the Hawks.

Saint Joseph’s 14, Richmond 12

’20 Jack Fabean (Manasquan) picked up two ground balls for the Spiders.

Detroit Mercy 14, Robert Morris 8

’21 Brendan Cina (Sparta) caused a turnover for the Colonials.

Division II

Rollins 12, Tampa 6

’19 Canyon Birch (Manasquan) had a ground ball for the Spartans.

Division III

Gettysburg 18, McDaniel 8
Gettysburg 14, Haverford 8
Ursinus 13, McDaniel 7

’21 Jack Dunleavy (Seton Hall Prep) went off for Gettysburg, burning McDaniel for two goals and an assist, as well as a caused turnover. Dunleavy then added a goal and a helper to help the Bullets find their fourth straight win.

’19 Tyler Neal (Delaware Valley) supplied three assists to go with two goals for the Bears. He’s recorded at least four points in every game this season.

Amherst 17, Western New England 9
Amherst 13, Bowdoin 12

’19 Thomas Ehret (Lawrenceville) tallied twice, to go along with two ground balls and a caused turnover, against WNEC. He tacked on one ground ball in the win over Bowdoin.

Williams 18, Bates 6

’22 Will Doran (Princeton) and ’22 Cade Schuckman (Mountain Lakes) both tallied once to fuel Williams’ rout.

Washington & Lee 23, Bridgewater 6

’22 James Haley (Westfield) racked up his second multi-goal game of the year with a pair of goals as W&L cruised.

Dickinson 14, Franklin & Marshall 8
Swarthmore 13, Franklin & Marshall 6

’22 Cullen Decker (Chatham) scooped up a ground ball against Dickinson and scored a goal against the Garnet.