GRANVILLE, Ohio (May 6, 2024) – After capturing its eighth consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Championship on Sunday, the Denison University men's lacrosse team learned it is headed to Rochester, New York, for the opening weekend of the Division III Tournament.

Denison (14-5 overall) will meet No. 10 nationally-ranked Babson College (15-3) in a second-round contest on Friday, May 10, at 3 p.m. on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

During the regular season, Denison's third season under the leadership of Head Coach Eric Koch, the Big Red went a perfect 8-0 in the NCAC and won their 22nd NCAC regular-season championship in program history. Denison then captured the NCAC Tournament Championship with a 15-11 victory over Kenyon College in the title game.

Denison will be competing in the national tournament for the 28th time in program history and for the eighth season in a row. This will also be Denison's 49th NCAA Tournament game since the program's first appearance in 1982. The Big Red have won seven consecutive NCAA Tournament second round games and have advanced to the national quarterfinals four times (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019) over the last decade.

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Babson is making its third NCAA Tournament appearance over the last four seasons and the fourth overall in program history after cruising past Springfield College 19-8 in Saturday's NEWMAC final. The Beavers defeated Williams for the program's first NCAA Tournament win in the second round of last year's NCAA Tournament before falling to RIT in the third round.

Next Friday's other second-round contest features No. 2 RIT (17-2) taking on Hope College (14-3) at 12 p.m. The Tigers, who won national championships in 2021 and 2022, are making their 14th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 25th in program history. This is the Flying Dutchmen's fourth NCAA Tournament appearance and second in a row. RIT received an at-large berth after finishing runner-up in the Liberty League Tournament after losing to fifth-ranked RPI, 15-14, in the title game on Sunday. Hope defeated Albion College, 17-13, in Saturday's MIAA title game.

The winner of Friday's second-round contests will meet in the third round at Tiger Stadium on Saturday at 3 p.m.
 
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