Men's Lacrosse | 4/29/2026 11:10:00 PM

Saturday's meeting for the PAC Championship will be hosted by Grove City and is scheduled to begin at 7 pm The PAC Sports Network will have the free-to-view broadcast of the championship game.

The winner of the PAC Championship Tournament will earn the league's automatic-qualifying bid to the Division III Championship. The field for this year's Division III Championship will be announced Sunday, May 3rd, with first round games scheduled for Wednesday, May 6th, while second and third round games will be played May 9-10.

PAC Semifinal 1 - Grove City, Pa.
No. 1 Grove City 18, No. 4 Westminster 0
- Grove City delivered a dominant performance on both ends of the field in an 18-0 victory over Westminster at Robert E. Thorn Field.
- The Wolverines set the tone early, scoring twice in the first quarter before erupting for seven goals in the second to take a 9-0 halftime lead.
- Grove City continued to build its advantage in the second half, adding five goals in the third quarter and four more in the fourth to complete the shutout.
- A balanced offensive attack powered the Wolverines, led by senior Mac Faircloth (Greensboro, N.C./Page) with three goals and four assists, while senior Stewart McClain (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) also added three goals.
- Senior Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) (2 goals, 1 assist), junior Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy), and senior Sam Stevenson (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) each recorded two goals, with multiple players contributing to the scoring effort.
- Junior Tyson Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) chipped in on offense with three assists, as Grove City finished with 14 helpers on 18 goals.
- Defensively, Grove City controlled possession throughout, starting at the faceoff X. Senior Colton Lehberg (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Santa Fe Christian) and sophomore Evan Gill (Irwin, Pa./Norwin) went a combined 20-for-22 in faceoffs and both had seven ground balls to lead the team.
- Grove City controlled play throughout, holding advantages in shots (47-24) and ground balls (50-16) while limiting Westminster to 15 shots on goal.
- Senior goalie Tyler Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) anchored the shutout with 15 saves in the complete-game effort, four coming in the fourth quarter to preserve the shutout.
- Westminster goalkeeper Jorden Tate (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley) made 13 saves in the loss for the Titans, who finish the season with a 12-7 record.

PAC Semifinal 2 - Pittsburgh, Pa.
No. 2 Chatham 16, No. 3 Saint Vincent 6
- Chatham used a fast start to take control early and defeat Saint Vincent, 16-6.
- The Cougars opened the game with five first-quarter goals and carried that momentum into the second, building a 9-1 halftime lead.
- Chatham continued to pull away in the third quarter, outscoring Saint Vincent 5-2 to extend the advantage to double digits.
- A balanced offensive effort powered the Cougars, led by senior Thomas Whitaker (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Military Academy) with four goals, while graduate student Erik Sahlgren (Tysons Corner, Va./Marshall) added three goals and junior Devin Traister (Maineville, Ohio/Little Miami), sophomore Adam Rinker (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Palotti), and senior Luke Iovino (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) each scored twice.
- Additional scoring came from senior Jacob Lubawy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) with one goal and two assists and junior Brady Rigdon (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson) and senior Cody Rosati (Middletown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) with one goal each.
- The Cougars had a 34-21 advantage in ground balls, led by junior Jesse Corser-James (Fort Collins, Col./The Hill School-Pa.) with eight, senior Cody Randal (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) with seven and junior Jack Neal (Minneapolis, Minn./South) with six.
- Randal helped Chatham control possession by winning 17 of 24 in faceoffs.
- In net for the Cougars, senior James Cipollone (Forest Hill, MD Calvert Hall College) turned away 12 SVC shots, scooped four ground balls and caused two turnovers. 
- Saint Vincent was led offensively by senior Jonathan Nagy (York, Pa./Central York) with two goals, while junior Owen Rogers (Bealeton, Va./Liberty), sophomore Luca Blevins (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan), junior Ryan Rosenberger (Purcelville, Va./Woodgrove), and sophomore Calvin Rose (Savannah, Ga./Benedictine Military School) each added a goal.

PAC Championship Game Notes
- The regular season meeting between the teams was won by Grove City 18-7 at Chatham back on March 28.
- Faircloth and freshman Mason Lyons had four goals apiece for Grove City in the win, while Whitaker had three scores for the Cougars.
- Grove City's shutout Wednesday was not only the first in program history, but also the first in the seven-year history of the PAC Tournament.
- It continues a string of dominance by the Grove City defense, which has not allowed a PAC team to score double figures since a 23-10 Wolverine win over Allegheny in the PAC semifinals on May 3, 2023.
- Chatham does have Whitaker pacing its potent offense, as his 81 goals this season is a Chatham and PAC single-season record, surpassing the previous mark of 76 set by Franciscan's Joseph James in 2024.
- In last year's PAC Championship game between these teams, 12 different Wolverines scored in a 22-7 Grove City victory that gave the program its sixth straight PAC crown.
- McClain, the PAC Tournament's Most Outstanding Player last year, netted a team-high five goals in the win. Chatham was led by Lubawy logged three goals for the Cougars.