Score: UAlbany 9, NJIT 8
 
Location: Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium in Newark, N.J.
   
Records: UAlbany (9-5, 6-0 America East) | NJIT (5-9, 2-4 America East)
  
Short Story: The University at Albany men's lacrosse team completed the regular season with a 9-8 win over NJIT on Saturday night. The win moved the Great Danes to a perfect 6-0 in America East play with the 2026 tournament on the horizon next week.
 
Key Stat Lines  

• Ryan Doherty led the team with four goals.
• Daniel Kesselring finished with a team-high three assists.
• Dillon Mehta recorded his first career goal with the long pole.
• Six additional Great Danes finished with at least one point.
• Max Neeson finished the night with three ground balls and three caused turnovers.
• CJ Schwarz went 12-16 at the X.
• Brady Smith made seven saves in net.

 
How it Happened:  

• The Great Danes got on the board first with back-to-back goals midway through the first. Brendon Barnard scored the first, Ryan Doherty scored the second.
• NJIT responded with two of their own off the sticks of Blake Piscitiello and Will Corry to tie it up.
• The Highlanders took the lead with their third-straight goal with 2:01 remaining in the first, courtesy of Wyatt Viste.
• Jackson Palumb tied it up for the Great Danes early in the second, but another two goals from the Highlanders minutes later shot them into a two-goal lead at 5-3.
• Doherty scored his second of the night at the 8:37 mark.
• NJIT answered with another goal from Piscitiello to push the lead back to two.
• Doherty completed his first half hat trick with 3:21 remaining in the first half, cutting the deficit to one goal at 6-5.
• Ben Wimmer tied the game at 6-6 three minutes into the third quarter.
• NJIT's Dylan Sebastian put the Highlanders back into the lead five minutes later.
• Koleton Marquis tied the game at 7-7 with 6 minutes remaining in the third.
• Carson Bowley put NJIT back in front with the first goal of the fourth quarter.
• Back-to-back goals from the Great Danes late in the fourth propelled them to a 9-8 advantage. Dillon Mehta scored with the long pole with 5:57 on the clock, the first of his career. Doherty followed two minutes later on a feed from Daniel Kesselring to put UAlbany ahead. The goal would be the final of the game to give UAlbany the win.

 
Next: The Great Danes now look ahead to the 2026 America East Men's Lacrosse Championship. UAlbany is set to host the tournament as the league's No. 1 overall seed. Semifinal action from Casey Stadium is set for 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, with the Great Danes playing at 7:00 against No. 4 UMBC.
 
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