ADRIAN, Mich. -- The Adrian College men's lacrosse team's 2025 season came to an unfortunate end on Tuesday evening, dropping the MIAA semifinal contest at home to No. 3 seed Albion College, 12-11.
The No. 2 seed Bulldogs hosted the MIAA Conference semifinal for the first time since 2015, after earning that privilege as result of a prominent 11-6 record and 5-1 conference record during the regular season. Tuesday's contest would serve as the determining factor to who would host the MIAA Championship on May 2, as No. 1 seed Hope College fell to No. 5 seed Trine earlier in the day.
The visiting Britons got off to a hot start on Tuesday, scoring three and holding the Bulldogs scoreless in the opening frame. During the second quarter, the Bulldogs answered back, out-scoring the Britons, 4-2, to bring the margin to 5-4 at half time.
Michael Jonas,
Derek Hassel,
Alec Winegar, and
Brandon Hoerauf provided the second frame tallies.
As play continued in quarter three, the Bulldogs continued their press in hopes of gaining their first lead of the game. Although Adrian was not able to take a lead in the third quarter, they did out-score the Britons again, tallying five to their four in the third stanza. Jonas, Hassel, Hoerauf, and two from
Austin Selvage brought things even at 9-9 heading into the final quarter of play.
With each team's season on the line in the final fifteen minutes, the Bulldogs were the ones to take their first lead of the game as Selvage buried his third of the night to make it 10-9 Adrian. Although it was the Britons who responded with three-straight markers to go up 12-10 with just over five minutes remaining.
A late push from Adrian resulted in a hat-trick goal from Hassel in the dying seconds but it was too late as the Britons fended off the Bulldogs to hold on for their 12-11 victory, advancing to host the MIAA Championship on Friday.
Cameron Reed was a force on the backend, as usual, causing four turnovers in the game for Adrian. With that, Reed climbs his way into the top-ten all-time for career caused turnovers in NCAA Division III men's lacrosse. Over his four-year tenure, Reed forced 182 turnovers.
The Adrian College men's lacrosse team closes their 2025 season with an 11-7 record and a 5-2 record against MIAA opponents. A celestial season which earned two Players of the Year, six All-Conference recipients, and several records broken will go down in the program's history books as one to remember.
