SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – With a new season set to begin this weekend at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, the Skidmore College men's lacrosse team enter 2025 receiving votes in the annual United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) preseason poll and with an opportunity to compete for a spot into the Liberty League postseason for the first time since 2011.

A REWIND OF 2024
The Thoroughbreds saw a terrific start to the 2024 season, with the program going unbeaten through the first eight games of the year and be ranked No. 20 on the USILA national poll. During Liberty League action, the program won in an overtime thriller at Clarkson, 13-12, for the lone conference win in a brutal slate of games that included four top-10 nationally ranked opponents.

THE SCHEDULE AHEAD
Receiving Skidmore kicks off the season with consecutive road games, with the season opener tomorrow at Wentworth, followed by a matchup at SUNY Oneonta on February 26. The home opener sees the Thoroughbreds host Trinity (Conn.) at Wachenheim Field on March 4.  

Liberty League action is set to kick off against No. 11 St. Lawrence in a neutral-site matchup at the Dexter Southfield School in Brookline, MA on March 22. Immediately following is the conference home opener against Clarkson on March 29.
The program will also host Vassar on April 12 for the annual Stable Game, before rounding out the regular season with additional home games against No. 17 Union on April 16 and Ithaca on April 26.

STAR RETURNERS
The program welcomes back preseason All-Americans Brian Gonsalves (39g, 27a, 66 pts in 2024) and David Koffler (14g, 5a, 19 pts) to highlight a veteran cast that includes senior Nicolo Mazzocca (22g, 3a, 25 pts) and junior Caleb Lawson (18g, 3a, 21 pts), both of whom finished top-five on the team in points in the previous season.

At goal sees the return of senior Collin Kuester, who spent the previous season with Dartmouth. The senior previously served as the Thoroughbreds starting goalie during the 2023 season, where he recorded 207 saves with a .569 saves percentage.

T-BRED NEWCOMERS
Skidmore welcomes the addition of 12 talented first-years alongisde a junior transfer to the program.

PROGRAM HISTORY
Under the guidance of head Coach Joe Martin, the program has seen rapid growth in the past two seasons, with the team going a combined 19-13 record and a near playoff berth in the 2023 season after earning three conference victories. Overall through six seasons, the Thoroughbreds have posted a 32-40 record.

FROM HEAD COACH JOE MARTIN
"We have made great progress since arriving on campus in September. Playing a different style than years past naturally led to expected growing pains in the Fall and improving our fitness level, but the group has embraced it and the coaching staff loves what we are seeing on the field.

"It is exciting to enter the season with such a veteran group and I have been incredibly impressed by our leaders, they have done a terrific job of getting this group ready to compete."