DENVER – The University of Denver men's lacrosse program had nine former players in action in week three of the 2025-26 National Lacrosse League season.
Recent Pioneer graduate
Noah Manning recorded his first professional hat trick on Saturday night in Calgary's one-goal loss to Toronto.
Tyler Pace had six assists to complement Manning in the Roughnecks loss.
Josh Dawick had six points to lead Toronto to the comeback win. Dawick had five of his six points in the fourth quarter, including the primary assist on the game-winner with 2:06 to go in regulation.
Mark Matthews added a goal and three helpers, including an assist on Dawick's fourth-quarter goal to cap a 4-0 Rock run to make it a 10-8 game with 9:17 to play.
2024 NLL Rookie of the Year
Alex Simmons recorded his 200
th NLL point as part of a three goal and one assist night on Saturday.
NLL Week 3 Recap
Saturday, December 13
Calgary (Pace, Manning) 10, Toronto (Dawick, Matthews, Ierlan) 11
Pace: 6A, 2LB
Manning: 3G, 5LB
Dawick: 3G-3A-6P, 3LB
Matthews: 1G-3A-4P, 5LB
Halifax (Bomberry) 9, Buffalo 8
Bomberry: 3LB
Oshawa (Simmons, Walker) 5, Georgia (Connell, Miller) 9
Simmons: 3G-1A-4P, 7LB
Walker: 7LB
Connell: 1G, 2LB
Sunday, December 14
Rochester 15 vs. San Diego (Berg, Baptiste, Logan) 7
Berg: 1G-1A-2P, 6LB
Baptiste: 24-26, 14LB
Logan: 1LB, 2CT
NLL Week 4 Schedule (All Games on ESPN+)
Friday, December 19
Vancouver vs. Oshawa (Simmons, Walker) – 5:30 p.m. MT
Saturday, December 20
Georgia (Connell, Miller) vs. Saskatchewan – 6 p.m. MT
#ProPios by 2025-26 NLL Teams
Calgary
Noah Manning
Tyler Pace
Georgia
Richie Connell
Zach Miller
Halifax
Brendan Bomberry
Oshawa
Alex Simmons
Ethan Walker
San Diego
Wes Berg
Trevor Baptiste
Danny Logan
Toronto
Josh Dawick
Mark Matthews
TD Ierlan
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