HAMILTON – The 2025-26 schedule vault continues with eight spring sports unveiling their competition slates, including golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rowing, softball, and men's and women's tennis.
Men's Golf | Schedule
Colgate competes in five spring tournaments before the Patriot League championship in late April. The Raiders kick off the spring campaign in Savannah, Ga., for the Savannah Invite Feb. 21-22. Staying down south, Colgate will be in the Florida State Invitational from March 15-17 in Tallahassee, before heading to Urbana, Md., for the Battle at Rum Pointe March 27-28. Colgate's final tune-up before the championship is April 6-7 when the Raiders compete in the Villanova Spring Invite. This year's Patriot League championship will be hosted by Army West Point April 24-26.
Men's Lacrosse | Schedule
For the third season in a row, the men's lacrosse program is slated to start its 2026 campaign on Feb. 1 at Panzer Stadium against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Continuing on the road, the team will face Virginia on Feb. 8. The team will debut on Andy Kerr Stadium Feb. 14, hosting Hobart. In quick fashion, Colgate will travel to Cambridge, Mass., to face Harvard Feb. on 17.
Colgate will face Loyola on Feb. 28 to kick off its first Patriot League matchup, followed by back-to-back away matches against Holy Cross and Bucknell. In the Raiders' second home game of the season, Colgate will face Boston U. on March 21. Colgate will face Navy in Annapolis, Md. followed by a two-game homestand against Lafayette and Lehigh. The Raiders will conclude their non-conference schedule against Syracuse in the Dome on April 18, followed by their final Patriot League conference showing at Army on March 24.
Women's Lacrosse | Schedule
Colgate is set to host eight games at Andy Kerr Stadium in its 2026 season including three non-conference matchups and five Patriot League contests. The Raiders begin the 2026 season on Feb. 7 on the road against St. Bonaventure before their home opener against Niagara on Feb. 14. The following weekend Colgate welcomes Binghamton to Hamilton before heading to Johns Hopkins and Penn State.
Patriot League play begins on the road against American on March 14 followed by Lafayette coming to Andy Kerr Stadium on March 21. After a trip to Lewisburg, Pa. for a matchup with Bucknell, the Raiders return for a two-game homestand against Holy Cross (March 28) and Lehigh (April 4). Colgate closes out the regular season with trips to Loyola (April 11) and Boston U. (April 15) and then returning home to take on Navy (April 18) and Army (April 22). The Patriot League Tournament will begin on April 26 and the championship is set for May 2.
Men's Rowing | Schedule
Colgate Men's Rowing will compete in six road races this upcoming spring. Its season opener will take place up the road in Liverpool, N.Y., facing Syracuse. The team will compete in the Knecht Cup (May 11-12) and Kerr Cup (May 18).
Entering the back half of the season, the team will row in the Metropolitan Championships on May 25, followed by its showing at the Dad Vail Regatta on May 8-9. The program will compete in its final race in Sacramento, Calif., at the IRA National Championships the weekend of May 29-31.
Women's Rowing | Schedule
The women's rowing program will compete in eight races this upcoming spring season. They will have four straight races facing High Point, Marist, and UNC in Greensboro, N.C., followed by Cornell and George Washington in Ithaca, N.Y. They will also compete in the Knecht Cup and N.Y. State Championships.
The team's only home race will take place on May 5 against Lehigh in Rome, N.Y. Colgate will close out its regular season at the Patriot League Championships on May 15 in Camden, N.J.
A month later, the Raiders will travel across the pond to England to race in the Reading Amateur Regatta (June 13-14) and Henley Women's Regatta (June 19-21) to conclude their 2025-26 season.
Softball | Schedule
Colgate's 2026 season will include four trips down south before Patriot League play begins in March. The Raiders open the campaign Feb. 6-8 in Jacksonville, Fla., with games at Jacksonville and Northern Florida. The following weekend, Colgate is back down in Texas for games at Tarleton State Feb. 13-15, before visiting Southern Florida (USF) Feb. 20-22 and then returning to Madeira Beach Feb. 27-March 1.
Following games at Maryland Eastern Shore (Feb. 17) and Drexel (Feb. 18), Colgate opens Patriot League play in Bethlehem, Pa., for a three-game set at Lehigh Feb. 21-22. Non-conference matchups include road tilts at Binghamton (April 1), Cornell (April 8), Syracuse (April 15), and Le Moyne (April 29). Colgate also hosts UAlbany at Eaton Street on April 21. The Raiders roll through conference play with home series against Army (April 4-5), Boston University (April 11-12), and Bucknell (May 2-3) before the Patriot League tournament May 6-10.
Men's Tennis | Schedule
The Raiders open up with a three-match road trip against Duquesne (Jan. 30), St. Francis (Jan. 31), and Siena (Feb. 14) before returning home to take Niagara (Feb. 15). After two more road contests against Wagner (Feb. 20) and Villanova (Feb. 21), Colgate will host Mercyhurst and Le Moyne to start March.
Conference action will begin on March 13-14 against Holy Cross and Boston University before Colgate turns its attention to the west coast with a spring break trip to San Diego, Calif. The Raiders return to take on Lafayette and Lehigh in Pennsylvania on March 28-29 before closing out the regular season on the road against Loyola and Navy on April 11-12.
Women's Tennis | Schedule
The women's tennis team is slated to face 18 opponents, 13 of them on the road. The team will open its season in Pennsylvania against Duquesne (Jan. 30) and St. Francis (Jan. 31). Through the month of February, Colgate will have three home and away matches. The Raiders will host Boston U., Niagara, and Army and travel to face Siena, Wagner, and Villanova. Following the Army match on Feb. 28, Colgate will host two more home matches against Mercyhurst on March 1 and Le Moyne on March 6.
Colgate's final eight matches are all on the road. The team will face Patriot League opponent Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. After this competition, the team will fly out to San Diego, Calif., to square off with Point Loma Nazarene (March 16) and Dartmouth (March 18).
The tennis team will spend the remainder of March into April in Pennsylvania, facing the remainder of the Patriot League foes, Lafayette (March 28), Lehigh (March 29), and Bucknell (April 4). The Raiders will conclude their regular season at Navy on April 12, as the conference quarterfinals are set to take place on Friday, April 17.
