HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Drew University men's lacrosse team set numerous team and Landmark Conference records while graduate student Tommy Larmore scored his 100th career point as the Rangers closed the regular season with a 23-11 victory at Juniata College in a Landmark Conference tilt Saturday afternoon.
 
With the win, the Rangers (10-6, 6-3 LC) closed the regular season on a four-game winning streak and clinched the No. 3 seed in the Landmark Conference Championship tournament. Drew will now host a postseason game for the first time since 2012 when it takes on Susquehanna on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the first round.
 
Senior Mike DeMayo posted three goals, three ground balls, and a career-high six assists and in the process, broke the school record for career assists. His final helper of the day eclipsed the former mark of 104 set by Matt Cooper from 1988-91. DeMayo and Cooper are the only two players in team history to reach 100 assists.
 
Sophomore Jake Rainero added another huge day at the faceoff X, finishing 31-for-35 while smashing the school record for ground balls in a game with 31 – 10 more than the former mark of 21 set by Craig Middleton versus King's College on April 4, 2005. In addition, Rainero broke Landmark Conference single-season records for both faceoff victories (290) and ground balls (200) in a season, surpassing marks set by Elizabethtown's Jacob Griffin in 2023.
 
Larmore finished with three man-up goals and one assist, and he reached his milestone with his second goal of the day.
 
Junior Riley Zeer added four goals and one assist for Drew while freshman Nick Carabetta posted two goals and two assists. Freshmen Joseph Carabetta and Vincent Rubio tossed in two goals each, and sophomore Joe Barnish made four saves while playing the opening 24 minutes.
 
DeMayo added six ground balls as Drew picked up 60 GBs on the day.
 
Vincent Bechler posted three goals and five assists for Juniata.
 
The Eagles (3-14, 0-9 LC) led 1-0 and trailed just 4-3 with 4:23 remaining in the first quarter before the Rangers erupted for 20 goals over the final 47 minutes. Zeer scored the final goal of the opening quarter and the first goal of the second period, kicking off a 9-0 run. Juniata scored the final goal of the half but the Rangers led 13-4 heading into the intermission.
 
The Rangers continued to pile it on in the second half, when they outscored Juniata 4-3 in the third quarter and 6-4 in the final period.
 
Drew's 23 goals are tied for the fourth-highest total in team history and the most since a 23-8 victory over Rosemont on Feb. 26, 2022.
 
The Rangers' matchup versus Susquehanna on Tuesday will mark Drew's second consecutive appearance in the Landmark Conference Championship, marking the team's first back-to-back appearance in a conference tournament since reaching the Middle Atlantic Conference or Landmark Conference postseason six years in a row from 2005-10. It will also mark Drew's first home postseason game since a 15-9 win over Scranton in the 2012 Landmark Conference semifinals.