NEWTON, Mass. — Lydia Dexter scored five goals, and Carson Battaglia, Bridget Collins and Cailyn Wesley each added three as St Joseph’s topped Lasell 19-5 Tuesday in women’s lacrosse.

Dexter, who was named GNAC Player of the Week for the week ending March 27, also had a team-leading three assists for the Monks (9-0, 5-0 GNAC).

Morgan Wright (two saves) and Mackenzie Baston (one save) each played goalie for a half for the Monks, who led the Lasers (2-5, 2-3) 12-2 at halftime.

MEN’S LACROSSE

COLBY 15, ST. JOSEPH’S 6: Max Solmssen, Henry Popko and Jack Rickards each scored two goals as the Mules (3-3) beat the Monks (1-8) at Standish.

Rickards also had two assists and Matt Stein had a goal and three assists.

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Timothy Goodfellow had a goal and three assists for the Monks.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

COLGATE: Coach Matt Langel has agreed to a contract extension through 2030, the university announced.

Langel guided the Raiders to their third 20-win season and third Patriot League regular-season and tournament championships in four years. Colgate beat Navy for the Patriot League tournament title to earn a second consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. The Raiders were seeded 14th in the Midwest Region but lost 67-60 to Wisconsin in the first round to finish at 23-12.

ALBANY: Coach Dwayne Killings is away from the program while the school investigates a report of a physical confrontation with a player early in the season.

A release from the university said its Office of Employee Relations was made aware of the allegation in February. School officials declined to comment further because the investigation is not complete.

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Killings, a former assistant at Marquette, continued coaching through the season finale in early March, a loss to Hartford in the America East Conference tournament. The alleged confrontation occurred in November.

Albany went 13-18 in Killings’ first season. He was given a five-year contract when he was hired a year ago to succeed Will Brown, who coached the Great Danes for two decades and led them to five NCAA tournament appearances. Brown left after the 2020-21 season, the team’s third straight losing campaign.

IOWA: All-American Keegan Murray has announced he will declare for the NBA draft.

Murray tweeted that he would leave the Hawkeyes after a sophomore season in which he was the Big Ten scoring leader, a consensus All-American and unanimous pick to The Associated Press All-Big Ten team.

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