Bucknell Edges Lehigh 12-11 to Open Patriot League Play

Bucknell University’s men’s lacrosse program recorded a one-goal victory over Lehigh, prevailing 12-11 in Patriot League play. The win came at Lehigh on Saturday and was described in team materials as a breakthrough in conference action that provided an important early-season confidence boost for the Bisons.

The Patriot League’s pregame notebook listed the Bucknell at Lehigh matchup at 11 a.m., and the BucknellBison event calendar and an Original Report both identify the game date as Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. The notebook’s schedule block showed the game as “Bucknell at Lehigh | 11 a.m. | Stats | Video,” while the BucknellBison article was posted Feb. 26, 2026 at 11:58 a.m. Both sources place the contest on the Saturday identified by Bucknell and the Original Report.

Conference context from the Patriot League notebook framed the result: Army West Point entered league play at 5-0 overall, Bucknell at 4-1 overall, and Lehigh at 2-2 overall in the standings snapshot that appeared in the 2/27/26 notebook. The notebook also listed other Patriot League matchups scheduled for the same weekend, including No. 19/20 Navy at Boston University at noon, Holy Cross at No. 8/11 Army West Point at noon, Loyola Maryland at Colgate at noon, and St. John’s at Lafayette at 4 p.m.

Bucknell’s official site names a roster of players in its related coverage; the BucknellBison page lists Sean Berrigan, Luke Brunner, Connor Davis, Cam Doolan, Peter Grandolfo, Ollie Hau, Zach Hepworth, Hans Huber, Sean Kerwick, Owen Kovacs, Caleb Lewis, Corbin Lukanski, Colin McLoy, Michael Meyer, Sean Murray, Anthony Panetti, Will Pickering, Luke Renaud, and Jaz Zanelli. The Bucknell page also carries related-news listings for Sean Murray, Jaz Zanelli, Patrick Mullen, and Colin McLoy and was published with a 2/26/2026 11:58:00 a.m. timestamp.

A scheduling discrepancy appears across sources: the Patriot League notebook carries a 2/27/2026 1:00:00 p.m. header and the line “Men’s lacrosse begins Patriot League play on Saturday,” but an internal schedule header on the same page shows “Saturday, February 26.” Bucknell’s site and the Original Report both identify Feb. 28 as the Saturday in question, while the notebook supplies the 11 a.m. kickoff time; that inconsistency remains flagged for verification against the official box score or league release.

No boxscore breakdown, goal-scorer list, goalie statistics, attendance figure, or postgame quotes were provided in the supplied accounts. The Patriot League schedule entry indicates “Stats | Video” links exist for the game; those entries and BucknellBison updates are the likely locations for the official box score and postgame material that will confirm scoring details and update league standings after Bucknell’s 12-11 Patriot League opening victory.