SELINSGROVE, PA - Susquehanna University Athletics finished the 2025-26 year in 173rd place in the final Learfield Directors' Cup standings for NCAA Division III. The River Hawks totaled 98.00 points for the year between 73 points in the fall and 25 points in the winter, winning Landmark Conference championships in football, men's basketball and men's indoor track & field. 

The River Hawks' 73 points from the fall capped an extraordinary campaign where the River Hawks celebrated multiple teams advancing to the Landmark Conference Tournament in the likes of women's soccer, field hockey, and volleyball. Susquehanna football completed another perfect Landmark Conference record, their third year in a row, while men's cross country crowned their first Landmark individual champion since 2011 in Derick Blair. The River Hawks women's soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the Landmark Conference playoffs after a thrilling penalty-kick win over Elizabethtown. Field hockey kept their mark on the Landmark Conference, advancing to their third straight title game. Volleyball won a thrilling five-set match in their opening round playoff game to advance to eventual Landmark champion Juniata. Men's soccer built out a strong season that head coach Jim Findlay believes can make a push towards the Landmark Tournament. The River Hawks wrapped up their cross country seasons with a fourth-place finish in the Landmark Championships for the men, with the women finishing in fifth place. Susquehanna football continued their run of success with an 11-3 record, reaching the NCAA Quarterfinals following three playoff victories. 

Susquehanna's thrilling end to the 2025 fall seasons saw football claim their third Landmark Conference banner in as many years, remaining unbeaten in Landmark play at 18-0 since the league began sponsoring football in 2023. The team led a competitive schedule, with nationally ranked teams such as Johns Hopkins and Christopher Newport being slated as opponents. Susquehanna football earned the automatic qualifier to advance to the NCAA Division III Playoffs, where the team kept their national pedigree strong with a dominant 38-32 first-round win over Washington and Jefferson in the first round. They advanced to the second round at Christopher Newport, avenging a regular-season defeat to the eventual NJAC championship with a 42-28 dismantling of the Captains. Facing Eastern in the Third Round, the River Hawks left nothing to chance, shutting out the Eagles, 29-0, to advance to their second straight Elite Eight appearance. 

Men's and women's soccer had much to be proud about after wrapping up their 2025 campaigns. Men's soccer developed many young players, especially in the likes of Finn Kramer. Kramer, a first-year goalkeeper, to four important wins, as well as three crucial ties. Kramer and the River Hawks defeated Juniata College on 10/14/25, marking the first time that men's soccer defeated a conference opponent this season. Women's soccer put on a dazzling performance all season, as the team was projected to finish seventh in the Conference, where in reality, the team finished in fourth. Susquehanna women's soccer shocked the Blue Jays of Elizabethtown College with an opening round penalty kick win at Elizabethtown. The team next went to Scranton, the eventual champion, and held the dynamic Royals to a mere one goal. 

Men's and women's cross country proved to be a dominant force in the Landmark Conference, with the men finishing in fourth place and the women finishing in fifth place. The men's runners had much to be proud of as Derick Blair won the Landmark individual championship with a new program record time of 24:28.85. He went on to finished 20th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship. Women's cross country also made a name for themselves, as the team finished in 18th place in the regional race. Sophia Bostwick turned in one of the strongest regional showings of her career, placing 42nd overall in the 6k championship race.

Field hockey kept their dominant stretch going through Conference play, losing only to eventual Landmark Champion Scranton in the regular season. Susquehanna earned yet another first round bye, their third in a row. The team welcomed Elizabethtown College to Sassafras Field, where the River Hawks led a thrilling come from behind victory in the fourth quarter of play to advance to their third straight Landmark Conference Championship game. Many field hockey athletes led breakout seasons, especially senior midfielder Emma Campitelli. Campitelli led the River Hawks in goals and game winners, landing on the first team All-Landmark honors list.

Women's volleyball rounded out the fall sports with an opening round five set win over Moravian University. Under the supervision of first-year head coach, Johnny Powell, SU advanced to the Landmark Conference playoffs in hopes of avenging their early exit last season. Powell's team led an incredibly competitive schedule, playing a slew of nationally-ranked opponents to open the season. The River Hawks righted the ship, winning crucial games to clinch the four seed in the playoffs, where they hosted Moravian University. The Greyhounds valiantly fought the River Hawks, but in the end, SU prevailed punching their ticket to the semifinals to face off against eventual champion Juniata College.

Both the men's and women's basketball teams reached extraordinary heights this winter. The women posted their best season wins total since 1991-92 with a 21-5 mark and earning the second seed for the Landmark Tournament, their highest-ever finish in the Landmark after capturing a 14-4 league record. Julia Roth and Julia Pinckert earned First Team All-Landmark honors, while Carly George was named to the Second Team. Roth went on to achieve D3hoops.com All-Region V Second Team honors. The men's path to the Landmark championship was more arduous. In late January the team was outside the Landmark Tournament picture and needed a strong showing through their last six games to get back in. They went on to win four of their last six games, highlighted by a thrilling overtime win against first-place Catholic. This was enough to earn the sixth and final seed for the tournament, needing to win three on the road for the ultimate prize. They upset Scranton 85-78 in the opening round game, then visited Drew for the third straight year in the Landmark Semifinals, defeating the Rangers 93-87. This sent them to their fourth Landmark Championship game appearance in six seasons, defeating Wilkes, 76-72, to capture their third-ever Landmark title. 

On the same day as the men's basketball championship, the men's indoor track & field team clinched their fifth consecutive Landmark Conference championship just moments before their men's basketball counterparts took the court against Wilkes. They won six events at the Landmark championships, while boasting six Second Team finishers and two Honorable Mentions. Calder El Bachir Diakite was named the Landmark's Men's Track Performer of the Year after winning the 60-meter hurdles and the 200 meters, while setting a new conference and championship meet record in the 60H with a time of 8.10. This time earned him a spot at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala. On the women's side they made it a Susquehanna sweep in the pole vault as first-year Kendall Simms stunned the establishment by clearing the winning height of 3.61 meters, joining men's pole vaulter Seth Taub at the top of podium after he cleared 4.05m on his first try. Simms, who constantly rewrote the school pole vault record all winter, used her last opportunity to do it again at the AARTFC Championships, going 3.82m and finishing in the top 25 in NCAA Division III. 

The men's and women's swimming and diving teams finished their first season under new head coach John Funk. They flourished at the Landmark Championship in February as the men and women both finished fourth, continuing a run of placing in the top half of the Landmark standings. The River Hawks earned one medalist at the four-day championships, with women's diver Valerie Stoltz took bronze in the one-meter diving (11 dives) with 297.90 points, which is now the third-highest total in team history. On that same topic the women had three more entries into the program's top ten record books, with Stoltz having the fourth-highest one-meter diving total in the six-dive category at 186.00. First-year Tessa Cronin made two entries of her own in SU's top ten, holding the seventh-fastest time in the 50-yard freestyle at 24.88 and the tenth-fastest in the 100-yard freestyle at 54.88. For the men they had seven new entries to the program's top ten: Kaden TenEyck third in the 100 backstroke (52.68), eighth in the 50 freestyle (21.51) and ninth in the 100 freestyle (47.53); Dan Venuti fourth in the 100 butterfly (52.11), fifth in the 200 individual medley (1:57.54), and sixth in the 200 backstroke (1:57.28); Tim Wetmore seventh in the 400 individual medley (4:19.65). 

Four of the River Hawks' head-to-head spring sports reached the Landmark Tournament as men's and women's lacrosse won their first-round tournament games to reach the league semifinals, both against Scranton. The men held a 5-4 Landmark record (9-10) overall, avenging Moravian in the opening round of the tournament 13-12 after falling to the Greyhounds earlier in the season 10-8. The women hosted their first-round game against Drew, defeating the Rangers 12-7 and finishing with a 6-3 Landmark record and 10-9 overall. Susquehanna's softball team reached the tournament for the 17th straight season with an 8-8 Landmark record and 14-25 mark. Baseball put together a great April stretch to earn the two seed for the Landmark Tournament with a 16-8 league record and 26-16 overall mark. They won their opening tournament game against Drew 12-5. Women's lacrosse totaled five All-Landmark selections, including Abby DiComes as Rookie of the Year, while Aerin O'Brien and Abby Andrus each received IWLCA Second Team All-Boardwalk Region. Baseball was awarded eight All-Landmark choices and three All-Region choices as head coach Denny Bowers received Landmark Coaching Staff of the Year. Softball and men's lacrosse each earned four student-athletes for All-Landmark. 

Men's and women's outdoor track and field put together great spring seasons that saw the men finish second at the Landmark Championships and the women fifth. The men totaled six individual titles via Derick Blair in the 10,000 meters, Mason Winslow in the 400-meter dash and 400-meter hurdles, Owen Nugent in the 200 meters, Carter Smink in the 110-meter hurdles, and the 4x100 team of Nugent, Nate Frankenfield, Austin Hurrell and Calder El Bachir Diakite. The women earned two individual champions by way of Kendall Simms in the pole vault and Sophia Bostwick in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. In the world of golf the women's team earned their highest-ever Landmark finish, taking second place and all five earning All-Landmark finishes, while the men's golf team took eighth. The women's tennis team finished with a 2-7 Landmark record and 5-10 overall mark, while the men's tennis program held a 3-6 Landmark ledger and 8-7 overall record and Logan Rauschenberger earning All-Landmark for the second straight year.