HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Carter Smith (So., Southlake, Texas) scored six times in regulation to keep Big Ten Division Champion/No. 9-ranked Indiana University level with Rocky Mountain Division runner-up the University of Colorado in regulation before Maximilian Borisovskly (Sr., Berlin, Germany) scored twice in overtime to cap off his own six-pack of markers as the Hoosiers overcame the Buffaloes by a 16-14 score in overtime on the second night of the 2026 Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship at the Huntsville Aquatics Center.
Courtesy the win and the co-Player of the Game performances by Smith and Borisovskly, Indiana advances to the 16-team tournament’s Fifth Place game at 10:15 a.m. Central on Sunday, November 8, versus Atlantic Division Champion/No. 19 the University of Virginia. Colorado will take on host/Southeast Division Champion/No. 20 the University of Alabama at 9:00 a.m. on November 8 in the Seventh Place game.
Colorado – which made the championship field due to Rocky Mountain Division Champion the University of Utah electing not to make the trip to Alabama – is guaranteed to add another Top 10 finish to its legacy following prior Second (1997), Fifth (2016), Sixth (2023, 2025), Seventh (2001, 2014, 2021), Eighth (2010, 2023), Ninth (2015, 2024), 11th (2017) and 12th (2008) place marks at the event.
Indiana is also guaranteed to add to its history at the event as the Hoosiers are making their second appearance at the championship after claiming the 2013 Big Ten crown and placing 11th at the University of California-San Diego.
For Indiana, Meyer Chemerinski (So., Los Angeles, Calif.) tacked on a trio of goals to accompany a solo score by James Struhs (Jr., San Diego, Calif.). Aiden Reedy (Jr., Elmhurst, Ill.) stopped five shots to earn the win in cage.
Across the tank, Chase Weddell (Fr., Temecula, Calif.) and Cole Lawrence (Fr., San Ramon, Calif.) provided hat-tricks with three goals each for the Buffaloes. Chase King (Jr., Danville, Calif.), Tyler Patay (Jr., San Diego, Calif.) and Matteo Petty (Sr., Orinda, Calif.) deposited pairs to go along with single goals by Nathan Chase (Fr., Dallas, Texas) and Ron Zamir (Jr., Palo Alto, Calif.). Goalkeeper JP Duran (Fr., Prosper, Texas) made 12 saves.
The game was a back-and-forth affair for the entirety of its 34 minutes of competition.
Colorado appeared primed to run away with the game in the early going as Zamir (6:07), Lawrence (5:12) and Patay (4:52, man-up) provided Rocky Mountain squad with a 3-0 lead less slightly over two minutes into regulation. Borisovskly (4:38, man-up; 2:23) and Smith (1:45, penalty shot) erased the Hoosiers’ deficit before Petty (40 seconds, penalty shot) and King (three seconds) put Colorado back into the lead at 5-3 with a pair of goal in the final 40 seconds of the first quarter.
The tables turned in the second quarter thanks to Smith who netted natural (6:24), man-up (5:47) and penalty shot (2:32) goals to stake the Hoosiers to a 6-5 halftime lead.
Chemerinski (5:56, man-up) expanded the lead to 7-6 before Weddell (5:35) snapped Indiana’s four-score string to inch Colorado back to within a goal at 7-6. Smith (5:04) and Struhs (2:29) pushed the margin to 9-6 prior to Petty (2:10) and Borisovskly (30 seconds) capping off the third quarter as Colorado entered the fourth quarter with a 10-7 lead.
King (6:31, man-up) made it 10-8 to start the final frame of regulation prior to Borisovskly (5:58, man-up) responded to rebuild the lead to three at 11-8. Weddell (5:16, 4:09) and Patay (4:43) erased the deficit over the net two minutes before Lawrence cashed in a man-up chance at 3;45 to give Colorado its first lead since a 3-2 margin with 2:23 left in the first quarter.
Chemerinski (1:03) rebalanced the scoreboard with 1:03 remaining in regulation, Chase put Colorado back in front with 49 seconds showing on the clock and Smith connected on his sixth goal with 27 seconds left to knot the game at 13-all and bring on overtime.
Following a scoreless three-minute OT period, Colorado broke through via a man-up score by Lawrence at 2:27 in the second OT frame. It marked the last goal of the day for the Buffaloes as Borisovskly (1:21; 26 seconds) and Chemerinski (1:01) ticked off a trio of tallies as Indiana rallied back to earn a shot at Fifth Place on November 8.
Indiana University’s Meyer Chemerinski (#6) & University of Colorado’s Matteo Petty (#10)
Indiana University’s Meyer Chemerinski (#6)
