The Leopards swept the Colonial League to win the conference championship.
In their eighth year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 8–2–1 record.
[3] Unranked in the preseason poll, Lafayette soon climbed the ranks during a five-game winning streak, reaching as high as No.
Non-conference losses in the middle of the year led to the team dropping out of the top 20, and it finished the season unranked.
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.