DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Mar. 17, 2022) – The No. 6 Mercy College men's lacrosse team plays at No. 19 Seton Hill University on Sunday, March 20th at 12 p.m.

Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Sunday, March 20th 12 p.m.
Records: No. 6 Mercy (4-1), No. 19 Seton Hill (4-3)
Location: Greensburg, Pa.

Scouting the Mavericks

·        Mercy is coming off a 15-9 win at No. 17 Bentley on Saturday. The Mavericks were led by senior Tommy Umano who made a game-high 13 saves and by graduate student Dominic Scorcia who had a team-high five points. Senior Jack Kipnes had a game-high three caused turnovers with six ground balls.

·        On Monday, Kipnes was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week and Scorcia was named to the Honor Roll. On Tuesday, Kipnes was tabbed to the USILA Division II Team of the Week.

·        Last week, sophomore Tyler Pjatak and Argiros were named to the ECC Honor Roll.

·        Pjatak was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week and Scorcia and senior Brady Kearnan were tabbed to the Honor Roll on February 28th. Kearnan was also named to the USILA Division II Team of the Week after having a team-high 11 points.

·        Mercy was picked to finish 1st in the ECC Preseason Poll and Kearnan was named Co-Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and junior Justin Gerdvil was tabbed Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. The Mavericks went 9-1 during the 2021 season, winning their second straight ECC Championship and earning their second straight NCAA Tournament berth.

·        Mercy is currently ranked No. 6 in the USILA Coaches Poll and No. 5 in the Nike/US Lacrosse Magazine Poll.

·        Mercy is 36-5 in their last 41 games dating back to the start of the 2019 season. The Mavericks are 12-2 on the road during that stretch.

·        Mercy has had nine straight winning seasons and have made the ECC Tournament in each of the last six seasons the tournament was held.

·        The Mavericks are 2-6 all-time against Seton Hill and have never won at Seton Hill. The Griffins won the last meeting between the two schools on April 24, 2021 by a score of 12-5.

·        Head Coach Jordan Levine is just two wins shy of 100 for his career. He currently holds a 98-38 record in 10 seasons as head coach.

·        Scorcia has been named ECC Offensive Player of the Week once and has a team-high 20 points on a team-high 14 goals with six assists. The graduate student became the third Maverick in program history to record 200 career points against Le Moyne on March 5th. Kearnan is second on the team with 19 points on nine goals and a team-high 10 assists. He is two points shy of 100 as a Maverick.

·        Graduate student Matt Eccles is third on the team with 13 points on eight goals and five assists. Senior Jack Gibbons has been named to the ECC Honor Roll once this season and has eight goals and an assist. Sophomore Andrew Calabria is fourth on the team with six goals and three assists.

·        Sophomore Brody Caskenette and junior Robert Guglielmo both have seven points on the year. Caskenette has five goals and two assists and Guglielmo has two goals and five assists.

·        The defense is led by Pjatak who has a team-high 10 caused turnovers with 13 ground balls. Gerdvil is third on the team with five caused turnovers and is second with 14 ground balls. Senior Sean Rigley was named ECC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 and has four caused turnovers and six ground balls. Kipnes was named ECC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year prior to the 2020 season and is second on the team with eight caused turnovers.

·        Junior PJ Argiros has been named to the ECC Honor Roll twice and leads the team with 37 ground balls and is 60-for-93 on faceoffs this season.

·        Senior Tommy Umano is a one-time ECC Defensive Player of the Week and is 4-1 in goal with 49 saves, a .583 save percentage and 7.75 goals-against average in 270:52 minutes of action.

·        Kearnan, Rigley, Gerdvil, Gibbons, Kipnes and Scorcia all earned Preseason All-American honors from Inside Lacrosse prior to this season.

Scouting the Griffins

·        Seton Hill is coming off a 10-9 win over No. 20 Mount Olive on Monday.

·        The Griffins were picked second in the G-MAC Preseason Coaches' Poll after going 11-3 last season. Seton Hill advanced to the G-MAC final and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

·        Seton Hill is ranked No. 19 nationally in the latest USILA Poll.

·        The Griffins are led by Thomas Hanulak and McGarity Harper who both have a team-high 24 points on 14 goals and 10 assists. Layne Harich has 13 goals and six assists and Andy Davis has 10 goals and three assists.

·        Zack Estabrooks has eight goals and three assists and Peyton Gensler has eight goals and two assists.

·        Holden Charboneau and Jack VanSlooten both have a team-high five caused turnovers and Logan Gray is 90-for-122 on faceoffs.

·        Josh Miller is 4-2 in goal with 60 saves, a .541 save percentage and 9.42 goals-against average.

Next Game
Mercy resumes action on Saturday, March 26th when they play at Molloy at 12 p.m.