DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Mar. 24, 2022) – The No. 5 Mercy College men's lacrosse team plays at Molloy College in their ECC opener on Saturday, March 26th at 12 p.m.

Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Saturday, March 26th 12 p.m.
Records: No. 5 Mercy (5-1, 0-0 ECC), Molloy (3-6, 1-0 ECC)
Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y.

Scouting the Mavericks

·        Mercy is coming off a 10-8 win over #19 Seton Hill on Sunday. The Mavericks were led by graduate student Dominic Scorcia who had a game-high four points and by senior Tommy Umano who had a game-high 14 saves.

·        On Monday, Umano was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time.

·        Last week, senior Jack Kipnes was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week and Scorcia was named to the Honor Roll. Kipnes was also tabbed to the USILA Division II Team of the Week.

·        On March 7th, sophomore Tyler Pjatak and junior PJ 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. 5 in the USILA Coaches Poll and No. 3 in the Nike/US Lacrosse Magazine Poll.

·        Mercy is 37-5 in their last 42 games dating back to the start of the 2019 season. The Mavericks are 13-2 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 11-1 all-time against Molloy. Mercy has won the last 11 meetings after dropping the first meeting in 2010.

·        Head Coach Jordan Levine is just one win shy of 100 for his career. He currently holds a 99-38 record in 10 seasons as head coach.

·        Scorcia has been named ECC Offensive Player of the Week once and has a team-high 24 points on a team-high 17 goals with seven 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 22 points on 11 goals and a team-high 11 assists. He recorded his 100th career point as a Maverick in the win over Seton Hill.

·        Graduate student Matt Eccles is third on the team with 16 points on nine goals and seven assists. Senior Jack Gibbons has been named to the ECC Honor Roll once this season and has nine goals and an assist. Sophomore Andrew Calabria is fourth on the team with 12 point on eight goals and four 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 16 ground balls. Gerdvil is third on the team with seven caused turnovers and is second with 18 ground balls. Senior Sean Rigley was named ECC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 and has six caused turnovers and seven 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.

·        Argiros has been named to the ECC Honor Roll twice and leads the team with 37 ground balls and is 61-for-96 (.635) on faceoffs this season.

·        Senior Tommy Umano is a two-time ECC Defensive Player of the Week and is 5-1 in goal with 63 saves, a .594 save percentage and 7.80 goals-against average in 330:52 minutes of action. The senior recorded his 200th career save in the win over Seton Hill on Sunday.

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

Scouting the Lions

·        Molloy is coming off a 12-5 loss at Chestnut Hill on Tuesday.

·        The Lions were picked fourth in the ECC Preseason Coaches' Poll after going 3-9 last season.

·        Molloy is led by senior Nick Del Giorno who has a team-high 23 points on a team-high 15 goals with eight assists. Junior Ryan Downing has 20 points on 14 goals and six assists and sophomore Chris Delaney has 18 points on 10 goals and eight assists.

·        One-time ECC Rookie of the Week freshman Bryan Diliberto has a team-high nine assists with five goals.

·        Defensively, Molloy is led by junior Edward McCann IV who has a team-high 14 caused turnovers.

·        Senior Sean Daly has a team-high 25 ground balls and is 32-for-100 on faceoffs.

·        Two-time ECC Rookie of the Week freshman Christian Michael is 3-6 in goal with 127 saves, a .570 save percentage and 12.50 goals-against average in nine starts.

Next Game
Mercy resumes action on Saturday, April 2nd when they host Mercyhurst at 12 p.m.