DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Feb. 17, 2025) – The No. 5/12 Mercy University men's lacrosse team plays at Georgian Court University on Tuesday, February 18th at 3 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 18th 3 p.m.
Records: Mercy (1-0), Georgian Court (0-1)
Location: Lakewood, N.J.
Last Meeting vs. Georgian Court
Mercy earned a 19-9 win over Georgian Court on February 27, 2024.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy entered the 2025 season ranked No. 5 nationally in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and No. 11 nationally in the USILA Poll. The Mavericks were picked first in the ECC Preseason after going 14-2 last season, winning their fifth straight ECC Championship and qualifying for their fifth straight NCAA Tournament. Mercy looks to make the ECC Tournament for the 10th straight season. Third-year Head Coach Ryan MacSpadyen and the Mavericks return three All-ECC performers from last year's team.
Leading the returners is junior Devon Duchnowski who has been named Preseason Second Team All-American by USA Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse. Duchnowski was named First Team All-ECC and USILA All-Region Honorable Mention last season after finishing with 23 goals, eight assists and 31 points. Also returning is sophomore Cameron Dorfman who was named ECC Goalkeeper and Rookie of the Year and First Team All-ECC after going 10-2 in goal with 132 saves, a .569 save percentage and 8.86 goals-against average. Dorfman was named Preseason All-American Honorable Mention by USA Lacrosse Magazine. Senior Owen Stephenson also returns after being named Second Team All-ECC in 2024. Stephenson had 16 caused turnovers and 41 ground balls.
Sophomore Christopher Bergersen returns after a strong freshman campaign in which he had 22 goals and 32 points. Senior Ryan Smith is back after recording 16 goals and 15 assists and junior AJ Barone is back after recording six goals and five assists. Also returning are seniors Ian Votta and Shane Roche, juniors Ryken Kutner, Connor Abrahall and Jack Agres and sophomores Colin Orsino, Dillon Osorio and Justin Ortiz.
Returning on defense is junior Danny Fitzgerald who had nine caused turnovers and 17 ground balls last season. Junior Michael Corbo returns after starting all 16 games last season with 27 ground balls and four caused turnovers and sophomore Jake Norton is back after posting 17 ground balls and four caused turnovers. Also returning are juniors Sean Higgins and Joe Sorok and sophomore Jason Kassis. Also, returning in goal is junior Peter Murphy who went 4-0 in goal last season with 41 saves in four starts.
Leading the returners in the faceoff x is junior Kenneth Summit who went 25-of-39 on faceoffs last year with seven ground balls. Senior Ryan Resnick also returns after going 15-of-26 on faceoffs with 16 ground balls.
MacSpadyen will also look to a strong freshman and transfer class to help lead the Mavericks back to the NCAA Tournament. Mercy will look to freshmen Charles Sorbello, Gavin Lamere, Jackson Redmond, Christopher De Giorgio, Kyle Freyer, Michael Mitrano, Benjamin Salamone, Carter Heuer, Ryan Strzalkowski, Nicholas Filocamo, Cole Hunsberger and Tomas Carr to make immediate contributions. Sorbello was a team captain and two-time Section Champion at West Genesee High School, Lamere was named All-County twice at Herricks High School, Freyer was tabbed Honorable Mention once at Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Mitrano was a three-time All-County honoree at Hilton High School, Strzalkowski was a four-year varsity player at Archbishop Stepinac, and Filocamo was named All-County three times at Island Trees High School.
Leading the transfers for the Mavericks is graduate student Jimmy Osorio who joins Mercy from Newberry College. Osorio was named Third Team All-SAC at Newberry and had 110 points. Aidan Babnik joins the Mavericks from Division I Long Island University.
The Mavericks opened their 2025 season with a 17-5 win over Franklin Pierce on Saturday. Mercy was led by graduate student Jimmy Osorio who had a game-high 10 points on five goals and five assists to go with five ground balls. Freshman Cole Hunsberger had a game-high-tying five goals in his collegiate debut and senior Ryan Smith had two goals and four assists. Sophomore Christopher Bergersen added two goals and two assists and graduate student Aidan Babnik had two goals. Sophomore Colin Orsino had a goal and junior Kenneth Summit went 13-of-19 on faceoffs with five ground balls and one assist. Senior Ryan Resnick went 7-of-7 on faceoffs with four ground balls and sophomore Jake Norton had a game-high seven ground balls and two caused turnovers. Sophomore Cameron Dorfman earned the win in goal after recording five saves in 40:57 minutes of action with three goals allowed. Junior Peter Murphy stopped five shots in 16:03 minutes of action with just two goals allowed.
Hunsberger was named ECC Rookie of the Week on Monday and Osorio, Smith, Norton and Summit were named to the Honor Roll.
Mercy looks to start 2-0 for the seventh straight season. The Mavericks are 9-0 all-time against Georgian Court. Mercy is currently ranked No. 5 nationally in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and No. 12 in the USILA Poll.
Scouting the Lions
Georgian Court is coming off a 19-6 loss to defending National Champion Adelphi in their season opener on Tuesday. The Lions were picked third in the CACC Preseason Poll after going 9-8 last season, qualifying for the CACC Tournament. Georgian Court was led by Joe Zerr who had a team-high three points on two goals and an assist against Adelphi. Harrison Jordan had two goals and Stephen Albanese and Neil Spira both had a goal. Albanese had a team-high seven ground balls and went 11-of-19 on faceoffs. Joe Murphy and Aidan Miranda both had a team-high two caused turnovers. Vincent Burkhart made 13 saves to take the loss on Tuesday.
Next Game
Mercy resumes action on Sunday, February 23rd when they host Bentley at 2 p.m.
