DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Feb. 26, 2025) – The No. 15 Mercy University men's lacrosse team hosts defending National Champion No. 1 Adelphi University on Saturday, March 1st at 2 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Saturday, March 1st 2 p.m.
Records: #15 Mercy (2-1), #1 Adelphi (2-0)
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Adelphi
Mercy dropped a 13-12 decision to Adelphi on March 2, 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.
Mercy is coming off an 11-5 loss to No. 14 Bentley on Sunday. The Mavericks have been led by senior Ryan Smith who has 15 points on eight goals and a team-high seven assists. Graduate student Jimmy Osorio has a team-high 11 goals to go along with a team-high 16 points with seven ground balls. Freshman Cole Hunsberger is third on the team with 11 points by way of seven goals and four assists. Sophomore Christopher Bergersen has three goals and three assists and graduate student Aidan Babnik has four goals. Sophomore Jake Norton has 12 ground balls and three caused turnovers and freshman Gavin Lamere has a team-high seven caused turnovers with 11 ground balls. Junior Kenneth Summit is 35-of-52 (.673) on faceoffs with a team-high 18 ground balls and senior Ryan Resnick is 15-of-23 (.652) on faceoffs with nine ground balls. Sophomore Cameron Dorfman is 2-1 in goal with a team-high 20 saves, a .571 save percentage and 7.16 goals-against average. Junior Peter Murphy has 13 saves with a .684 save percentage in 46 minutes.
Lamere was named to the USILA D2 Team of the Week on Thursday. Smith was named ECC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, Lamere was named Defensive Player of the Week and Hunsberger was tabbed to the Honor Roll. Hunsberger was named ECC Rookie of the Week last week and graduate student Jimmy Osorio, junior Kenneth Summit, senior Ryan Smith and sophomore Jake Norton were named to the ECC Honor Roll.
Mercy is 1-2 all-time against Adelphi. The Mavericks are looking to defeat a No. 1 ranked team for the first time in program history. Mercy is ranked No. 8 nationally in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and No. 15 in the USILA Poll.
Scouting the Panthers
Adelphi is coming off a 22-4 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday. The Panthers were picked first in the NE10 Preseason Poll after going 17-2 last season, winning the National Championship. Adelphi has won 17 games in a row dating back to last season and are ranked No. 1 nationally in both the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and USILA Poll. The Panthers have been led by Braden Donnellan who has a team-high 13 points on six goals and a team-high seven assists. Michael Durnin has a team-high seven goals with three assists and Noah Gibson and Kyle Lewis both have four goals and two assists. Luke Mackin and Vincent McDermott both have four goals and Ries Bower has a team-high five caused turnovers. William Greaves has a team-high 16 ground balls and is 22-of-33 (.667) on faceoffs and Dylan Renner is 2-0 in goal with eight saves, a .571 save percentage and 4.12 goals-against average.
Next Game
Mercy resumes action on Saturday, March 8th when they face Florida Tech in Sparks, Maryland at 6 p.m.
