DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Mar. 6, 2025) – The No. 17 Mercy University men's lacrosse team faces Florida Tech on Saturday, March 8th at 6 p.m. at US Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Maryland.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Saturday, March 8th 6 p.m.
Records: #17 Mercy (2-2), Florida Tech (2-3)
Location: Sparks, Md.
Last Meeting vs. Florida Tech
First Meeting
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 a 15-7 loss to No. 1 Adelphi on Saturday. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Christopher Bergersen who had a team-high three points. The Mavericks have been led by senior Ryan Smith who has a team-high-tying 16 points on nine goals and a team-high seven assists. Graduate student Jimmy Osorio has a team-high 11 goals to go along with a team-high-tying 16 points with seven ground balls. Freshman Cole Hunsberger is third on the team with 12 points by way of eight goals and four assists. Sophomore Christopher Bergersen has five goals and four assists and graduate student Aidan Babnik has five goals. Junior AJ Barone has three goals and four assists. Sophomore Jake Norton has 15 ground balls and four caused turnovers and freshman Gavin Lamere has a team-high-tying seven caused turnovers with 12 ground balls. Senior Owen Stephenson has seven caused turnovers and 13 ground balls. Junior Kenneth Summit is 45-of-72 (.625) on faceoffs with a team-high 22 ground balls and senior Ryan Resnick is 15-of-25 (.600) on faceoffs with nine ground balls. Sophomore Cameron Dorfman is 2-2 in goal with a team-high 35 saves, a .538 save percentage and 9.70 goals-against average. Junior Peter Murphy has 13 saves with a .684 save percentage in 46 minutes.
Stephenson, Bergersen and Dorfman were named to the ECC Honor Roll on Monday. Lamere was named to the USILA D2 Team of the Week last week. Smith was named ECC Offensive Player of the Week last week, 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 ranked No. 10 nationally in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and No. 17 in the USILA Poll.
Scouting the Panthers
Florida Tech is coming off a 23-10 win over Lees-McRae on February 23rd. The Panthers were picked fourth in the Sunshine State Conference after going 6-9 last season, advancing to the Semifinals of the SSC Tournament. Florida Tech is led by Rob Gadomski who has a team-high 11 points on seven goals and four assists. Joe Covelski has six goals and four assists and Jack Cornwell has six goals and an assist. Thomas Strong has five goals and an assist and Jakob Terpak has three goals and three assists. Steve Ulrichs has a team-high nine caused turnovers with a team-high 16 ground balls and Carter Batt is 30-of-65 (.462) on faceoffs. Shale Saeger is 24-of-63 (.381) on faceoffs and Jax Francisco is 2-3 in goal with 49 saves, a .467 save percentage and 12.44 goals-against average.
Next Game
Mercy resumes action on Saturday, March 15th when they play at Saint Anselm at 12 p.m.
