DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Apr. 16, 2025) – The No. 15 Mercy University men's lacrosse team plays at ECC foe St. Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday, April 19th at 11 a.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Saturday, April 19th 11 a.m.

Records: #15 Mercy (7-3, 4-0 ECC), St. Thomas Aquinas (3-8, 0-4 ECC)

Location: Sparkill, N.Y.

Last Meeting vs. St. Thomas Aquinas

Mercy earned a 21-2 win over STAC on March 30, 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 a 9-7 win over Frostburg State on Saturday. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Cameron Dorfman who had a game-high 18 saves. The Mavericks have been led by senior Ryan Smith who has 29 points on 14 goals and a team-high 15 assists. Graduate student Jimmy Osorio has a team-high 38 goals to go along with a team-high 49 points with 15 ground balls. Osorio recorded his 100th career goal in the win over UDC on April 5th. Freshman Cole Hunsberger is third on the team with 28 points by way of 17 goals and 11 assists. Sophomore Christopher Bergersen has 11 goals and 10 assists and graduate student Aidan Babnik has 16 goals and seven assists. Junior AJ Barone has six goals and 11 assists and junior Devon Duchnowski has 12 goals and an assist. Sophomore Jake Norton has 29 ground balls and six caused turnovers with five assists and freshman Gavin Lamere has 14 caused turnovers with 22 ground balls. Senior Owen Stephenson has a team-high 18 caused turnovers with 39 ground balls and a goal and two assists. Junior Kenneth Summit is 103-of-166 (.620) on faceoffs with a team-high 52 ground balls and senior Ryan Resnick is 44-of-77 (.571) on faceoffs with 24 ground balls. Sophomore Cameron Dorfman is 7-3 in goal with a team-high 88 saves, a .524 save percentage and 9.90 goals-against average. Junior Peter Murphy has 28 saves with a .800 save percentage in 92 minutes.

Osorio, Stephenson and freshman Michael Mitrano were named to the ECC Honor Roll last week. Stephenson was named to the USILA D2 Team of the Week on April 2nd. Osorio, Dorfman and Hunsberger were named to the ECC Honor Roll on March 31st. Summit was named ECC Offensive Player of the Week on March 24th and Babnik and Smith were tabbed to the Honor Roll. Osorio and Babnik were named to the ECC Honor Roll on March 17th. Dorfman was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week on March 10th and Osorio and Duchnowski were tabbed to the Honor Roll. Stephenson, Bergersen and Dorfman were named to the ECC Honor Roll on March 3rd. Lamere was named to the USILA D2 Team of the Week on February 27th. Smith was named ECC Offensive Player of the Week on February 24th, Lamere was named Defensive Player of the Week and Hunsberger was tabbed to the Honor Roll. Hunsberger was named ECC Rookie of the Week on February 17th 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. 9 nationally in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and No. 15 in the USILA Poll. Mercy is 8-0 all-time against STAC. Mercy has won 39. consecutive games against ECC competition, with the last loss coming in the 2018 ECC Championship Final.

Scouting the Spartans

STAC is coming off a 15-4 loss at Molloy on Wednesday. The Spartans were picked fifth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 5-11 last season. STAC is led by Lucas Mullen who has a team-high 34 points on 20 goals and 14 assists. Cam Wallace has 28 points on a team-high 25 goals with three assists and Christian Rodriguez has four goals and a team-high 17 assists. Austin Maybee has 13 goals and four assists and Vinny Rosario is 122-204 on faceoffs with a team-high 73 ground balls. Holden Johnston has a team-high 15 caused turnovers and Hayden Gaudette is 3-7 in goal with 136 saves, a .519 save percentage and 16.03 goals-against average.

Next Game

Mercy resumes action on Friday, April 25th when they host Molloy for Senior Day at 12 p.m.