DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Apr. 28, 2025) – The No. 1 seeded Mercy University men's lacrosse team hosts No. 4 seeded Roberts Wesleyan University in an ECC Men's Lacrosse Championship Semifinal matchup on Wednesday, April 30th at 3 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 30th 3 p.m.
Records: #1 Mercy (9-3, 6-0 ECC), #4 Roberts Wesleyan (6-7, 3-3 ECC)
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Ticket Information
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$10 Adults
$5 Students with ID, senior citizens and children 5 and up
Children under 5 are free of charge
*Tickets must be purchased at the link above. Cash will not be accepted so walkup tickets at the venue still must be purchased through the ECC website (QR code will be available at the gate).
Last Meeting vs. Roberts Wesleyan
Mercy earned a 16-9 win over Roberts Wesleyan on March 29, 2025.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy is coming off a 13-12 overtime win over #15 Molloy on Friday. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Cameron Dorfman who made a game-high 18 saves and scored the game-winning goal in overtime. Mercy earned the top seed in the Championship after going a perfect 6-0, winning their sixth straight ECC Regular Season Championship. Mercy has won 41 consecutive games against ECC competition with their last loss coming in the ECC Semifinals in 2018. The Mavericks are making their 10th straight appearance in the ECC Championship. Mercy looks to win their sixth straight ECC Tournament Championship.
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 have been led by senior Ryan Smith who has 40 points on 19 goals and a team-high 21 assists. Graduate student Jimmy Osorio has a team-high 45 goals to go along with a team-high 57 points with 17 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 31 points by way of 20 goals and 11 assists. Sophomore Christopher Bergersen has 12 goals and 13 assists and graduate student Aidan Babnik has 21 goals and eight assists. Junior AJ Barone has six goals and 11 assists and junior Devon Duchnowski has 14 goals and an assist. Sophomore Jake Norton has 31 ground balls and six caused turnovers with six assists and freshman Gavin Lamere has 16 caused turnovers with 25 ground balls. Senior Owen Stephenson has a team-high 26 caused turnovers with 50 ground balls and a goal and two assists. Junior Kenneth Summit is 117-of-194 (.603) on faceoffs with a team-high 58 ground balls and senior Ryan Resnick is 52-of-96 (.542) on faceoffs with 29 ground balls. Sophomore Cameron Dorfman is 9-3 in goal with a team-high 111 saves, a .539 save percentage and 9.81 goals-against average with one goal. Junior Peter Murphy has 35 saves with a .729 save percentage in 115 minutes.
Dorfman was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday and Smith and Stephenson were tabbed to the Honor Roll. Osorio, Smith and Stephenson were named to the ECC Honor Roll last week. Dorfman was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week on April 14th and Osorio, Stephenson and Summit were tabbed to the Honor Roll. Osorio, Stephenson and freshman Michael Mitrano were named to the ECC Honor Roll on April 7th. 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. 7 nationally in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and No. 12 in the USILA Poll. Mercy is ranked No. 9 in the latest NCAA North Regional Rankings. Mercy is 15-0 all-time against Roberts Wesleyan.
Scouting the Redhawks
Roberts Wesleyan is coming off a 13-7 loss at Frostburg State on Saturday. The Redhawks were picked third in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 10-6 last season, qualifying for the ECC Championship. Roberts Wesleyan is looking for their first ECC Championship and look to advance to the Final for the first time since 2021. The Redhawks are led by Chase Wilson who has a team-high 38 points on 29 goals and nine assists. Jacob Zimmerman has 34 points on 20 goals and a team-high 14 assists and Ryan Brown has 20 goals and 12 assists. Cody Coleman has 17 goals and 14 assists and Isaac Marrero is 200-295 (.678) on faceoffs with a team-high 125 ground balls. Liam Linden has a team-high 35 caused turnovers and Garrett Kayser is 6-7 in goal with 111 saves, a .487 save percentage and 10.52 goals-against average.
Next Game
The winner of Wednesday's game plays the winner of Molloy/Frostburg State in the Final on Saturday, May 3rd at the highest remaining seed.
