DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (May. 1, 2025) – The No. 1 seeded Mercy University men's lacrosse team hosts No. 2 seeded Molloy University in the ECC Men's Lacrosse Championship Final on Saturday, May 3rd at 2 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Saturday, May 3rd 2 p.m.
Records: #1 Mercy (10-3, 6-0 ECC), #2 Molloy (14-4, 5-1 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. Molloy
Mercy earned a 13-12 overtime win over Molloy on April 25, 2025.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy is coming off an 11-8 win over Roberts Wesleyan on Wednesday in the ECC Semifinals. The Mavericks were led by Aidan Babnik who had a game-high five points. 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 42 consecutive games against ECC competition with their last loss coming in the ECC Semifinals in 2018. The Mavericks made their 10th straight appearance in the ECC Championship. Mercy looks to win their sixth straight ECC Tournament Championship. The Mavericks have advanced to the Final for the sixth straight year.
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 43 points on 21 goals and a team-high 22 assists. Graduate student Jimmy Osorio has a team-high 48 goals to go along with a team-high 60 points with 18 ground balls. Osorio recorded his 100th career goal in the win over UDC on April 5th. Freshman Cole Hunsberger has 32 points by way of 21 goals and 11 assists. Sophomore Christopher Bergersen has 13 goals and 14 assists and graduate student Aidan Babnik has 25 goals and nine assists. Junior AJ Barone has six goals and 12 assists and junior Devon Duchnowski has 14 goals and three assists. Sophomore Jake Norton has 33 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 28 caused turnovers with 53 ground balls and a goal and two assists. Junior Kenneth Summit is 123-of-205 (.600) on faceoffs with a team-high 59 ground balls and senior Ryan Resnick is 56-of-105 (.533) on faceoffs with 32 ground balls. Sophomore Cameron Dorfman is 10-3 in goal with a team-high 124 saves, a .546 save percentage and 9.64 goals-against average with one goal. Junior Peter Murphy has 35 saves with a .729 save percentage in 115 minutes.
Stephenson was named to the USILA D2 Team of the Week on Thursday. 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.
Osorio was named ECC Offensive Player of the Year, Stephenson was tabbed Defensive Player of the Year and Hunsberger was named Co-Rookie of the Year. Osorio, Stephenson, Smith and Norton were named First Team All-ECC and Babnik, Duchnowski, Michael Corbo, Summit and Hunsberger were named Second Team All-ECC.
Mercy is ranked No. 7 nationally in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and No. 12 in the USILA Poll. Mercy is ranked No. 8 in the latest NCAA North Regional Rankings. Mercy is 17-1 all-time against Molloy. Mercy is 5-1 all-time in the Final.
Scouting the Lions
Molloy is coming off a 19-9 win over Frostburg State in the Semifinals on Wednesday. The Lions are making their first appearance in the Final. Molloy is ranked No. 15 nationally in the USILA Poll and is ranked fifth in the latest NCAA North Regional Rankings. The Lions were picked fourth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 8-10 last season. The Lions are led by Luke Hickam who has a team-high 63 points on 38 goals and 25 assists. Brian Green has 55 points on 32 goals and 23 assists and Bryan Diliberto has 28 goals and 15 assists. Jake Taylor has 30 goals and 11 assists and Noah Taylor has 21 goals and 19 assists. Brandon Pazienza is 158-260 (.608) on faceoffs with a team-high 82 ground balls. Thomas Kofod has a team-high 37 caused turnovers and Christian Michaels is 14-4 with 187 saves, a .647 save percentage and 6.55 goals-against average.
