DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (May 20, 2025) – Mercy University men's lacrosse seniors Ryan Smith (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage) and Owen Stephenson (Glen Rock, N.J./UDC) and graduate student Jimmy Osorio (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Newberry College) have been named United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division II Second Team All-North Region.
Smith is named All-Region for the first time in his career. The senior was named First Team All-ECC after being named ECC Offensive Player of the Week once. The midfielder was second on the team with 46 points on 22 goals and 24 assists. Smith led the team in assists and is second in points. The senior was fourth in the ECC in assists and second in assists per game (1.71). The midfielder had a season-high nine points on six goals and three assists in the win over Georgian Court on February 18th.
Stephenson receives All-Region honors for the second straight year after being an Honorable Mention selection last year. The senior was named USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention last week, was tabbed ECC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-ECC. With 55 ground balls and 31 caused turnovers across 14 games, Stephenson anchored a Mercy defense that allowed just 9.29 goals per game, which ranked Top 20 nationally. The senior close defenseman averaged 2.38 caused turnovers per game, which sat second in the conference and seventh nationally, and 4.23 ground balls per game, which finished sixth overall in the ECC but first among all non-face-off specialists. 30 of his 50 ground balls and 17 of his 26 caused turnovers came against ECC competition, including 7GB, 5CT against St. Thomas Aquinas, 7GB, 4CT against District of Columbia, 6GB, 2CT (plus a goal!) vs. Roberts Wesleyan, 5GB, 3CT vs Frostburg State, and 4GB, 3CT vs. Molloy.
Osorio takes home All-Region honors following his first year as a Maverick. The graduate student was named USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention last week and was tabbed ECC Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-ECC. Osorio topped the conference in both goals per game (3.57, third nationally) and points per game (4.50, 18th nationally), Osorio put up 63 points on 50 goals and 13 assists this spring. In ECC play, the Mercy graduate student attackman topped the conference in total goals (25) and points (29), posting multi-goal efforts in all six games, including six against Roberts Wesleyan, five against District of Columbia and Frostburg State, four against St. Thomas Aquinas, three against Molloy, and two against D'Youville. All four of his helpers on the season also came across those six conference games.
