DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – The No. 17 Mercy University Men's Lacrosse Team hosts RV Georgian Court University in their home opener on Wednesday, February 18th at 2 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 18th 2 p.m.
Records: No. 17 Mercy (1-0), RV Georgian Court (0-0)
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Georgian Court
Mercy earned a 21-6 win at Georgian Court on February 18, 2025.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy entered the 2026 ranked No. 12 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll and No. 17 nationally in the USILA Poll. The Mavericks were picked second in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 10-4 last season, winning their sixth straight ECC Regular Season Championship. Mercy looks to make the ECC Tournament for the 11th straight season and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in seven seasons. Fourth-year Head Coach Ryan MacSpadyen and the Mavericks return five ECC All-Conference selections from a year ago.
Leading the returners is junior Jake Norton who has been named Inside Lacrosse and USILA Preseason Third Team All-American. Norton was named USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention and First Team All-ECC last season after ending the 2025 season with six assists, 35 ground balls, and six caused turnovers. Graduate student Aidan Babnik also returns after being named Second Team All-ECC last season. Babnik ended the 2025 season with 26 goals and 10 assists. Senior Devon Duchnowski is back after earning Second Team All-ECC honors last year after producing 15 goals and three assists. Senior Michael Corbo took home Second Team All-ECC in 2025 after posting 35 ground balls and sophomore Cole Hunsberger is back after being named ECC Co-Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-ECC. Hunsberger had 24 goals and 11 assists last season. Junior Cameron Dorfman returns in goal for the Mavericks after going 10-4 last season with 135 saves, a .542 save percentage and 9.75 goals-against average. Dorfman was named USILA All-Region Honorable Mention, ECC Goalkeeper of the Year, ECC Rookie of the Year and First Team All-ECC as a freshman in 2024.
Junior Christopher Bergersen also returns for the Mavericks after recording 13 goals and 15 assists in 2025. Junior Justin Ortiz had three goals and 11 assists a year ago and seniors Connor Abrahall, Ryken Kutner and Jack Agres, juniors Colin Orsino and Dillon Osorio and sophomore Benjamin Salamone also return.
Senior Daniel Fitzgerald is back after starting 13 games last season. Fitzgerald had 12 caused turnovers and sophomore Nicholas Filocamo returns after producing 19 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers. Sophomore Gavin Lamere also returns after posting 28 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers in 2025. Sophomore Kyle Freyer had 10 ground balls and three caused turnovers in 11 games and sophomore Jackson Redmond recorded five caused turnovers in 12 games. Senior Sean Higgins started four games last year and had 10 caused turnovers and eight ground balls. Senior Joe Sorok, junior Jason Kassis, sophomores Charles Sorbello, Carter Heuer, Tomas Carr and Christopher DeGiorgio also return for the Mavericks.
Sophomore Michael Mitrano returns at the faceoff x after going 17-of-33 (.515) on faceoffs last year. Returning in goal beside Dorfman is senior Peter Murphy who recorded 35 saves, a .729 save percentage and 6.73 goals-against average in 115 minutes. Sophomore Ryan Strzalkowski also returns after recording five saves in four games last season.
Leading the transfers for the Mavericks are James Goodrich, Liam Neimeth, Trey Weinstein, Zack Ouassil, Matthew Magyar and Jack Magyar. Goodrich joins the Mavericks from Bridgeport where he recorded 37 goals, 16 assists, 53 points, and 39 ground balls in two seasons. Neimeth comes from Belmont-Abbey where he recorded 18 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers last season. Weinstein joins from Newberry College where he appeared in nine games last season with two goals and three points. Ouassil played at Newberry last season and played in nine games going 21-of-32 on faceoffs. Matthew Magyar played three seasons at Wingate with six goals and seven points in three seasons. Jack Magyar joins the Mavericks from Nassau Community College.
MacSpadyen will also look to freshmen Brody Kesselring, Dean Redmond, Karsen Pritchard, Zach Carroll, Mikey Vitale, Jared Cripps, Johnwood Altenor, Sheamus Alazraki, Jose Santiago, Jackson Wilkinson, Dillon Halloran and Dean Kott to contribute this season.
Mercy is coming off a 13-12 overtime win at RV Assumption on Saturday. The Mavericks were led by senior Matthew Magyar who had a game-high six goals and by senior Jack Agres who scored the game-winning goal in overtime. Magyar has a team-high six goals and six points on the year and junior Christopher Bergersen, sophomore Cole Hunsberger and freshman Dean Kott all have a goal and two assists. Agres has two goals on the year and senior Devon Duchnowski has one goal. Sophomore Nicholas Filocamo has a team-high four caused turnovers with one assist and sophomore Michael Mitrano is 11-of-25 (.440) on faceoffs with a team-high five ground balls. Junior Cameron Dorfman is 1-0 in goal with 13 saves, a .520 save percentage and 11.72 goals-against average. Magyar was named ECC Player of the Week on Monday and Dorfman was tabbed Goalie of the Week.
Mercy looks to win their 14th straight home opener and looks to start 2-0 for the eighth straight season. The Mavericks are 10-0 all-time against Georgian Court. Mercy is ranked No. 17 nationally in the USILA poll and No. 12 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll.
Scouting the Lions
Georgian Court was picked first in the CACC Preseason Poll after going 12-7 last season, winning the CACC Championship and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. The Lions are receiving votes nationally in the USILA poll. Leading the returners for Georgian Court is Doug Mackenzie who had 34 goals and 45 points last season. Brodie Seaborn returns after posting 25 goals and 40 points and Daniel Devitt is back after recording 66 ground balls and going .550 (111-202) on faceoffs. Malik Alzubi returns after posting 15 caused turnovers and Vincent Burkhart returns in goal after going 12-7 last season with 249 saves, a .538 save percentage and 11.89 goals-against average.
Next Game
Mercy resumes action on Saturday, February 21st when they play at Wilmington at 1 p.m.
