DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – The No. 17 Mercy University Men's Lacrosse Team plays at RV Wilmington University on Saturday, February 21st at 1 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Saturday, February 21st 1 p.m.
Records: No. 17 Mercy (2-0), RV Wilmington (2-0)
Location: Newark, Del.
Last Meeting vs. Wilmington
Mercy earned a 19-9 win over Wilmington on March 11, 2023.
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 16-6 win over RV Georgian Court in their home opener on Wednesday. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Cole Hunsberger and senior Matthew Magyar who combined for nine goals and 11 points. Magyar has a team-high 11 goals and 11 points on the year and Hunsberger has five goals and four assists. Junior Christopher Bergersen hasa team-high five assists with one goal and freshman Dean Kott has two goals and three assists. Senior Jack Agres has two goals and an assist and senior Devon Duchnowski has two goals. Sophomores Michael Mitrano and Liam Neimeth have a team-high seven ground balls and sophomore Nicholas Filocamo has a team-high five caused turnovers. Mitrano is 16-of-34 on faceoffs (.471). Junior Cameron Dorfman is 2-0 in goal with 23 saves, a .561 save percentage and 9.21 goals-against average. Magyar was named ECC Player of the Week on Monday and Dorfman was tabbed Goalie of the Week.
Mercy looks to start the season 3-0 for the first time since 2024. The Mavericks are 3-0 all-time against Wilmington. Mercy is ranked No. 17 nationally in the USILA poll and No. 12 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll.
Scouting the Wildcats
Wilmington is coming off an 11-6 win over Barton on Saturday. The Wildcats were picked second in the CACC Preseason Poll after going 11-5 last season, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. Wilmington is receiving votes nationally in the latest USILA Top 20 poll. The Wildcats have been led by Andrew Dzubak who has a team-high 11 points on eight goals and three assists. Ian Betts has five goals and two assists and Carter Earl has four goals and three assists. Josh Weston has five goals and Connor Widmer is 26-of-37 (.703) on faceoffs with a team-high 15 ground balls. Tyler Quinn has a team-high-tying three caused turnovers with six ground balls. Daniel Flynn is 2-0 in goal with 20 saves, a .588 save percentage and 7.00 goals-against average.
Next Game
Mercy plays at Bentley on Saturday, February 28th at 12 p.m.
