DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – The RV Mercy University Men's Lacrosse Team hosts No. 4 Saint Anselm College on Wednesday, March 18th at 2 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 18th 2 p.m.

Records: RV Mercy (4-2), #4 Saint Anselm (3-0)

Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Last Meeting vs. Saint Anselm

Mercy dropped an 18-14 decision at Saint Anselm on March 15, 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 loss at Frostburg State on Saturday. The Mavericks were led by senior Jack Agres and freshman Dean Kott who both had a game-high-tying three goals. Senior Matthew Magyar has a team-high 21 goals and a team-high-tying 24 points on the year and sophomore Cole Hunsberger has a team-high-tying 24 points on 10 goals and a team-high 14 assists. Junior Christopher Bergersen has nine assists with one goal and freshman Dean Kott has 10 goals and three assists. Senior Jack Agres has eight goals and an assist and senior Devon Duchnowski has two goals. Junior Colin Orsino has four goals and freshman Jackson Wilkinson has five assists. Senior Connor Abrahall has four goals and junior Justin Ortiz has four assists. Sophomore Michael Mitrano is 61-of-110 (.555) on faceoffs with a team-high 31 ground balls. Sophomore Nicholas Filocamo and senior Sean Higgins both have a team-high eight caused turnovers. Junior Cameron Dorfman is 4-1 in goal with 57 saves, a .564 save percentage and 9.68 goals-against average. Dorfman recorded his 300th career save against Wilmington on February 21st. Kott and Mitrano were named to the ECC Honor Roll on Monday. Magyar and senior Peter Murphy were named to the ECC Honor Roll last week. Fitzgerald was named to the USILA D2 Team of the Week on March 3rd and Hunsberger and Fitzgerald were named to the ECC Honor Roll. Higgins was named to the USILA D2 Team of the Week on February 25th and Dorfman and Hunsberger were named to the ECC Honor Roll. Magyar was named ECC Player of the Week on February 16th and Dorfman was tabbed Goalie of the Week.

Mercy is receiving votes nationally in the USILA poll and is ranked No. 13 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll. The Mavericks are 5-3 all-time against Saint Anselm and have dropped the last three meetings.

Scouting the Hawks

Saint Anselm is coming off a 16-9 win at Molloy on March 7th. The Hawks were picked second in the NE10 Preseason Poll after going 14-2 last season, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament and falling in the National Semifinals. Saint Anselm is ranked No. 4 nationally in the USILA Top 20 Poll. The Hawks have been led by Matt Lemay who has a team-high 17 points on eight goals and nine assists. Ben Turpin has a team-high nine goals with four assists and Quinn Gannon is 39-63 (.619) on faceoffs with 28 ground balls. Jake Klepacki has a team-high six caused turnovers and Finn Granara is 3-0 in goal with 28 saves, a .596 save percentage and 7.05 goals-against average.

Next Game

Mercy hosts UDC on Sunday, March 22nd at 12 p.m.