DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – The RV Mercy University Men's Lacrosse Team plays at two-time defending National Champion No. 1 Adelphi University on Wednesday, March 25th at 7 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 25th 7 p.m.
Records: RV Mercy (5-3), #1 Adelphi (7-0)
Location: Garden City, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Adelphi
Adelphi earned a 15-7 win over Mercy on March 1, 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 22-5 win over UDC on Sunday. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Cole Hunsberger who had a game-high five points on three goals and two assists. Senior Matthew Magyar has a team-high 24 goals and is second with 28 points on the year. Hunsberger has a team-high 32 points on 14 goals and a team-high 18 assists. Junior Christopher Bergersen has nine assists with two goals and freshman Dean Kott has 11 goals and five assists. Senior Jack Agres has 11 goals and two assists and senior Devon Duchnowski has two goals. Junior Colin Orsino has five goals and one assist and freshman Jackson Wilkinson has five assists. Senior Connor Abrahall has seven goals and junior Justin Ortiz has one goal and five assists. Sophomore Michael Mitrano is 67-of-133 (.504) on faceoffs with a team-high 34 ground balls. Senior Sean Higgins has a team-high 13 caused turnovers and sophomore Nicholas Filocamo has nine caused turnovers and 19 ground balls. Senior Daniel Fitzgerald has 10 caused turnovers. Junior Cameron Dorfman is 5-2 in goal with 71 saves, a .550 save percentage and 10.00 goals-against average. Dorfman recorded his 300th career save against Wilmington on February 21st. Hunsberger and Higgins were named to the ECC Honor Roll on Monday. Kott and Mitrano were named to the ECC Honor Roll last week. Magyar and senior Peter Murphy were named to the ECC Honor Roll on March 9th. 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 1-3 all-time against Adelphi with the lone win coming in 2022 at Adelphi.
Scouting the Panthers
Adelphi is coming off a 12-6 win at Bentley on Saturday. The Panthers were picked first in the NE10 Preseason Poll after going 19-1 last season, winning their second straight NCAA Championship. Adelphi is ranked No. 1 nationally in the USILA Poll. The Panthers have won 16 straight games dating back to last year. Adelphi last lost on April 5, 2025 to Saint Anselm. The Panthers are led by Braden Donnellan who has a team-high 32 points on nine goals and a team-high 23 assists. Michael Durnin is second on the team with 28 points on a team-high 22 goals with six assists. Noah Gibson has 19 goals and four assists and Kyle Lewis has nine goals and 10 assists. Michael Reilly is 55-of-81 (.679) on faceoffs with a team-high 31 ground balls and Carter Linkletter has a team-high 18 caused turnovers. Christian Tomei is 7-0 in goal with 54 saves, a .771 save percentage and 3.37 goals-against average.
Next Game
Mercy plays at Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday, April 4th at 12 p.m.
