Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Lacrosse teams opens a four game home stand on Tuesday afternoon against Union, before welcoming Misericordia to Kaplan Field for a Saturday afternoon matinee. Tuesday's tilt with the Dutchmen is set for 4:00 p.m., while Saturday afternoon's affair is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. with Live Stats available for both contests.
 
A Look At The Mount: The Knights enter the week at 2-2 overall and are coming off a 9-3 road non-conference win at Albright on Saturday. The Knights outshot the Lion 38-26 in the game and were led by four assists and six points from junior Ryan Maraio (Staten Island, N.Y.).
 
Maraio leads the Mount in both assists and points heading into Tuesday's contest, helping on a team-high nine goals and holding the team lead in points with 14. Billy Holland (Pearl River, N.Y.) is the Mount's leader in goals with nine.
 
Maraio, Anthony Kearns (Clinton, N.J.) and Thomas Bahmer III (East Brunswick, N.J.) support the scoring attack with five goals apiece with Kearns adding six groundballs and four caused turnovers.
 
Mount Saint Mary features five players with at least 10 groundballs through the season's first four games, with Peter Beidl (Clifton Park, N.Y.) leading the way with a team-high 15. Holland and Matthew Martino (Watertown, Conn.) each check in with 12 groundballs, with Maraio and A.J. Bolger (West Milford, N.J.) collecting 10 apiece. Martino adds a team-high 14 caused turnovers through four contests.
 
Marco Spagnuolo (Staten Island, N.Y.) has taken 76 of the team's 91 face-offs heading into the week and has won a team-high 34 for a .447 win percentage. He has added nine groundballs for the Knights.
 
In goal, junior Eli Laikin (Oak Bluffs, Mass.) has started each of the season's first four games and has played 210:00 of a possible 240:00 between the pipes. He has made 42 saves and holds a .545 save percentage and a 10.00 goals against average.
 
Last Time Out: The Mount got back into the win column and evened its overall record with a 9-3 road win at Albright on Saturday. Laikin made a career-high 14 saves in goal for the Knights, while Maraio scored twice, assisted on four goals and finished with a team-high six points.
 
Bily Holland (Pearl River, N.Y.) and Matthew Martino (Watertown, Conn.) each collected a team-high five groundballs with Peter Beidl (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Maraio and Danny Marshall(Oceanside, N.Y.) each securing four groundballs for the Knights.
 
Peter Beidl (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Martino each caused a team-high three turnovers for the Mount, with Marco Spagnuolo (Staten Island, N.Y.) winning seven face-offs and recording four groundballs.
 
Mount Saint Mary finished the day with a 38-26 advantage in overall shots and a 26-17 edge in shots on goal. Face-offs in the game were even at 8-8, with the Mount holding the edge in groundballs 44-33 and went 15-for-19 in clearing chances.
 
Scouting The Dutchmen: Union comes to town on Tuesday at a perfect 3-0 and is coming off a 15-4 win over Springfield on Saturday afternoon. The Dutchmen featured 12 different goal scorers in the game, led by four goals and five points from Kerry Lyne.
 
Lyne enters the week tied with John Edmonds for the team lead in goals with six, while Edmonds paces the squad with four assists and 10 points. In all, Union has had 16 different players score at least one goal and 19 different players register at least one point.
 
The Dutchmen have used a trio of goalies through the first three games of the year, with Jack Santilli playing 138:26 of a possible 180:00. He has made 25 saves and holds a sterling 3.47 goals against average to go along with a .758 save percentage.
 
Union has outscored its opponents 47-16 coming into Tuesday's action and holds a 74-24 advantage over its rivals in points.
 
Previewing Misericordia: The Cougars enter Saturday's tilt at 2-1 overall, but are coming off their first loss of the season, a 16-10 defeat to St. John Fisher in Clearwater, Fla. on March 7.
 
Connor Entwistle paces the team in goals with nine while Patrick Luzzi is off to a strong start with team-highs in assists with seven and points with 15. The Cougars feature five players with at least six goals in the early going and four players with at least 10 points.
 
Owen Rogers has seen the bulk of time in goal for the Cougars, playing 130:30 of a possible 180:00 thus far. He has made 15 stops on the year and holds a 12.87 goals against average and a .349 save percentage.
 
The Cougars enter the week outscoring their opponents 53-33 and hold a 33-17 advantage in assists and an 86-50 edge in points.
 
What's Next: The Knights will play the back end of their four game home stand next week when they play host to Manhattanville on March 20 and Marywood on March 23.