Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Lacrosse team will get the 2022 season underway Saturday afternoon with a trip to Alvernia. Live Stats will be available for the 3:00 p.m. face-off in Reading, Pa.
 
Spectator Information:  Currently there are no restrictions at Alvernia's Outdoor Facilities. Full spectator policy can be viewed here.  
 
At A Glance: Mount Saint Mary finished an abbreviated conference only 2021 season with a 1-3 overall record.
 
The Knights look to replace First Team All-Skyline Conference selections Anthony Kearns and Matthew Martino with Martino also earning tabbed a USILA Honorable Mention All-American on defense.
 
Mount Saint Mary welcomes back its top point produced in Brian Esposito (Floral Park, N.Y.) and three of its top four goal scorers from the 2021 squad.
 
Attack
Esposito highlights the Attack corps following a 2021 season that saw him produce 14 points on the strength of four goals and nine assists on his way to Second Team All-Skyline Conference distinction. Espositio closed out the 2021 campaign with 14 groundballs and 10 caused turnovers for the Knights.
 
The rest of the attack group includes returners Ryan Olmstead (Millbrook, N.Y.), Matt Wodka (Baldwinsville, N.Y.), Xavier Rodriguez (Hackettstown, N.J.) and Colby Martin (Huntington, N.Y.).
 
Martin produced four points on the strength of three goals and an assist in 2021 while Olmstead tied for the team lead in groundballs with 17 and added a pair of markers and a helper. Rodriguez tallied twice in his rookie campaign for the Knights.
 
Midfield
The deepest position group in 2022 for the Mount, the midfield returns 12 players from the 2021 roster.
 
Mike Travers (Staten Island, N.Y.) is the top returning goal scorer in the midfield, finishing the 2021 season tied for second on the team with four markers. Sean Mueller (Pleasantville, N.Y.) also returns following a steady rookie season that saw him pot two goals in three games played for the Knights.
 
Brian Schneider (Hicksville, N.Y.) is back for his graduate season after appearing in three of the Mount's four games in 2021 and recording three groundballs. Matt Tellekamp (Oakdale, N.Y.) is also back after registering an assist in last year's shortened season.
 
Chris Maggio (Valley Stream, N.Y.) and Sean Nertney (Lynbrook, N.Y.) return in 2022 as long stick midfielders with Maggio picking up 12 groundballs in 2021.
 
Mount Saint Mary will turn to returners Matthew Esposito (Manorville, N.Y.), Sal Gallucci (Massapequa, N.Y.), Frank Mattina (Holtsville, N.Y.), Kaleb Pullis (Selden, N.Y.), Maxwell Green Wright (Central Islip, N.Y.) and Nick Gurello (Selden, N.Y.) for increased rolls in 2022.
 
New to the group for 2022 are freshmen Tim Doyle (Selden, N.Y.), Daniel Keneally (Warwick, N.Y.), Joe Keating (Pleasantville, N.Y.), Larry Frank (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Bobby DeSantis (Patchogue, N.Y.). Frank will make his debut for the Mount after being tabbed First Team All-CHSAA and the CHSAA 'A' Midfielder of the Year.
 
Face-Off
Mount Saint Mary brings back Robert Root (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and Anthony Paggiotta (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) at the 'X' who will look to replace the production of Zachary Beam who won 60.7-percent of his draws in 2021.
 
Paggiotta went 8-for-12 in face-offs a season ago, while Root won three of the 11 draws that he contested.
 
Defense
The defensive corps will need to replace the production from Matino who was tied for the team lead in groundballs with 17 and second on the squad in caused turnovers with seven in four starts in 2021.
 
The backline is highlighted by the return of Chris Montenegro (Fairfield, Conn.), Carmine Comitini (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Joseph Angelillo (Pompton Plains, N.J.). Montenegro is back after scooping five groundballs and causing a pair of turnovers in 2021 with Angelillo forcing four miscues in his rookie season. Comitini returns after being limited to just two games during the 2021 season.
 
Dennis Dowd (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.), Antonio Notaro (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Christopher Lane (Newburgh, N.Y.) also return to the defensive unit in 2022 for the Mount.
 
Goalie
The Mount has rostered five goalies in 2022 headlined by the return of Devin Kelley (Hebron, Conn.) who started all four games in 2021. Kelley stopped 40 shots a season ago and finished the short season with an 8.89 goals against average and a .553 save percentage. Kelley picked up one Skyline Conference Defensive Player of the Week award last season.
 
Also back from last season's roster are Michael McCarthy (Bellmore, N.Y.) and Tim Lawlor (Ocean Township, N.J.). Lawlor saw time between the pipes in one game in 2021, while McCarthy made one appearance in 2020. Kevin Leonard (Stony Brook, N.Y.) also returns to the Mount's roster in 2022.
 
Shamus Holohan (Ballston Lake, N.Y) enters the fold for the Mount as a freshman in 2022.
 
Head Coach: The winningest coach in program history, Eric Seideman returns for his 11^th campaign as the Mount's mentor. Seideman guided the Knights to a program record 12 wins in 2018 and has led the Knights to their only two berths into the Skyline Conference Championship in program history, including an appearance in the Championship Final in 2018.
 
The Schedule
Mount Saint Mary opens the 2022 season with three straight road games before three straight home dates when Johnson and Wales (3/12), Delhi (3/17) and Wentworth (3/19) visit Newburgh in the middle of March.
The conference schedule opens with a home game against Farmingdale State on April 2 and includes home contests against USMMA and St. Joseph's-L.I.
 
The 2022 Skyline Conference Championship is scheduled to get underway on May 4 with the champion being crowned on May 7.
 
What's Next
The Knights travel to Newton, Mass. to take on Lasell on March 5.