Newburgh, N.Y. – Coming off a Senior Day victory over Manhattanville on Sunday afternoon, the Mount Saint Mary College Men's Lacrosse team takes to the road for conference tilts against the United States Merchant Marine Academy on Wednesday and St. Joseph's-L.I. on Saturday. Live Stats and Video will be provided for both games.
At A Glance: Mount Saint Mary pulled to within a game of the .500 mark overall on Sunday with a 15-7 win over Manhattanville, moving to 4-5 overall and 2-1 in Skyline Conference play.
Mike Travers (Staten Island, N.Y.), who erupted for a single game program record nine goals against the Valiants, leads the Mount Saint Mary scoring attack with 20 goals and 30 points. Travers has scored four goals with the man-advantage for the Knights and has scooped 17 groundballs.
Maxwell Green Wright (Central Islip, N.Y.) is good for 15 goals and 23 points while adding 18 groundballs and five caused turnovers.
Larry Frank (Staten Island, N.Y.) and
Xavier Rodriguez (Hackettstown, N.J.) have each scored nine goals for the Knights with Frank pacing the team with 11 assists.
Joseph Angelillo (Pompton Plains, N.J.) anchors the defensive unit with team-highs in caused turnovers with 15 and groundballs with 36 and chips in a goal and an assist on offense.
Carmine Comitini (Staten Island, N.Y.) has forced 12 miscues and secured 19 groundballs with
Tim Doyle (Selden, N.Y.) adding 12 caused turnovers and 24 groundballs.
Anthony Paggiotta (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) leads the Mount with 74 face-off wins and adds 28 groundballs through nine contests.
Kenny Leen (Miller Place, N.Y.) is in the midst of a standout rookie season in goal for the Knights, entering Wednesday's game with 121 saves, a .548 save percentage and a 11.01 goals against average. Leen has made at least 14 saves in each of the team's last five games, including 16 in the Mount's win on Sunday.
A Look At USMMA: The Mariners have won their last three games, all against league rivals, and enter Wednesday's game at 6-6 overall and 3-1 in Skyline Conference play.
Jack Collins, who was named the Skyline Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday, paces the offensive attack for the Mariners, totaling a team-high 44 points on the strength of 38 assists. Collins adds 24 groundballs for the Mariners.
Carter Hall leads the team with 30 goals on the season with Owen Barcus and William Badeer each totaling 35 points. Michael Emmerick supports the USMMA offense with 34 points, scoring 22 times and dishing out 12 assists.
Mark Badeer leads the team with 17 caused turnovers to go along with 27 groundballs, while Chris Neuman has won 138 face-offs and sits atop the team leaderboard with 65 groundballs.
The Mariners have used three goalies on the season with Samuel Stephenson starting all 12 games and playing 586:18 of a possible 712:15 to date this season. Stephenson has made 109 saves and is working to a .474 save percentage and a 12.38 goals against average.
Recent History: Since 2017, Mount Saint Mary and USMMA have met six times with the Mariners coming away victorious on each occasion, including in the 2018 Skyline Conference Championship Final.
Scouting St. Joseph's-L.I.: The Golden Eagles head to Manhattanville on Wednesday sporting a 1-4 overall record and a 1-2 mark in league play. St. Joseph's is coming off a tight 8-7 loss against Purchase on Saturday.
Michael Carere and Tim Bruno do it all for the Golden Eagles with Carere leading the team in goals (18), points (21), face-off wins (41) and groundballs (45). Bruno is tied with Mike Amato for tops on the team with five assists and has registered 10 points to go along with 28 face-off wins and 36 groundballs.
Johnny Argueta helps to anchor the back line for the Golden Eagles, sitting atop the team leaderboard in caused turnovers with nine.
Connor Van Dusen has seen all the action in goal to date for St. Joseph's, making 80 saves while posting a .533 save percentage and a 14.00 goals against average.
Recent History: The Knights and Golden Eagles will meet for the sixth time since the start of the 2017 season with St. Joseph's holding a slim 3-2 advantage in the series. The Mount won the first two meetings in 2017 and 2018 with the Golden Eagles coming back with three straight wins against the Knights.
What's Next: Mount Saint Mary closes the regular season with home games against Maritime on Wednesday and the College of Mount Saint Vincent Saturday afternoon.