NE10 Men's Lacrosse Report: Week 10

Posted: Apr 25, 2022

Week 10 - April 25, 2022

NE10 Player of the Week

Joseph Duchnowski, Adelphi
Senior | Attack | Port Washington, N.Y.

Joseph Duchnowski contributed 10 points in a 1-1 week for Adelphi men's lacrosse. In a non-conference loss to Mercy, he scored once and caused two turnovers. He turned in a team-best nine points in a win at Bentley however, totaling six goals and three assists for the Panthers, notching a 77.8 shot on goal percentage.

NE10 Defensive Player of the Week

Gennaro Marra, Southern New Hampshire
Junior | Face-Off | Derry, N.H.

Marra won 81% percent of his face-offs with 32 ground balls as SNHU earned a pair of tight wins to extend their winning streak to six games. Against Franklin Pierce, he won 25 of 27 face-offs with 22 ground balls in a 12-11 win and then went 18-for-26 with ten ground balls in a 12-10 win over St. Michael's. The 22 ground balls are the second-most in a DII game this year.

NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week

Louis Ragusa, Pace
Senior | Goalkeeper | Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

Ragusa continued his superb senior season with another two great games last week. The Setter keeper racked up 35 saves in a 1-1 stretch for Pace. He started the week with a career-best 21 stops at No. 16 Saint Anselm. Ragusa then allowed just five goals with 14 saves in a win over Saint Rose. He is now ranked second in the NE10 in save percentage (.618).

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Cameron Theriault, Assumption
Freshman | Attack | Westfield, Mass.

Cameron Theriault helped Assumption to a big 14-8 win over American International College in its only game this past week. The freshman registered two goals and an assist. Both goals coming in the fourth quarter when the Greyhounds ended the game on a 6-0 run. Theriault also picked up four ground balls and caused two turnovers.

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll

Ryan Birch, Bentley (Sr., M/A - Walpole, Mass.)
Birch had a season high five points on three goals and two assists as the Falcons took on No. 4 ranked Adelphi on Saturday. It was his 2nd hat trick of the season, and the goals came in the 1st, 3rd and 4th quarters.

Caleb Ikkela, Franklin Pierce (Jr., A - Onset, Mass.)
Ikkela started in both games for the Ravens this past week, and led the team in goals scored (4) and finished tied for the team lead in points (6). In a game this past weekend versus No. 2 Le Moyne, Ikkela led the way for the Ravens with 8 total shot attempts, four of them on goal, and chalked up a hat trick performance against the nationally ranked squad, and tallied an assist for a four point performance.

Devin Andrews, Le Moyne (Sr, A - Canandaigua, N.Y.)
He tallied 10 points on six goals and four assists in second-ranked Le Moyne's 2-0 week. He posted four points on one goal and three assists in a 21-7 victory at Saint Rose on Wednesday. He recorded six points on five goals and one assist in the first half of a 15-4 win at Franklin Pierce on Saturday.

Frank Delia, Le Moyne (Sr, GK - Baldwinsville, N.Y.)
He registered a 3.20 goals against average, a .692 save percentage and nine saves in second-ranked Le Moyne's 2-0 week. He made seven saves (against three goals) over 45:00 in a 21-7 victory at Saint Rose on Wednesday. He tallied two saves (against one goal) over 30:00 in a 15-4 win at Franklin Pierce on Saturday.

Nico Mattia, Le Moyne (Sr, FO - Queensbury, N.Y.)
He went 32-of-43 with 15 ground balls in second-ranked Le Moyne's 2-0 week. He went 16-of-23 with seven ground balls in a 21-7 victory at Saint Rose on Wednesday. He was 16-of-20 with eight ground balls in a 15-4 win at Franklin Pierce on Saturday.

Tim Cairo, Pace (Sr., A - Shoreham, N.Y.)
Cairo piloted the Setters' attack during a 1-1 stretch last week. The Long Island native racked up 12 points off seven goals and five assists, while also grabbing four ground balls. He was especially impressive on Saturday with a career-best eight points (4G, 4A) in Pace's win over Saint Rose. went 16-of-23 with seven ground balls in a 21-7 victory at Saint Rose on Wednesday. He was 16-of-20 with eight ground balls in a 15-4 win at Franklin Pierce on Saturday.

Jack Andrews, Saint Anselm (Jr., M - Cumberland, R.I.)
Junior Jack Andrews matched a career-high with five goals on Wednesday, helping the nationally-ranked Saint Anselm men's lacrosse team to a 14-10 win over No. 9 Pace at Grappone Stadium. He is tied for seventh in the NE10 with 31 goals on the season.

Kyle Fisher, Saint Anselm (Sr., LSM - Nashua, N.H.)
Fisher picked up five ground balls this past week against No. 9 Pace, adding two caused turnovers in his team's 14-10 victory over the Setters. He is ranked 15th among NE10 student-athletes with 15 caused turnovers on the season.

Ryan Auger, Southern N.H. (Jr., M - Derry, N.H.)
Ryan Auger led the Penmen with 11 points in a pair of wins over league rivals Franklin Pierce and Saint Michael's. He scored four goals in overtime 12-11 win over the Ravens, and added three goals and three assists Saturday against the Purple Knights.

NE10 Weekly Winners

2022 NE10 Men's Lacrosse Standings

	Conference				Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Adelphi	10	10-0	1.000	17	15-2	0.882
Le Moyne	10	9-1	0.900	20	16-4	0.800
Pace	10	7-3	0.700	15	11-4	0.733
Saint Anselm	10	7-3	0.700	16	10-6	0.625
Bentley	10	6-4	0.600	14	8-6	0.571
So. New Hampshire	10	5-5	0.500	13	7-6	0.538
Saint Rose	10	3-7	0.300	17	8-9	0.471
Franklin Pierce	10	3-7	0.300	13	6-7	0.462
Assumption	10	3-7	0.300	13	4-9	0.308
Saint Michael's	10	2-8	0.200	15	3-12	0.200
American Int'l	10	0-10	0.000	15	1-14	0.067