ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The No. 3 seed RIT men's lacrosse team travels to No. 2 St. Lawrence in the Liberty League Tournament Semifinals on Friday (May 1) at 4:00 p.m.
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ABOUT RIT
RIT is making its 14th straight Liberty League Tournament appearance. The Tigers have won 12 Liberty League Tournament titles, including 11 straight from 2012-2023.
RIT leads the Liberty League averaging 15.12 goals per game and is third allowing 9.53 goals per contest. The Tigers lead the conference averaging 40.0 ground balls per game, third in faceoff percentage (.568) and third causing 11.0 turnovers per contest. RIT is fifth in the league converting 34.8 percent of its man-up chances and second killing off 74.2 percent of its penalties.
Junior attack
Erich Acton leads the team and the Liberty League with 72 points. He is tied for third in the league with 43 goals and sixth with 29 assists. He is third in the league averaging 4.24 points per game, fourth averaging 2.53 goals per game and sixth averaging 1.71 assists per contest. Sophomore attack
Ryan Sanders is second on the team with 51 points on 37 goals and 14 assists. He is sixth in the league in goals averaging 2.18 per game. Senior attack
Ethan Harkins is third with 43 points (25g, 18a) and junior midfielder
David Charney is fourth with 36 points (23g, 13a).
First year faceoff specialist
Philip Minardo leads RIT and is third in the Liberty League winning 62.0 percent of his faceoffs. He is fourth in the league averaging 5.88 ground balls per game. Senior defenseman
Jamie Hunt leads RIT with 27 caused turnovers and is fifth in the league averaging 1.69 caused turnovers per game. Junior defenseman
Joe Holenstein is second with 25 caused turnovers and junior long-stick midfielder
Logan Fletcher is third with 24 caused turnovers.
Senior goalie
Alex Zborowski is 13-4 this season. He is second in the Liberty League with a 9.18 goals-against average and fourth with a .537 save percentage.
ABOUT ST. LAWRENCE
St. Lawrence finished the regular season with an 11-5 record and went 5-2 in Liberty League play. The Saints closed out the regular season with a 22-11 win over Vassar. Senior Ted Wilson and senior Cam Croasdaile each scored four goals, while junior Daniel Mahoney tallied two goals and three assists. Junior Heath Mann made 10 saves in net for the Saints.
St. Lawrence is fourth in the Liberty League averaging 12.38 goals per game and sixth allowing 11.13 goals per contest. St. Lawrence leads the league converting 48.0 percent of its man-up chances and seventh killing off 61.7 percent of its penalties. The Saints are seventh in the league averaging 9.25 caused turnovers per game, fifth in faceoff percentage (51.4%) and eighth averaging 34.06 ground balls per game.
Mahoney leads St. Lawrence and is second in the league with 70 points and is tied for third in the conference with 43 goals. He is third in the league averaging 4.38 points per game and 2.69 goals per contest. Sophomore Jamie Rosenzweig is second on the team with 45 points. He leads St. Lawrence and is tied for second in the league with 34 assists averaging 2.13 per game. Sophomore Patrick Murray is third on the team with 32 points (29g, 3a) and Wilson is fourth with 22 points (18g, 5a).
Sophomore Drew Knights leads the team and is second in the Liberty League averaging 2.13 caused turnovers per game and third in the conference averaging 7.38 ground balls per game. Senior Quinn Fedor is second on the team with 23 caused turnovers. First year William Abplanalp has won 154-of-302 (51.0%) of his faceoffs, while sophomore Reid Mather is second in the conference winning 64.1 percent of his draws. Mann is 5-2 this season. He is sixth in the league with a 10.59 goals-against average and third with a .551 save percentage.
The winner of Friday's semifinal game advances to the finals and will play the winner between No. 1 Ithaca and No. 4 Union on Sunday (May 3) at the highest seed.
