LAKEWOOD, NJ (Feb. 28, 2025) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse looks for their third straight win this weekend. 

Opponent 
American International Yellow Jackets (5-11, 2-4 ECC)

Where
Springfield, MA - Ronald J. Abdow Field

When
Saturday, March 1 - 1 pm

How to Watch
• Saturday's game is available to watch on a pay-to-view broadcast on the American International portal of FloSports. Live stats are also available on the Lions schedule page.  

Previously vs. American International
• Georgian Court and American International will play for the first time since 2017.
• These two teams met in each of the Lions first two seasons as a program.
• The Yellow Jackets came out on top in both, the 2017 game a 10-9 AIC overtime win.
• That overtime win saw AIC come back from down 9-7 after three quarters. They scored twice in the fourth and didn't allow a goal to send the game to overtime where they won 47 seconds into the period. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court won their second consecutive game, 17-10 over St. Thomas Aquinas.
• It was the Lions second straight scoring 17 goals and getting a win.
• Tied at two, Brett Bridges put the Lions up with a man-up goal. That started a 5-0 run for the Lions who led the rest of the way.
• Bridges scored six times while Doug Mackenzie found the net five.
• Vincent Burkhart made 15 saves. 

Individual Milestones
• Both Vincent and Tyler Burns are one goal away from 25. 
• Joe Murphy is three caused turnovers away from 50 and Max Dennington needs just one. Only two Lions have ever reached 50 in their careers. 
• Doug Mackenzie needs two goals to reach 50. 
• Brett Bridges is three goals short of 100. He's be the fourth Lion to ever reach that total.
• His next game played will be Vincent Burkhart's 40th in goal. He needs 14 saves for 500, something done just once before in program history. 

Who's Hot?
• Doug Mackenzie has 10 goals in three games.
• Joe Zerr has tallied at least one goal and at least one assist in each game. 
• Matt Dorrian has two goals in each of his last three games. 
• Broadie Seaborn has an assist in each game this season.
• Vincent Burkhart has at least 10 saves in each game this season.
• Brett Bridges has 10 goals in his last two games. 
• Joe Murphy caused six turnovers against STAC and has eight in his last two games. 
• Max Dennington has seven caused turnovers in his last three games. 
• Malik Alzubi has 10 groundballs in his last three. 

CACC Stat Leaders
• Brett Bridges and Doug Mackenzie are second and third in goals scored. Bridges' 15 points are the most in the league.
• Joe Zerr is leading the CACC with eight assists.
• Joe Murphy is the CACC leader in caused turnovers and Max Dennington is second.
• Stephen Albanese is second in ground balls and third in faceoff winning percentage.
• Vincent Burkhart has the most saves in the CACC with 50. He's also second in save percentage and third in goals against average. 
• The Lions have the top shot percentage at 38.1%.
• GCU has some of the best special teams in the country. They're five in man-up offense converting more than 60% of the time and sixth in man-down defense with a 93% penalty kill.
• Georgian Court's 65 points are the second most in the league. They also have the second-most assists with 25.

About the Opponent
American International Yellow Jackets
• American International has played just one game this season. That was an 11-8 win over CACC foe Dominican.
• They went 5-10 last season and just 1-8 in the Northeast-10.
• AIC was picked to finish last in the NE10 Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Long stick midfielder Carter Linkletter was named a USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention last season. He was chosen as a Preseason All-American on the Third Team ahead of the 2025 season.
• Jacob Ligor scored five goals in the win over Dominican.
• Logan Dobrowski started in goal and played 30 minutes making nine saves. Nicholas Kendall also played 30 minutes and made seven saves. 
• The Yellow Jackets were excellent on faceoffs winning 18-23.