LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 4, 2025) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse's three-game winning streak will be put to the test tomorrow afternoon against another top-10 opponent.

Opponent 
#5 Pace Setters (2-0, 0-0 NE10)

Where
Pleasantville, NY - Northwell Stadium

When
Wednesday, March 5 - 3 pm (moved up from originally scheduled 3:30 start)

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

Previously vs. Pace
• Georgian Court has never defeated Pace. They're 0-6 all-time against the Setters, 0-3 both home and away.
• This will be the fourth consecutive season they've met. The only time GCU has scored more than five goals against Pace was their first game in 2016 when they scored seven.
• All six games have been decided by 10 or more points.
• Last year in Lakewood, the Setters used a 9-1 run to pull ahead. Leading by just two following a Vincent Burns goal, Pace scored three straight and nine of 10 to turn a 5-3 lead into a 14-4 early in the fourth quarter.
• Doug Mackenzie was the only Lion to score multiple goals with two. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court extended their winning streak to three with a thrilling win at American International.
• It was a game of runs as GCU scored five straight, only to be answered by five straight from the Yellow Jackets before GCU closed with the final four goals.
• AIC led 11-9 with less than four minutes to play when the Lions mounted their comeback. Doug Mackenzie scored the game-tying and game-winning goals, part of a five-goal game for Mackenzie. 
• Daniel Devitt won 21-24 faceoffs. 

Individual Milestones
• Joe Zerr's next game played will be his 50th. Matt Dorrian needs one more for 20 and Thomas Fleming one more for 30. 
• Joe Murphy is one caused turnovers away from 50. Max Dennington became the third Lion to ever reach 50 career caused turnovers at AIC. Murphy would be the fourth.
• Brett Bridges is two goals short of 100. He's be the fourth Lion to ever reach that total. He's also two assists away from 50, also something just three Lions have ever done. 
• Vincent Burkhart needs six saves for 500, something done just once before in program history. 

Who's Hot?
• Doug Mackenzie has 15 goals in four games. 
• Matt Dorrian has at least one goal in four straight games. 
• Brodie Seaborn has an assist in each game this season. 
• Vincent Burkhart has won three straight and has a 60.3% save percentage during that time. 
• Joe Murphy has 10 caused turnovers in his last three games.  
• Max Dennington has at least two caused turnovers in four straight games.
• Daniel Devitt won 21-24 faceoffs at American International. 

CACC Stat Leaders
• Doug Mackenzie leads the CACC with 15 goals and Brett Bridges is third with 12.
• They're tied for the league lead with 18 points each. 
• Joe Zerr is leading the CACC with eight assists.
• Joe Murphy is the CACC leader in caused turnovers and Max Dennington is third.
• Daniel Devitt and Stephen Albanese are second and third in ground balls. Devitt ranks sixth in faceoff winning percentage and has the second most wins. 
• Vincent Burkhart has the most saves in the CACC with 58. He's also third in save percentage and fifth in goals against average. 
• The Lions offense has the top shot percentage at 32.2% and are tied for the most goals with 59.
• They lead the league with 100 points and 41 assists as well.
• GCU has some of the best special teams in the country. In man-up offense converting more than 60% of the time and in man-down defense they have a 73.9% penalty kill percentage.

About the Opponent
Pace Setters
• Pace has played just two games and have been ranked in the top-10 all season.
• The Setters two wins have come by a combined seven goals, an 11-9 win vs Molloy and a 13-8 win at Wilmington, both those opponents are receiving votes in the USILA poll.
• Pace has done a great job on penalty kill, killing off 9-of-10 man-up chances.
• The Setters are winning just 41% of all faceoffs.
• James Rosellon has been their most successful on faceoffs winning 12-21. 
• Their defense has been strong causing more than 11 turnovers per game. Most of those are in the defensive half of the field. Opponents have successfully cleared into offense on 36-of-39 opportunities.
• Jack Kern has been rock solid in goal making 17 saves with an 8.5 goals against average.
• Declan Landers leads the team with five goals and nine points.
• Daniel Zabbia has six goals and six ground balls.