LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 7, 2025) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse's steps back onto the field Saturday afternoon against another Northeast-10 foe.
Opponent
RV Assumption Greyhounds (4-0, 0-0 NE10)
Where
Worcester, MA - Brian Kelly '83 Stadium
When
Saturday, March 8 - 1 pm
How to Watch
• Saturday's game is available to watch on a pay-to-view broadcast on the Assumption portal of FloSports. Live stats are also available on the Lions schedule page.
Previously vs. Assumption
• This will mark the fourth straight season these two teams have met.
• Assumption won in 2022 and 2024.
• Last year, the Greyhounds survived a late Lion comeback attempt.
• GCU trailed 11-8 entering the fourth quarter and were still down three, 12-9 with nine minutes to play.
• The Lions got goals from
James Sanford and
Doug Mackenzie brought GCU within one with 1:04 left, but the Lions couldn't get another shot off and lost by one, 12-11.
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Brett Bridges scored four goals while Mackenzie added three.
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Vincent Burkhart made 14 saves.
Last Time Out
• The Lions third loss of the season was to their third ranked opponent.
• GCU traveled to No. 5 Pace where the Setters scored 10 in the first quarter on their way to a 24-6 win.
• Georgian Court scored three first quarter goals and only scored three more over the final three quarters of play.
Individual Milestones
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Joe Zerr's next game played will be his 50th.
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Brett Bridges is one goal 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.
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Millan Webster is two goals away from 25.
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James Sanford needs three points for 75.
• Three more shots will bring
Tyler Burns to 100.
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Aidan Miranda needs one more ground ball to reach 30.
Who's Hot?
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Doug Mackenzie has 16 goals in four games.
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Matt Dorrian has at least one goal in five straight games.
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Vincent Burkhart has won three of four and made a season-high 17 saves at Pace.
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Joe Murphy has 11 caused turnovers in his last four games.
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Max Dennington has at least two caused turnovers in four of his last five games.
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Gavin Eremus took a season-high nine faceoffs at Pace and won six.
CACC Stat Leaders
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Doug Mackenzie leads the CACC with 16 goals and
Brett Bridges is fourth with 13.
• They're tied for second in the league with 19 points each.
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Joe Zerr is second in the CACC with eight assists.
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Joe Murphy is the CACC leader in caused turnovers and
Max Dennington is fourth.
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Daniel Devitt is sixth in the CACC in faceoff win percentage and second in total wins.
• Devitt and
Stephen Albanese are second and third in total ground balls.
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Vincent Burkhart has the most saves in the CACC with 75.
• The Lions offense is second in the CACC having scored 65 goals.
• The defense leads the league with 67 caused turnovers and is second with 192 ground balls.
• GCU has some of the best special teams in the country. In man-up offense converting 50% of the time and in man-down defense they have a 75% penalty kill percentage.
About the Opponent
Assumption Greyhounds
• Assumption has played four games this season and won them all.
• They're coming off of a 17-1 dismantling of D'Youville last Sunday.
• Saturday will be the home opener though for the Greyhounds, who are receiving votes in the USILA top-20 coaches poll.
• Starting with the defense where Shane Corcoran has been a wall in net allowing just 3.89 goals against average with a 71.1% save percentage.
• The freshman netminder was the NE10 Rookie of the Week and named to the USILA Team of the Week.
• The Greyhounds are doing a great job on faceoffs winning 73.3%. Connor Stack is 53-71 on the draw through four games with 32 ground balls.
• Assumption is causing more than 12 turnovers per game, and forcing teams into nearly 25 per game. Trent Sargent and Declan Turner lead the team with seven each.
• The offense is running through Ben McHugh who has 16 goals and two assists.
• Brady McNulty is also in double-figures having scored 10 times.
