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Men's Lacrosse

Men's Lacrosse Welcomes Susquehanna to Draper Walsh Stadium on Wednesday

Men's Lacrosse vs Widener
Wednesday, March 5th| 4:00 pm
Draper Walsh Stadium | Immaculata, Pa.
 
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THE STORYLINE
  • The Immaculata men's lacrosse team (3-1, 0-0 AEC) is back in action on Wednesday, when they host Susquehanna University at Draper Walsh Stadium at 4 p.m.
  • Immaculata enters Wednesday's game having won three games in a row after defeating FDU-Florham on Saturday, 18-3.
  • Susquehanna (4-0, 0-0 Landmark) enters' Wednesday's game, having won all four games, and defeated King's College 18-4 on Saturday.
 
SERIES HISTORY
  • Immaculata and Susquehanna are meeting for the fifth time in their series that began in 2011.
  • Immaculata is 0-4 all-time vs Susquehanna.
 
LAST MEETING
  • Immaculata fell to Susquehanna 15-6 in their last meeting on March 6, 2024, at Susquehanna.
  • David Azzarano scored four goals, and Nicholas DeFillipo had one goal and three assists for the Mighty Macs.
 
MIGHTY MAC NOTES
  • David Azzarano scored four goals and had five assists, with eight ground balls, and one caused turnover vs FDU-Florham.
  • Bailey Manion scored five goals and had one assist vs FDU-Florham. Manion registered his 200th career point in the game on his first goal.
  • Connor Teears scored two goals and had three assists in Saturday's win.
  • Joseph Biuso scored three goals vs FDU-Florham.
  • Ryan Gorman scored two goals and had one assist.
  • Ben Wesolowski scored a pair of goals for Immaculata.
  • Aidan Lawrence had four caused turnovers and scooped up six ground balls on Saturday.
  • Colton Rhoades had two caused turnovers and three ground balls.
  • Matthew Ludlow made 15 saves and had nine ground balls.
 
SCOUTING SUSQUEHANNA
  • The River Hawks are outscoring their opponents 63-35 in the season.
  • Senior attacker Jack Gaillard has seven goals and 19 assists to lead the River Hawks offense.
  • Senior attackers Chris Ciccarello and Brennan Lorence each have 13 goals this season.
  • Senior defender Aidan Kennedy has 15 caused turnovers and 11 ground balls.
  • Senior goalkeeper Augie Granatelli has 46 saves on 138 shots faced, with 15 ground balls.
  • Senior FOGO Alexander Messina has won 28 faceoffs this season.
 
WEEKLY HONORS
  • Two Immaculata men's lacrosse players earned AEC Weekly Honors.
  • David Azzarano was named AEC Player of the Week. Azzarano combined six goals, seven assists, 10 ground balls, and three caused turnovers in Immaculata's two wins this week. Azzarano had two goals and two assists, with two ground balls and two caused turnovers in the win at Alvernia on February 25th. He scored four goals and had five assists with eight ground balls and a caused turnover in the win over FDU-Florham on Saturday.
  • Aidan Lawrence was named to the AEC Weekly Honor Roll. Lawrence had a combined a combined nine ground balls, and six caused turnovers in Immaculata's two wins this week. He had three ground balls and two caused turnovers in the win at Alvernia on February 25th and had six ground balls and four caused turnovers in the win over FDU-Florham on Saturday.
 
CHASING HISTORY
  • Bailey Manion became just the third player in IU lacrosse program history to reach 200 career points joining David Azzarano and Mike Reardon (2015-18) in the 200-point club.
  • Mike Reardon holds the Immaculata career point scoring record with 226 career points.
  • David Azzarano currently has 214 career points, and Bailey Manion has 205.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Immaculata men's lacrosse team will be back in action on Saturday, March 8th when they visit Moravian University for a 1:00 p.m. game.
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Players Mentioned

David Azzarano

#4 David Azzarano

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5' 10"
Graduate Student
Joseph Biuso

#3 Joseph Biuso

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5' 8"
Senior
Ryan Gorman

#11 Ryan Gorman

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5' 10"
Sophomore
Aidan Lawrence

#21 Aidan Lawrence

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5' 10"
Senior
Matthew Ludlow

#42 Matthew Ludlow

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5' 10"
Junior
Bailey Manion

#22 Bailey Manion

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5' 9"
Senior
Colton Rhoades

#12 Colton Rhoades

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5' 10"
Junior
Connor Teears

#40 Connor Teears

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5' 7"
Senior
Ben Wesolowski

#16 Ben Wesolowski

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6' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

David Azzarano

#4 David Azzarano

5' 10"
Graduate Student
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Joseph Biuso

#3 Joseph Biuso

5' 8"
Senior
A
Ryan Gorman

#11 Ryan Gorman

5' 10"
Sophomore
M
Aidan Lawrence

#21 Aidan Lawrence

5' 10"
Senior
D
Matthew Ludlow

#42 Matthew Ludlow

5' 10"
Junior
G
Bailey Manion

#22 Bailey Manion

5' 9"
Senior
A
Colton Rhoades

#12 Colton Rhoades

5' 10"
Junior
D
Connor Teears

#40 Connor Teears

5' 7"
Senior
M
Ben Wesolowski

#16 Ben Wesolowski

6' 4"
Senior
M