This Week in PAC Men's Lacrosse

March 25-31

4/2/2024 3:00:00 PM

Offensive Honors / Defensive Honors / Specialist Honors / Newcomer Honors / Records & Milestones

Week 7 PAC Honors (for events between March 25-31)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 7 of the 2024 season.
 
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Tyler Britton • Bethany • Senior midfielder • Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park
In Bethany's 2-1 week, Britton posted 15 points, including 12 goals, 16 ground balls and caused six turnovers ... He started the week with four goals against DII Davis & Elkins ... Britton then had six goals and two assists against La Roche and became Bethany's all-time goals leader ... In the win against Anderson, he had two goals and one assist ... Now for his career, Britton is atop the program's career goals list with 111.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore attack Gideon Sullivan (Getzville, N.Y./Cathedral-Ind.); Saint Vincent graduate student attack Jordan Billet (York, Pa./West York)
 
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Aaron Alderette • Westminster • Senior defender • Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park
Alderette led an impressive defensive effort in Friday night's 10-6 PAC win at Chatham ... He finished with five ground balls and a season-best four caused turnovers, including two in the fourth quarter, as the Titans shut out the Cougars in the final period and limited them to just four shots ... It marked the third straight game Westminster allowed six or fewer goals. 
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior defender Cassady Bouthet (Vernon, Conn./Rockville); Bethany graduate student defender Christian Funari (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park); Chatham sophomore goalie Brett Zaruba (Chisago City, Minn./Chisago); Franciscan senior goalie Richard Vale II (Lovettsville, Va./Woodgrove)
 
PAC Specialist of the Week
Anthony DeMarco • Allegheny • Junior faceoff specialist • Olmsted Falls, Ohio/Olmsted Falls
DeMarco won 33-of-49 faceoffs (67.3%) and led all Gators with 16 ground balls in a pair of games last week … In a 17-7 victory over W&J in the PAC opener, he tied a program single-game record with 19 faceoff wins while winning 70.4% (19-27) of his attempts at the dot … Followed up with 14 wins, fourth-most in a game in team history, against Adrian … DeMarco collected eight ground balls, a career-high, in both games.
PAC Specialist Honor Roll
Westminster sophomore short-stick defensive midfielder Asher Silberling (Redondo Beach, Calif./Redondo Union)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Ethyn Taylor • Bethany • Freshman attack • Valley Grove, W.Va./Wheeling Central Catholic
In Bethany's 2-1 week, Taylor totaled six goals and six assists, along with 13 ground balls and one caused turnover ... In Bethany's win over La Roche, he had three goals and four assists with nine ground balls ... In the win over Anderson, Taylor totaled two goals and two assists.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Chatham freshman attack Tanner Marsh (Windsor, Conn./Berkshire School); Franciscan freshman attack Joseph James (Herndon, Va./The Heights School); Saint Vincent freshman attack Tyler Harpst (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon)
 
PAC Records & Milestones
Chatham goalie Brett Zaruba set a single-game program-record 22 saves in the loss to Westminster last Friday ... Saint Vincent graduate student Jordan Billet became just the sixth player in program history to reach the 200-point milestone after scoring six points in the Bearcats' win at Franciscan and now ranks fourth all-time in the team record book with 205 career points.