This Week in PAC Men's Lacrosse

March 3-9

3/10/2025 3:00:00 PM

Week 4 PAC Honors (for events between March 3-9)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 4 of the 2025 season.

PAC Offensive Player of the Week
JP Rakis • Allegheny • Junior attack • Kensington, Md./Walter Johnson
Rakis led all Gators with 15 points, 10 goals, and five assists in a 2-0 week … He became the second player in program history to join the 100-point club in Allegheny's 10-6 win over Alfred after he totaled four points (3g/1a) with one man-up goal and two ground balls against the Saxons … Rakis led the Gators to a 15-4 win over Hiram by breaking his own record for points in a game with 11, while tying his record for goals in a game with seven … He also had four assists, three caused turnovers and a season-high seven ground balls in the victory.

PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Bethany senior midfielder Tyler Britton (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park); Chatham senior attack Ethan Rinker (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Palotti); Franciscan sophomore attack Joseph James (Herndon, Va./The Heights School); Saint Vincent senior midfielder Justin Wodarek (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park); Thiel graduate student attack Thadd Bell (Erie, Pa./McDowell); Westminster senior midfielder Gavin Jones (Henrico, Va./Douglas S. Freeman)

PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Garrett Ritts • Saint Vincent • Junior goalie • Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights
Ritts got the win in net for the Bearcats in their 18-10 victory against Neumann on Saturday ... The junior goalie recorded an impressive 17 saves in the win for Saint Vincent, with 11 coming in the second half as SVC held Neumann to just four goals after halftime ... He also scooped up one ground ball in the win for the Bearcats as well.

PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny junior goalie Garin Stearns (Hudson, Ohio/Revere); Bethany sophomore attack Ethyn Taylor (Valley Grove, W.Va./Wheeling Central Catholic); Chatham senior goalie Zen Smith (Herndon, Va./South Lakes); Franciscan sophomore goalie James Masso (Norfalk, Mass./Catholic Memorial); Thiel senior defender Justin Mason (Alden, N.Y./Alden Central); Westminster senior long-stick midfielder Brody McGuinness (Heber City, Utah/Wasatch)

PAC Specialist of the Week
Cody Randal • Chatham • Sophomore faceoff specialist • Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin
In the Cougars' three games last week, Randal corralled 16 ground balls and caused one turnover while winning 26-of-44 draws (59 percent) ... In a 20-5 victory at Averett, Randal corralled 11 ground balls and went a perfect 14-for-14 on draws and then went 8-for-11 on faceoffs with three ground balls against McDaniel.

PAC Specialist Honor Roll
Allegheny junior short-stick defensive midfielder Griffin Cates (Arlington Heights, Ill./John Hersey); Franciscan freshman midfielder/faceoff specialist Charles Buckley (Bennington, Vt./Homeschooled); Thiel junior midfielder/faceoff specialist Austin Parker (Titusville, Pa./Maplewood); Westminster junior short-stick defensive midfielder Asher Silberling (Redondo Beach, Calif./Redondo Union)

PAC Newcomer of the Week
Ethan Kurtz • Westminster • Freshman attack • Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin
Kurtz finished Westminster's 2-0 week with five goals and six ground balls … He scored twice and had a career-high four ground balls in a 16-4 victory at Muskingum Wednesday night before netting three goals, including the game-winner with just 41 seconds remaining in regulation, in Saturday afternoon's 11-10 win at Capital.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman midfielder Tomi Horsley (Salt Lake City, Utah/Brighton); Chatham freshman attack Owen Millar (St. Catherine's, Canada/Denis Morris Catholic); Franciscan junior attack Ayden Burke (Huntersville, N.C./Christ the King Catholic); Thiel freshman defender Bereket Debebe (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch)

PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Garin Stearns, who went 2-0 last week with 31 saves, shut out Alfred in the fourth quarter as the Gators rallied from a 6-5 deficit for a 10-6 victory ... Also in Allegheny's 2-0 week, Tomi Horsley had game-winning goals in both games and notched the first multi-goal games of his career with two scores in both games ... Tyler Britton keyed Bethany's 13-5 win over Hiram with five goals and three assists ... Chatham's Ethan Rinker had 13 points (10g/3a) in a 2-1 week, highlighted by five goals and two assists in a 12-4 win at Virginia Wesleyan ... Franciscan's Joseph James posted seven goals and four assists for 11 points while goalie James Masso stopped three shots to earn his first collegiate win in a 26-3 victory over La Roche ... With his six points (5g/1a) in the win over Capital, Westminster's Gavin Jones surpassed 200 career points (203).