Men's Lacrosse | 3/16/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 5 PAC Honors (for events between March 9-15)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Kyler Nigliazzo • Westminster • Senior attack • Montgomery, Texas/Magnolia West
Nigliazzo finished with seven points on four goals and three assists in a pair of overtime wins last week for Westminster … He had a goal and two assists in Wednesday's 10-9 win at Shenandoah … Nigliazzo's goal with under five minutes left in regulation tied the game at 9-9 … He had three goals and an assist in Saturday's 12-11 win at Marymount … Nigliazzo assisted on the game-winning score with 1:43 left in overtime.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Grove City senior attack Stewart McClain (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter Strasburg); Hiram junior midfielder Kellen Wetz (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay); Thiel junior midfielder Joey King (Cooperstown, Pa./Maplewood); W&J senior midfielder Braden Petrarco (Irwin, Pa./Norwin)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Ethan Bitong • Hiram • Senior short-stick defensive midfielder • Uniontown, Ohio/Green
Bitong keyed Hiram's defensive efforts over a 3-0 week this past week, totaling seven caused turnovers and 10 ground balls throughout wins against Randolph, Earlham and Brevard ... After causing three turnovers in an 8-7 win at Randolph, he forced three more and scooped four ground balls in the 13-7 victory over Earlham ... Bitong currently leads the Terriers roster with eight caused turnovers this season; his 23 ground balls are also tied for the second-most on the roster.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Grove City senior goalie Tyler Gladstone (Marriotsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge); Saint Vincent senior goalie Garret Ritts (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights); W&J senior midfielder Riley Bullock (Kennett Square, Pa./Wilmington Christian-Del.); Westminster senior goalie Jorden Tate (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley)
PAC Specialist of the Week
Remi DeSmith • Hiram • Freshman midfielder/faceoff specialist • Torrington, Conn./Seacoast Performance
DeSmith helped Hiram to a 3-0 record last week thanks to a faceoff win percentage of 66 percent against Randolph (9-17), Earlham (14-22) and Brevard (18-23) ... The 18 faceoff wins against Brevard was a new career-high ... DeSmith also chipped in 17 ground balls during that span, including six in the Randolph and Earlham wins ... He also caused two turnovers and had five ground balls in the victory over Brevard.
PAC Specialist Honor Roll
Grove City senior faceoff specialist Colton Lehberg (Rancho Sante Fe, Calif./Sante Fe Christian); Saint Vincent sophomore faceoff specialist/midfielder Mason Krabbe (Mechanicsville, Md./Chopticon); Thiel senior faceoff specialist/midfielder Austin Parker (Titusville, Pa./Maplewood)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Brendan Robinson • Westminster • Freshman midfielder • Gainesville, Va./Gainesville
Robinson had seven points on four goals and three assists last week in a pair of overtime wins for Westminster … He had a goal and an assist in Wednesday's 10-9 win at Shenandoah… Robinson's goal with just over five minutes to go in regulation cut the Hornets' lead to one, 9-8 and later assisted on Kyler Nigliazzo's game-tying goal … Robinson had five points, totaling three goals and a pair of assists, in Saturday's 12-11 victory at Marymount, his second three-goal game this season.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Grove City freshman midfielder Zach Moravec (West Chicago, Ill./Wheaton Academy); Hiram freshman defender Nathan Lavigne (Brunswick, Maine/Brunswick); W&J freshman midfielder Braydon Reighard (Oakdale, Pa./South Fayette)
PAC Records & Milestones
Grove City's Stewart McClain scored three goals Saturday at Kenyon ... Hiram's Kellen Wetz had 14 points (8g/6a) and eight ground balls in a 3-0 week and he set career-highs with five goals against Earlham and three assists against Brevard ... Saint Vincent's Garret Ritts stopped 15 shots in a double-OT loss at Susquehanna and surpassed 400 career saves in the game ... W&J's Riley Bullock scored his first goal of the season against Hanover ... Westminster's Jorden Tate registered 10 saves and added three ground balls in Wednesday's 10-9 victory at Shenandoah.