Men's Lacrosse | 3/23/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 6 PAC Honors (for events between March 16-22)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 6 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Ethan Kurtz • Westminster • Sophomore attack • Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin
Kurtz piled up 12 points on nine goals and three assists last week for 2-0 Westminster … He scored four goals in Wednesday's 18-10 win over Albright before registering his first eight-point game of the year Saturday afternoon, finishing with five goals and three assists in a 29-4 triumph at Spalding … Saturday was Kurtz's second five-goal game this season.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Bethany senior midfielder/attack Justice Smith (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Chatham senior midfielder Jacob Lubawy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin); Franciscan freshman midfielder Wyatt Balger (Jacksonville, Fla./Nease); Grove City junior attack Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy); Saint Vincent sophomore midfielder Neal Ritchie (Westerville, Ohio/Saint Francis DeSales); Thiel junior attack Logan Millie (Fairview, Pa./Fairview); W&J sophomore attack William Fenimore (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Jesse Corser-James • Chatham • Senior defender • Fort Collins, Colo./The Hill School
In the Cougars' two-win week, Corser-James recorded 11 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers ... Corser-James recorded season highs in ground balls (seven) and caused turnovers (six) when the Cougars defeated Muskingum, 12-10 ... He followed that up with a five-caused turnovers and four-ground ball performance against Hood, as Chatham held the Blazers to their lowest scoring total in their last six games.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior defender Jared Swisher (Cumberland, Maine/Berwick Academy); Franciscan senior short-stick defensive midfielder Thomas LeBlanc (Grand Blanc, Mich./St. Thomas More Academy); Grove City senior goalie Tyler Gladstone (Marriotsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge); Saint Vincent senior goalie Garrett Ritts (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights); Thiel freshman defender Dom Baker (Mechanisburg, Pa./Mechanisburg); W&J junior goalie Stephen Moschetta (Washington, Pa./Trinity); Westminster sophomore defender Tanner Crosby (Park City, Utah/Park City)
PAC Specialist of the Week
Jack Steimle • Westminster • Sophomore faceoff specialist • Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai
Steimle went a combined 35-of-53 (66 percent) on faceoffs and totaled 17 ground balls last week for 2-0 Westminster … He went 19-of-28 in the circle and added eight ground balls in Wednesday's 18-10 victory over Albright before finishing 16-of-25 at the X while posting a career-high nine ground balls in Saturday's 29-4 win at Spalding.
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); W&J senior midfielder/faceoff specialist Colin Golebiewski (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Braydon Reighard • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman midfielder • Oakdale, Pa./South Fayette
Reighard helped power the W&J frontline, aiding in a 2-0 week with victories against Hiram and La Roche ... The freshman had seven goals, one assist, seven ground balls and one caused turnover ... In the Presidents' conference opener victory over Hiram, Reighard scored two goals which led W&J to the 9-8 overtime win ... He additionally scored his first collegiate hat trick against the Redhawks with five goals and added one assist and six ground balls in a 19-0 victory.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Chatham freshman midfielder Michael Flynn (Wellfleet, Mass./Nauset); Franciscan freshman goalie John Kirk (Rockville, Md./The Heights School); Grove City freshman midfielder Mason Lyons (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Central); Westminster freshman midfielder Brendan Robinson (Gainesville, Va./Gainesville)
PAC Records & Milestones
Justice Smith scored a career-high six goals and added an assist for seven points along with three ground balls to lead Bethany in their 13-0 win over La Roche ... Franciscan's Thomas LeBlanc recorded a career-high six caused turnovers, gathered six ground balls and scored a goal, while John Kirk made 10 saves and allowed two goals in 45 minutes of action in a 14-6 win over Earlham ... Neal Ritchie recorded two goals and three assists while also causing one turnover in Saint Vincent's 11-10 win against Muskingum ... Logan Millie netted a goal seven seconds into Thiel's clash against Heidelberg, setting a new program record for fastest goal to open a game ... Stephen Moschetta had 16 saves to help W&J take a 9-8 victory in extra time over Hiram in the conference opener.