Men's Lacrosse | 3/9/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 4 PAC Honors (for events between March 2-8)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 4 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Thomas Whitaker • Chatham • Senior attack • Wilmington, Del./Delaware Military Academy
Whitaker scored a team high six goals in the Cougars' 1-1 week where he recorded hat tricks in both games extending his streak to four games with at least three goals ... He opened the scoring in a 17-8 win over Wittenberg and then added back-to-back goals in the third quarter that extended Chatham's lead to 10-4 ... Whitaker had one score in the first quarter and two more in the second quarter that gave Chatham a 7-5 halftime lead at Arcadia.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior attack JP Rakis (Kensignton, Md./Walter Johnson); Franciscan junior attack Joseph James (Herndon, Va./The Heights School); Grove City junior attack Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy); Hiram sophomore midfielder Will Minggia (New York, N.Y./Frederick Douglass Academy); Saint Vincent senior midfielder Jonathan Nagy (York, Pa./Central York); Thiel sophomore attack Quentin Cato (Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili); W&J sophomore attack William Fenimore (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Westminster sophomore attack Ethan Kurtz (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Aidan Griffin • Hiram • Senior goalie • Syracuse, N.Y./LaFayette
Griffin came up clutch on Sunday in an 8-6 win over Averett, recording 11 saves – five of which came in the fourth quarter – to earn his first victory of the year ... Griffin has already set the Hiram program record in terms of career saves (now has 697 career saves), and has recorded a double-digit save total in all four of his games played this season.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior goalie Garin Stearns (Hudson, Ohio/Revere); Chatham senior goalie James Cipollone (Forest Hill, Md./Calvert Hill College); Grove City senior defender Sam Stevenson (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove); Thiel freshman defender Dom Baker (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg)
PAC Specialist of the Week
Mason Krabbe • Saint Vincent • Sophomore faceoff specialist/midfielder • Mechanicsville, Md./Chopticon
Krabbe recorded two goals, 16 ground balls, and three caused turnovers for the Bearcats over the course of their 1-1 week ... He also went 24-for-50 in faceoffs for the Bearcats ... Krabbe scored two goals and scooped up nine ground balls, while going 16-for-26 in faceoffs in SVC's win at Mount Union ... He followed that up with seven ground balls and three caused turnovers in the Bearcats' loss to Hood on Saturday.
PAC Specialist Honor Roll
Chatham junior midfielder Jack Neal (Minneapolis, Minn./South); Grove City senior faceoff specialist Colton Lehberg (Rancho Sante Fe, Calif./Sante Fe Christian); Thiel senior faceoff specialist/midfielder Austin Parker (Titusville, Pa./Maplewood); Westminster sophomore faceoff specialist Jack Steimle (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Remi DeSmith • Hiram • Freshman midfielder/faceoff specialist • Torrington, Conn./Seacoast Performance
DeSmith went 13-for-18 on faceoffs in his first collegiate start with the Terriers, helping the team set up its offense as part of an 8-6 win at Averett Sunday ... DeSmith had only taken one other faceoff in his career before winning 72% of the faceoffs in the non-conference affair and he added six ground balls in the victory.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman attack Jack Pearl (Ladera Ranch, Calif./JSerra Catholic); Bethany sophomore defender Levi Connally (Prince George's County, Md./Frederick Douglass); Chatham freshman midfielder Michael Flynn (Wellfleet, Mass./Nauset)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Garin Stearns tied the program's single-game saves record with 23 against Capital ... Chatham's James Cipollone had 11 saves in 48 minutes of action in the 17-8 win over Wittenberg ... Franciscan's Joseph James set the program record for career points in the first half against La Roche on Wednesday and then in the second half, he set the program record for career assists. James is now the program leader in goals, assists, and points in just his junior season ... Colton Lehberg won 26 of 32 faceoffs in Grove City's two games last week and also scooped 18 ground balls ... Hiram's Will Minggia posted three goals in an 8-6 win over Averett, giving him multiple goals in all four of his career games as a Terrier ... Quentin Cato recorded his first career hat trick in Thiel's matchup at Hilbert Saturday ... W&J's William Fenimore led the Presidents in a 14-4 win over Earlham with four goals and two assists ... Westminster's Ethan Kurtz scored a season-high five goals against Muskingum.