Men's Lacrosse | 4/13/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 9 PAC Honors (for events between April 6-12)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 9 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
JP Rakis • Allegheny • Senior attack • Kensington, Md./Walter Johnson
Rakis led Allegheny to a pair of PAC wins with a team-high 21 points … He scored seven goals, dished out 14 assists, and grabbed 14 ground balls … Rakis tied a season-high with six goals as part of a 12-point effort in Allegheny's 21-4 win at Thiel … He then scored once with eight assists for a game-high nine points in a 19-3 victory against W&J on Senior Day Saturday.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Chatham senior attack Thomas Whitaker (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Military Academy); Franciscan junior attack Joseph James (Herndon, Va./The Heights School); Grove City senior attack Mac Faircloth (Greensboro, N.C./Page); Hiram junior midfielder Kellen Wetz (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay); Thiel junior attack Logan Millie (Fairview, Pa./Fairview); Westminster sophomore attack Ethan Kurtz (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
James Cipollone • Chatham • Senior goalie • Forrest Hill, Md./Marietta
In the Cougars' 2-0 week, Cipollone made 13 saves and had a .619 save rate ... He started the week with a 12-save performance leading the Cougars to a 15-7 win at Saint Vincent, making nine of 12 saves in the second half and allowing the Cougars to outscore Saint Vincent 9-4 after halftime ... He also scooped two ground balls ... In Chatham's 32-1 win against Thiel, Cipollone made one save before being replaced at halftime ... His impact was felt however when he scored his first career goal late in the second quarter ... He once again picked up a pair of ground balls and added a caused turnover.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior goalie Garin Stearns (Hudson, Ohio/Revere); Grove City senior long stick midfielder Samuel Busby (Doswell, Va./Patrick Henry); Hiram short-stick defensive midfielder Ethan Bitong (Uniontown, Ohio/Green); Thiel junior goalie Ethan Narby (Bath, N.Y./Haverling); W&J junior goalkeeper Stephen Moschetta (Washington, Pa./Trinity); Westminster senior goalie Jorden Tate (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley)
PAC Specialist of the Week
Colton Lehberg • Grove City • Senior faceoff specialist • Rancho Sante Fe, Calif./Sante Fe Christian
Lehberg won all 16 of his faceoffs Saturday in a 23-5 win over Saint Vincent ... He matched a career high with 13 ground balls ... Wednesday at W&J, Lehberg won 9 of 11 faceoffs and picked up four ground balls in the Wolverines' 25-2 win ... Lehberg scored in each win and also had an assist against Saint Vincent.
PAC Specialist Honor Roll
Allegheny senior midfielder Mikko Horsley (Salt Lake City, Utah/Utah Military Academy); Chatham senior faceoff specialist Cody Randal (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin); W&J senior midfielder/faceoff specialist Braden Petrarco (Irwin, Pa./Norwin); Westminster sophomore faceoff specialist Jack Steimle (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Nathan Wheeler • Allegheny • Freshman attack • Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake
Wheeler helped the Gators go 2-0 against PAC opponents with a team-high nine goals and two assists for 11 points … He also grabbed eight ground balls and caused two turnovers … Wheeler posted season highs in points (seven) and goals (five) with five ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 21-4 win at Thiel … He potted four goals, including a man-up tally, with three ground balls in a 19-3 win over W&J.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Chatham freshman midfielder Michael Flynn (Wellfleet, Mass./Nauset); Grove City freshman midfielder Mason Lyons (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township); Thiel freshman defender Dom Baker (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg); W&J freshman midfielder Ryan Mey (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette); Westminster freshman midfielder Brendan Robinson (Gainesville, Va./Gainesville)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegeheny's Garin Stearns went 2-0 in goal with a 3.43 goals-against average, 68.4 save percentage, 13 saves, six ground balls, and two caused turnovers ... Chatham piled up the records last week, highlighted by Thomas Whitaker scoring his 100th goal of his career against Thiel and he also has 53 goals this year, which is the new single-season record for Chatham. In addition, Cody Randal recorded 29 face off wins and 20 ground balls against Thiel, both single game standards, and now has 466 face off wins in his career, a new career record for Chatham. Finally, the Cougars set the single game points record with 53 (32g/21a) against Thiel ... Mac Faircloth posted a pair of seven-point outings last week to help Grove City earn conference wins over W&J and Saint Vincent, including four goals, three assists and four ground balls in Saint Vincent victory ... Ethan Bitong tied the Hiram program record with nine caused turnovers in a loss to Westminster on Saturday, a mark originally set by Horace Johnson, who also had nine caused turnovers in a win vs La Roche in February 2020 ... Jorden Tate won both games in Westminster's 2-0 week and finished with 14 saves and eight ground balls in victories over Franciscan and Hiram.