Men's Lacrosse | 4/6/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 8 PAC Honors (for events between March 30-April 5)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 8 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Thomas Whitaker • Chatham • Senior attack • Wilmington, Del./Delaware Military Academy
During the Cougars' 2-0 week, Whitaker recorded team highs in goals (seven) and points (nine) ... He scored five goals and had one assist in a 12-5 victory Westminster, including four goals in the second quarter to help Chatham build an 8-3 halftime lead ... Whitaker followed that with two goals and one assist in a 14-4 win over Allegheny on the road.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Grove City junior midfielder Breck Peacock (Wayne, Ill./Wheaton Academy); Hiram junior midfielder Kellen Wetz (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay); Saint Vincent junior midfielder Owen Rogers (Bealeton, Va./Liberty); Thiel junior attack Logan Millie (Fairview, Pa./Fairview); W&J sophomore attack William Fenimore (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
John Kirk • Franciscan • Freshman goalie • Rockville, Md./The Heights School
Kirk leveled his season record to 4-4 with the win over Hiram on Wednesday ... He recorded 12 saves in the 10-3 victory and held an .800 save percentage ... Four of his stops came in the third quarter as the Barons outscored Hiram 6-0 in the period to pull away in the win ... His .563 save percentage on the year is third-best in the PAC.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior goalie Garin Stearns (Hudson, Ohio/Revere); Chatham senior goalie James Cipollone (Forest Hill, Md./Marietta); Grove City junior goalie Kyle Gill (Irwin, Pa./Norwin); Thiel junior goalie Ethan Narby (Bath, N.Y./Haverling); W&J senior midfielder Riley Bullock (Kennett Square, Pa./Wilmington Christian-Del.)
PAC Specialist of the Week
Cody Randal • Chatham • Senior faceoff specialist • Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin
In the Cougars' two wins last week, Randal won 30-of-39 faceoffs for a .769 win rate and scooped 15 ground balls ... He was 13-for-19 in faceoffs with six GBs in the win over Westminster ... In addition to winning 85 percent (17-for-20) of his draws and collecting nine ground balls, Randal also scored one goal in the Cougars' 14-4 win at Allegheny.
PAC Specialist Honor Roll
Grove City senior faceoff specialist Colton Lehberg (Rancho Sante Fe, Calif./Sante Fe Christian); Saint Vincent sophomore faceoff specialist Mason Krabbe (Mechanicsville, Md./Chopticon); Thiel senior faceoff specialist/midfielder Austin Parker (Titusville, Pa./Maplewood); W&J senior midfielder/faceoff specialist Braden Petrarco (Irwin, Pa./Norwin)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Jack Dufalla • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman defender • Washington, Pa./Trinity
Dufalla led the W&J backline with seven caused turnovers and 12 ground balls in an undefeated week in conference play ... He caused five turnovers and collected six ground balls in a 12-10 victory over Thiel to start the week ... Against Bethany, Dufalla picked up six ground balls and had two caused turnovers, as the Presidents forced 43 Bison turnovers in an 8-3 W&J victory.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman attack/midfielder Nathan Wheeler (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake); Chatham freshman midfielder Michael Flynn (Wellfleet, Mass./Nauset); Franciscan freshman attack/midfielder Joe Delee (Mishawaka, Ind./Marian); Grove City freshman attack Owen Edkins (Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East); Thiel freshman defender Dom Baker (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg); Westminster freshman midfielder Brendan Robinson (Gainesville, Va./Gainesville)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Garin Stearns had 42 saves and a .583 save percentage last week in games against Grove City and Chatham ... Chatham's James Cipollone finished with 13 saves and a .722 save rate in the 12-5 win over Westminster at home ... Joe Delee scored a season-high four goals to lead the Franciscan attack in their 10-3 victory at Hiram ... Breck Peacock scored three goals and added an assist Wednesday night in Grove City's 16-3 home win over Allegheny ...
Hiram's Kellen Wetz had nine points (5g/4a) in Saturday's 14-4 win at Thiel, which is tied for seventh-most single-game points in Hiram history and gives him 10 straight games with at least one goal and one assist this year ... Saint Vincent's Owen Rogers had three goals and five assists and Mason Krabbe was 18-for-19 in faceoffs with 21 ground balls in a 27-0 win over Bethany ... Thiel's Ethan Narby made 34 saves in match-ups with W&J and Hiram and became the second PAC player to ever eclipse 700 career saves ... After posting two goals and two assists in a 12-10 victory over Thiel, W&J's William Fenimore logged the game's lone hat trick, scoring three goals in the first half of an 8-3 win over Bethany ... Westminster's Brendan Robinson finished with four goals in Wednesday's loss at Chatham, his second four-goal game of the year.