Greyhound Men’s Lacrosse Set to Begin 2025 Slate at Albright on February 15
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University men’s lacrosse team is set to start the 2025 campaign with a non-conference match at Albright College on Saturday, February 15 with action beginning at 12:00 p.m.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University men's lacrosse team is set to start the 2025 campaign with a non-conference match at Albright College on Saturday, February 15 with action beginning at 12:00 p.m.
Head Coach Dave Carty, who is in his tenth season with a 61-61 record and his 23rd year as a collegiate coach, returns 33 players from last year's 9-9 squad that reached the Landmark Conference Tournament.
The Greyhounds return five Landmark All-Conference players with senior midfielder Aaron Judge back after being on the Landmark All-Conference First Team a year ago and the Second Team in 2023, and Judge had 35 goals, six assists, 32 ground balls and ten caused turnovers last spring.
Graduate student attack Trevor Dzama earned a spot on the Landmark All-Conference Second Team in 2024 after leading the squad with 68 points on 28 goals and 40 assists, and he added 26 ground balls. Dzama enters his final season as Moravian's all-time leading scorer with 203 points and he also holds the school and Landmark Conference career record for assists with 128.
Senior defender Jason Levy made the Landmark All-Conference Second Team last year with 55 ground balls and 26 caused turnovers while senior short stick midfielder Aden Moskovitz was also on the Landmark All-Conference Second Team after recording 48 ground balls, 23 caused turnovers and a pair of assists. Senior face-off specialist Gannon Mesko returns after making Landmark Honorable Mention All-Conference, and he was 224-for-374 in the face-off circle, a school record for face-off wins in a season, to go with 101 ground balls, a goal and three caused turnovers.
Senior attack Dan Kelly had 22 goals, ten assists, 21 ground balls and eight caused turnovers last spring while sophomore attack Ryan Kokoszka netted 19 goals with eight assists and 15 ground balls. Junior attack Vincent Devito had 17 goals, seven assists and 11 ground balls a year ago in just ten matches due to injury while sophomore attack Nick Coffaro posted 13 goals, 11 assists, 18 ground balls and six caused turnovers.
Senior midfielder Steven Salica registered eight goals, six assists and 18 ground balls while senior midfielder Kyle Weiss had three goals, four assists, 40 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers last spring. Sophomore midfielder Brady Quinn added three goals and ten ground balls while senior midfielder Nick Sullivan contributed two goals and junior midfielder RJ Toogood scored one goal.
Senior defender Austin Hittle recorded an assist to go with 37 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers while junior defender Mike Sickler had 40 ground balls and 28 caused turnovers. Sophomore long stick midfielder Andrew Cassese posted 11 ground balls and eight caused turnovers while junior defender James Panico returns after missing last season with an injury, and Panico had 21 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers during the 2023 season.
Defensively, the Greyhounds return four goalies from 2024. Sophomore Liam Kelly posted 103 saves, a 9.87 goals-against average in 559 minutes of action, a 4-5 record, 19 ground balls, seven caused turnovers and an assist while senior Thomas Lee registered 81 saves, a 10.70 goals-against average, 15 ground balls and a 5-4 record last season. Senior Sean Boyer had three saves in 25 minutes of play while sophomore Nick Crames had one save in ten minutes of action.
Watch a season preview video including interviews with Coach Carty, Salica and Levy below.
