LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week on Monday for the week ending on March 19th. Immaculata’s David Azzarano was named Player of the Week, while Neumann’s Jake Marchiafava was named Defensive Player of the Week.
Player of the Week:
Name: David Azzarano
School: Immaculata
Class: Senior
Position: Attack
Hometown: Wayne, Pa.
High School: Radnor
Brief Outlook of Week: Azzarano averaged four goals and an assist per contest over the two game week for the Mighty Macs. First against Albright he had two goals. Azzarano followed that with a six goal two assist game against Penn Tech. The senior also tallied 9 groundballs and three caused turnovers in the two contests.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Name: Jake Marchiafava
School: Neumann
Class: Junior
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Wilmington, Del.
High School: Salesanium
Brief Outlook of Week: Marchiafava was pivotal in the 1-0 week for the Knights. The junior goalkeeper made 15 saves in a 7-6 win over Chatham. Marchiafava had a save percentage of .714 on the 34 shots he faced in the lone game of the week for Neumann.
Weekly Honor Roll:
Jason Eide (Jr., Attack, Gwynedd Mercy): Eide in two games this week finished with a team high five goals and nine points. The junior also had an overtime winner against Nichols College. Eide added a groundball and caused turnover to his stat line for the week.
Matthew Ludlow (Fy., Goalkeeper, Immaculata): Ludlow had a strong week in goal for the Mighty Macs who finished the week 1-1. The first year had 16 saves and three groundballs in a win over Albright. He followed that with 21 saves and one groundball in a tough loss to Penn Tech.
Jake Schneider (So., Attack, Cabrini): Schneider scored three goals and added one assist in a 12-8 win over Ohio Wesleyan. He added two goals and added one assist in a 15-6 win over DeSales.
Connor Watts (Fy., Goalkeeper, Cabrini): Watts helped the Cavaliers to a 2-0 week with wins over Ohio Wesleyan and DeSales. Across the two games he had 19 saves and a save percentage of .576.
Previous Players of the Week:
2/20/23 – Gavin Taylorson, Marymount & Matthew Kirkland, Immaculata
2/27/23 – Brendan Boschi, Neumann & Jake Methlie, Neumann