LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Men’s Lacrosse weekly award winners on Monday, as Marywood’s John Scibello and Wil Pieters won Player and Defensive Player of the Week honors respectively.
Player of the Week:
Name: John Scibello
School: Marywood University
Class: Senior
Position: Attack
Hometown: Glenolden, Pa.
High School: Interboro
Brief Outlook of Week: Scibello led the Pacers to a second-half 13-12 comeback win over Neumann with six goals and an assist for seven points. Tied at 9-9 in the fourth quarter, Scibello scored two goals in a seven-second span. Marywood's all-time leading goals and points scorer tallied the eventual game-winning goal on a man-up chance with 2:22 remaining. Scibello also contributed seven ground balls.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Name: Wil Pieters
School: Marywood University
Class: Junior
Position: LSM
Hometown: Webster, N.Y.
High School: Webster Thomas
Brief Outlook of Week: Pieters led Marywood to a 13-12 win over Neumann with five ground balls and three caused turnovers. He caused a pair of turnovers in a 1:07 span late in fourth quarter.
Weekly Honor Roll:
Seth Panowitz (So., Immaculata): Seth Panowitz, had six ground balls, and three caused turnovers in Immaculata's AEC win over Centenary.
Jake Methlie (Sr., Neumann): Jake Methlie went 11-for-18 (61.1%) from faceoffs in a 13-12 loss against the Pacers to wrap up the season. The senior also picked up seven ground balls.
Jason Smaron (Fr., immaculata): Jason Smaron scored four goals and added two assists for six points, with five shots on goal, three ground balls, and one caused turnover in Immaculata's AEC win over Centenary.
Bryan Maguire (Sr., Marymount): Bryan Maguire put up eight points in the Saints final regular season outing on Wednesday at Gwynedd Mercy, helping the Saints take down the Griffins by a final tally of 17-5 to pick up momentum before the Atlantic East Tournament. He secured the game winning goal, alongside posting a caused turnover and ground ball.
Brendan Boschi (Jr., Neumann): Brendan Boschi scored six goals and added an assist as Neumann wrapped up the season falling 13-12 at Marywood. He also led the team with 15 shots, 11 on goal. The junior scored the first four goals for the Knights and five of the first six.
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
(2/17) - Player of the Week: Brendan Boschi, Neumann;
Defensive Player of the Week: Winston Horshaw II, Marymount University
(2/24) - Player of the Week: Brandon Boschi, Neumann;
Defensive Player of the Week: Owen Avelar, Neumann
(3/3) - Player of the Week: John Scibello, Marywood;
Defensive Player of the Week: Colin Trainor, Marywood
(3/10) - Player of the Week: David Azzarano, Immaculata;
Defensive Player of the Week: Colin Trainor, Marywood
(3/17) - Player of the Week: Ian Kish, Gwynedd Mercy;
Defensive Player of the Week: Cameron Glass, Marymount
(3/24) - Player of the Week: Gunnar Seaman, Gwynedd Mercy;
Defensive Player of the Week: Bryce Gaffney, Gwynedd Mercy
(3/31) - Player of the Week: David Azzarano, Immaculata;
Defensive Player of the Week: Jake Methlie, Neumann
(4/7) - Player of the Week: David Crespo, Gwynedd Mercy;
Defensive Player of the Week: Jake Tedeschi, Gwynedd Mercy
(4/14) - Player of the Week: David Azzarano, Immaculata:
Defensive Player of the Week: Cameron Glass, Marymount
(4/21) - Player of the Week: Dillon Kane, Marywood;
Defensive Player of the Week: Matthew Ludlow