March 20th
Division 1:
Jake Naso went 64% (16/25) facing off, scored a goal, and picked up 8 ground balls for the Duke Blue Devils as they cruised to a 15-8 victory over North Carolina in the battle of Tobacco Road on Friday evening. Naso secured his 600th career faceoff win in the victory. Colin Krieg (Legacy 2020/Ward Melville) made 8 saves for the Tarheels in the loss.
Krieg also made 4 saves in a 25-7 win for the Tarheels on short rest over visiting Dartmouth on Sunday.
Boston University's leading scorer and one third of their three headed monster at attack, Vince D'Alto (Legacy 2020/ Kings Park), had 6 goals and 3 assists to go with 2 ground balls in a 23-9 win over Holy Cross on Saturday. Jordan Naso (Legacy 2022/ St. Anthony's) had 3 fo wins and 3 ground balls in the losing effort for the Crusaders.
Ryan Behrens (Legacy 2021/ West Islip) continues his stellar play as a defensive midfielder for the Brown Bears with 1 GB, 2 Caused Turnovers and a goal in the 16-15 loss to the Harvard Crimson.
Sal Miccio (Legacy 2020/ Northport) chipped in with a goal and an assist for the Pioneers in a 9-7 loss to Manhattan. Miccio leads Sacred Heart in points through 7 games.
Freddie Amato (Legacy 2020/ Ponte Vedra HS) had a goal for the Mountain Hawks of Lehigh in a 12-10 loss to Army. Dylan D'Agastino (Legacy 2020/ St. Anthonys) had 2 ground balls for West Point in the win.
Ethan Insigna (Legacy 2020/ Wantagh) helped Binghamton improve to 5-2 on the year after scoring 3 goals in a huge win over Merrimack.
Division 2:
Limestone defenseman Marco Tantillo (Legacy 2021/ Lindenhurst) continues to impress for the Saints in a 2-0 week. Tantillo had 3 ground balls and a caused turnover in a 16-4 win over Mars Hill on Wednesday. Marco continued to wreak havoc on opposing offenses with 3 takeaways and a groundball in a 13-11 win over Newberry on Saturday.
Michael Simone (Legacy 2020/ Smithtown West) earned the win in cage, making 7 saves for the Mocs of Florida Southern in a 28-8 rout of Flager on St. Patricks Day.
Freshman John Raucci (Legacy 2022/ Seaford) has seamlessly transitioned to the collegiate game for the Lions of St. Leo. Raucci has scored a goal in ALL of the Lions games this season thus far. An impressive feat for any college midfielder, let alone a true freshman. John scored 2 goals and chipped in with an assist in Wednesdays' 26-6 win over Shorter University.
Division 3:
Farmingdale FOGO Tony Kaminskey (Legacy 2020/ Lindenhurst) collected 9 ground balls and won 15 of 19 (79%) faceoffs in a blowout 17-0 win for the Rams over Eastern Connecticut on Thursday. Liam McGroarty (Legacy 2022/St. Dominic's) had two caused turnovers paired with some stellar defensive play and goaltender Nick Rizzuto (Legacy 2021/Connetquot) made 3 saves while allowing zero goals in the win.
The Rams added another win to their resume on Sunday with a 22-5 rout of Sage College. Kaminskey had another strong day facing off going 20 for 24 at the face off stripe (83%) and a game high 16 ground balls. McGroarty scored his first collegiate goal and had a gb. Rizzuto continued his hot play in cage making 4 saves and surrendering no goals in the win.
Andrew Sellitto (Legacy 2021/ Hauppauge) followed up his game winning OT goal for the Mules in their win over St. John Fisher with a goal and an assist in an 8-2 win over Emerson on Thursday.
Wesleyan LSM Doug Rabin (Legacy 2022/ Bay Shore) had 2 ground balls and a caused turnover in a 21-12 win over NESCAC foe Colby on Wednesday and 3 ground balls and a caused turnover in a 19-7 win over Salve Regina on Saturday, helping the Cardinals improve their record to 4-1 with with 2 wins this week.
Tyler Ruffini (Legacy 2022/ Ward Melville) had 2 goals and an assist for RPI in a 15-12 loss for the Engineers to Hamilton on Wednesday. Ruffini chipped in with 3 assists and 2 gbs in RPI's road win over Vassar on Sunday.
NJCAA:
Kamryn GIll (Legacy 2019/ Riverhead) currently leads undefeated and #1 Ranked Nassau Community College in points.