GNAC Men's Lacrosse Report: Week 3

Emmanuel's Thomas Quigley and Randy Castle were honored in Week 3 after the Saints knocked off preseason favorite Norwich, 14-7, on Saturday.

March 20, 2023

( FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 13 - 19 )

	PLAYER OF THE WEEK *Thomas Quigley, Emmanuel (Mass.)* (Jr, A/M - Marblehead, Mass.) - Quigley tallied 10 points for Emmanuel in a 2-0 week, scoring seven goals to go along with three assists while also notching three ground balls. The junior recorded his first hat trick of the season in the Saints 8-5 road win over Wheaton before a career-day in GNAC action versus Norwich where he posted seven points on four goals and three helpers in Emmanuel's 14-7 win over the weekend.
	GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK Randy Castle, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Sr, GK - Boxford, Mass.) - Castle was the catalyst for a strong defensive week by Emmanuel, posting wins over Wheaton and one of the GNAC's best in Norwich. The senior recorded a season-high 19 saves in EC's 8-5 road victory versus the Lyons before registering nine saves against NU in the Saints' 14-7 win, the first over the Cadets since 2016. He finished the week with a 6.00 goals-against average and .700 save percentage over 120 minutes of action.
	ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Matthew Hutchings, Albertus Magnus (Fr., A - Mt. Kisco, N.Y.) - Hutchings finished the week as the Falcons' second-leading scorer. pouring in 16 points on 11 goals and five assists. He started off the week with six goals and four assists in AMC's 26-1 win versus Mitchell before adding five goals, an assist and six ground balls in Albertus' 13-10 road triumph over Anna Maria on Saturday.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Jon Olson, Albertus Magnus (Sr., A - Bellmore, N.Y.) - Olson accumulated 22 points on 15 goals and seven assists to help the Falcons to a 2-0 week, including a 13-10 GNAC victory over the AMCATS. He kicked off the week scoring a career and program-record 11 goals and added seven assists for 18 points in the Falcons' 26-1 win over Mitchell College. He followed that up with a four-goal showing in the road triumph over the AMCATS this past Saturday morning.

Alex Padula, Johnson & Wales (RI) (Sr., D - Syracuse, N.Y.) - After opening the week with a two-point effort (1-1--2) in a loss to non-conference foe Gordon, Padula paced the Wildcats with eight points on five goals and three apples in a win over Regis (MA) in the GNAC opener on Saturday. He picked up a hat trick against the Pride in the first half.

Patrick Mullhern, Lasell (Graduate Student, A - Pembroke, Mass.) - Mullhern registered nine goals and three assists for 12 points in a 2-0 week for the Lasers. After registering four goals with an assist and two ground balls in a 15-10 road win over Eastern Conn. State, he paved the way with five goals, two assists and four groundballs in a 15-7 GNAC win over USJ. The grad student was also on-goal with 12 of his 14 shots (.857) for the week.

Tim Goodfellow, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Junior, A - Wayland, Mass.) - Goodfellow capped the Monks' comeback victory at Dean College by netting the game-winner in overtime on Saturday. St. Joe's trailed by as many as five goals, but a late run saw the Royal Blue escape with an 11-10 OT conference victory with Goodfellow leading the way after scoring a pair of goals and dealing three assists for five total points.

GNAC WEEKLY ARCHIVE

WEEK	PLAYER	GOALKEEPER	ROOKIE
1	D. Alvarez-Segee, DEAN	Trent Madigan, JWU	Matthew Hutchings, AMC
2	Alex Padula, JWU	James Rollins, DEAN	Cole Cloney, EMM
3	Thomas Quigley, EMM	Randy Castle, EMM	Matthew Hutchings, AMC (2)

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