READING, Pa. – The first senior class in Albright men's lacrosse history will play its final regular season game on Saturday (April 25) at Exeter Township High School against Hood College in a Commonwealth Conference battle with tournament seeding implications.
Albright is 12-3 overall and has clinched a postseason berth with a 5-2 mark in the Commonwealth. The Lions currently sit in a tie for second place with Messiah and Widener.The Lions fell to Messiah 9-8 in overtime, and defeated Widener 13-4 in the Commonwealth opener.
The Commonwealth Tournament opens with the fourth seed hosting fifth seeded Lebanon Valley on Monday (April 27) with the winner playing at top-seeded Stevenson on Wednesday (April 29). The second seed will host the third seed on Wednesday and the winners to faceoff at the home of the highest remaining seed on Saturday.
A victory over Hood, 6-9 overall, 2-5 in the Commonwealth, would keep the Lions away from having to play a game with fifth-seeded Lebanon Valley on Monday.
Head coach
Jake Plunket has 14 seniors who have been with the program since its inception in 2012. The class has amassed a 56-16 overall record, appeared in two Commonwealth Conference championship games, and has captured two ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship crowns, in the first three years.
The 14 seniors are
Justin Brown,
Joe Devinney,
Connor Grant,
T.J. Holston,
Kyle McCabe,
Darian Meador,
Thomas Mitchell,
Nicholas Pisko,
Andrew Poitras,
Philip Potter,
Cody Sandy,
Bryan Smith,
Mike Southwick,
Ryan Turner.
Meador, Potter and Southwick have appeared in all 72 matches played in Albright history.
Potter, who tied the school record with nine points against Lebanon Valley on Tuesday, leads the Lions with 56 points this year. His 137 career assists set the school standard as does his 257 career points.
Holston, who was the first Lion to go over the 100-goal plateau, paces the Lions with 35 goals during the 2015 season. He is the career leader at Albright with 145 goals scored and surpassed the 200-point plateau with six points at Lebanon Valley on Tuesday to push his career total to 203.
Turner, who holds the Albright single-season mark with 50 goals scored during the 2013 season, has 122 career goals and has accounted for 150 points in his career.
Nicholas Pisko has made the transition into the goal in 2015 and has recorded 12 victories with a 7.64 goals against average.
There will be a pregame ceremony honoring the seniors, with the opening faceoff at 2 p.m.