PAC

1. Grove City
2. Chatham
3. St. Vincent  
4. Westminster
5. Allegheny
6. Franciscan
7. Bethany
8. Washington & Jefferson
9. Hiram
10. Thiel

**Disclaimer: Not all teams participated in providing up-to-date information for the 2026 season. With many schools yet to post official rosters, we have made every effort to ensure the information presented is as accurate as possible.**

Grove City

Program: Grove City College              
Head Coach: Alec Jernstedt 
Conference: PAC

2025 Overall Record: 14-8

2025 Conference Record: 8-0

Postseason Appearance: (Conference tournament / NCAA / None): PAC Conference Champions. 1st round win 18-3 vs Albion. Second round loss vs #4 CNU 14-16.

Key Losses:

• Zach Hougan | Attack | 2nd team AA
• Matt Blythe | Attack | HM AA
• Luke Jayne | Midfield | All Conference
• Luke Rios | FO | All Conference

Key Returners:

• Tyson Bui | Attack | 
• Colton Lehberg | FO | 
• Sam Stevenson | D | HM AA

Impact Newcomers (First-years, transfers, returns from injury)

• Brady Miller | LSM | Messiah College
• Mason Lyons | A/M | Muhlenberg
• Tucker Saums | M |

Non-Conference Games That Will Test This Team Early: 

• Salisbury
• RIT
• CNU
• York
• OWU
• Roanoke
  Kenyon

Internal Goals for the Season: “We would like to win the conference again and advance to the Elite 8 for the first time.”

Anything You Feel the Lacrosse Community Should Know About This Team:

“We are headed in to our 8th full season and after playing Salisbury, CNU, and York all very tight, the next step for us is to get over that hump and get another ranked win(s) in the regular season and advance further in the NCAA tournament.”

DeeThreeLax Take: Grove City is a program that continues to rise year after year and continues to push their way into the top of DeeThreeLax. They had a strong group in 2025 but have plenty of returning pieces with depth on this squad to make another run. I expect Grove City to once again win the PAC title and make a trip to the NCAA tournament. The goal coming into 2026 is to make The Elite 8 or further. This is a team that’s been on the doorstep of accomplishing that, and 2026 could be the year they make more history for the Program and push deeper into the NCAA tournament.

Chatham

Program: Chatham            
Head Coach: Joe Conner
Conference: PAC

 2025 Overall Record: 13-6

2025 Conference Record:  7-1

Postseason Appearance: 1st PAC Playoff win in program history, 1st PAC Championship appearance in program history.

Key Losses:

• Tom Curtin – Graduated – D – Scholar All American, All-PAC Honorable Mention
• Ethan Rinker – Graduated – A – Set career goals (116) and points (154) records, 2nd team All-PAC
• Zen Smith – Graduated – G – Starting goalie, Set career save record 429
• Ryan Buchanan – Graduated – D – 39 GBs, 19 CTs, All-PAC Honorable Mention

Key Returners:

• Jake Lubawy – SR – M – 56 points, Set Career Assist Record 78 as a junior, 1st Team All-PAC
• Jesse Corser-James – JR – D – 67 GBs, 36 CTs, 1st Team All-PAC
• Cody Randal – SR – FO – 58.1% 215/370, All-PAC Honorable Mention
• Thomas Whitaker – SR – A – 35 points, 4th leading scorer, All-PAC Honorable Mention
• Ethan Joshi – SR – D – 47 GBs, 32 CTs, All-PAC Honorable Mention

Impact Newcomers (First-years, transfers, returns from injury)

• James Cipollone – SR – G – Transfer Marietta College 
• Erik Sahlgren – GR – M – Graduate from Belmont Abbey, Graduate Student at Chatham

Non-Conference Games That Will Test This Team Early: 

• Ohio Northern University – OAC Champions, NCAA Tournament Contender
• Arcadia – MAC Freedom Championship Appearance 

Internal Goals for the Season: Conference Tournament, Conference Championship, First NCAA Tournament appearance, Program Best season 

  Anything You Feel the Lacrosse Community Should Know About This Team:

“In the wake of our head coach leaving college lacrosse at the end of last season, the program faced the immense challenge of remaining intact through the offseason. When many programs would see their team and culture fracture as players seek new opportunities after a head coach leaving, this team stuck together to continue pursuing the goals they set out to achieve years prior. They became closer as a unit and pushed each other harder as a result. The work they have done this past summer with the absence of a Head Coach is admirable. Their individual growth as leaders and teammates has elevated the program as we hold higher standards for ourselves and each other. The culture has never been stronger, and with our new Head Coach Joe Conner joining the program this past fall, the team is eager to show what they are capable of. We look forward to what the season holds for us as we continue to pursue championship level success and continued growth of the program in an upward trajectory.”

DeeThreeLax Take: Chatham is coming off a huge year in 2025 and got the first playoff win in program history. They did lose some major pieces to the puzzle from last year but have a lot of production returning. Obviously, a big question around Chatham is how will they do with a new coach at the helm, luckily for Chatham Joe Conner is no stranger to the PAC. Most recently he found success at St Vincent and was previously a division 1 player back his day. I think that Chatham will be in great hands with Conner who will help continuing to guide this program upward. I fully expect them to be atop of the PAC fighting for a top playoff spot at the end of the season.

St. Vincent

Head Coach: Zach Wilfon

Conference: PAC

2025 Overall Record: 9-8

2025 Conference Record: 6-2

Key Losses:

• Carter Haid – Attack – 20 Goals, 11 Assists, 31 points 
• Justin Wodarek– Midfield- 19 Goals, 13 Assists, 32 Points
• Shawn Ryan– Defense – 10 CTs, 11 GBs, 1 Goal

Key Returners 

• Garrett Ritts – Goalie – 168 saves, 53% Save %, 
• Liam McCall – Attack – 34 Goals, 30 Assists, 64 points
• Jonathan Nagy –Midfield – 41 Goals, 22 Assists, 63 Points
• Isaiah Francis– LSM- 20 CTs, 51 GB, 4 Points
• Cam Harring – Midfield – 14CTs, 33 GBs, 8 Points

Games That Will Test This Team Early: 

• Messiah
• Hood
• Susquehanna 

DeeThreeLax Take: St. Vincent is always in the mix within the top half of the PAC. I see this year being no different. I expect them to be fighting it out for a top 2-4 seed within the conference. The big tests for them will come Chatham and Westminster but I don’t see any reason that this team couldn’t find themselves in the number 2 seed heading into conference playoffs.

Westminster

Program: Westminster College (PA)
Head Coach: Anthony Accardi
Conference: Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC)

2025 Overall Record: 10-9

2025 Conference Record: 5-3

Postseason Appearance: (Conference tournament / NCAA / None): #4 seed in PAC Championship Tournament. Lost in semifinals to Grove City College

Key Losses:

• Gavin Jones (Graduated) | Midfield | 70 goals, 26 assists, 96 points, All-PAC Second Team, 2025 USILA Pre-Season All-American, USILA Scholar All-American, All-ECAC
• Brody McGuinness (Graduated) | LSM | 75 ground balls, 30 caused turnovers, 6 goals, 6 assists, 12 points, All-PAC Second Team
• Jimmy Sentz (Graduated) | Attack / Midfield, 41 goals, 37 assists, 78 points, All-PAC Honorable Mention
• David Evangelista (Graduated) | Defense, 35 ground balls, 31 caused turnovers, All-PAC Honorable Mention, USILA Preseason All-American
• Nolan Grieshaber (Transfer) | Goalie, started all 19 games, 235 saves, .536 save %, All-PAC Honorable Mention
• Geoffrey Worsey (Graduated) | Defense, 38 ground balls, 20 caused turnovers
• Jonas Clark (Graduated) | Attack, 16 goals, 14 assists, 30 points. (Only played in 8 games due to a torn ACL)

Key Returners:

• Ethan Kurtz | Attack | 49 goals, 17 assists, 66 points. PAC Newcomer of the Year
• Jahiem Hawkins | SSDM | 60 ground balls, 36 caused-turnovers, 1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points, All-PAC Second Team
• Anthony Trella | Midfield | 7 goals, 32 assists, 39 points, All-PAC Honorable Mention
• Tanner Crosby | Defense | 28 ground balls, 20 caused turnovers. All-PAC Honorable Mention

Impact Newcomers (First-years, transfers, returns from injury)

• The Titans added 18 freshmen this year. I expect for a lot of them to make an impact.

Non-Conference Games That Will Test This Team Early:

• Oberlin College- Feb 25
  Shenandoah University- March 11
  Marymount University- March 14

Internal Goals for the Season: “Our expectation for the 2026 season is to make the conference tournament with our yearly goal always being to win the championship to secure our first ever conference championship. Another goal of ours is to have our fifth straight 10-win season as a program.”

Anything You Feel the Lacrosse Community Should Know About This Team:

“Coach Accardi is heading into his fourth season as head coach of the Titans. Under Accardi the Titans have had three straight 10-win seasons and three straight playoff appearances. This program has also never missed the playoffs.”

DeeThreeLax Take: Westminster is a program that is always fighting in the PAC and year in and year out makes the conference tournament with a 10 win season. Needless to say Coach Accardi has put together a very solid program at Westminster. While the 2026 outlook will rely heavy on new players stepping into their new roles I have no doubt this team will be in the PAC tournament. Where they land is up to them and how quickly the younger players can start to gel. I see them anywhere from #2-#4 within the conference.

Allegheny College

Head Coach: JEFF ROBERTS

Conference: PAC

2025 Overall Record: 8-9

2025 Conference Record: 4-4

Postseason Appearance: (Conference tournament / NCAA / None) NONE

Key Losses

• Anthony DeMarco | FO | All-Conference
• Jack Cushwa | A | All-Conference
• Konrad Homiak | LSM | All-Conference

Key Returners:

• JP Rakis | A | 94 points (program single-season record) | NCAA Stats Leader Assists Per Game | All-Conference
• Garin Stearns | G | .551 Save % | All-Conference
• Tomi Horsley | M | 31pts as SO
• Liam Kruck | D | 24 CTO 2nd on team | 48 gbs

Impact Newcomers (First-years, transfers, returns from injury)

• NA

Games That Will Test This Team Early:

• Otterbein
• CUW
• Capital

DeeThreeLax Take: Allegheny returns a talented group in 2026 that should give them more than enough to find themselves playing in the expanded 6 team conference tournament at the end of the season. St. Vincent, Chatham, and Westminster will all be big games for Allegheny this season. In 2025 they struggled with those match ups, but I believe in 2026 they will push those three teams for tighter games and may even pull off an upset. Stay tuned to see how the Allegheny Gators fare in 2026.

Franciscan 

Head Coach: Pete Rosaschi

Conference: PAC

2025 Overall Record: 5-9

2025 Conference Record: 3-5

Key Losses:

• Nathaniel Carter – Midfield – 30 Goals, 18 Assists, 48 points
• Dominic Scordino – Attack – 35 Goals, 7 Assists, 42 Points
• Joseph Redmond – Defense – 19 CTs, 55 GBs

Key Returners 

• Joseph James – Attack – 52 Goals, 15 Assists, 67 Points
• Eli Everts – Midfield – 21 Points, 14 CTs, 57 GBs

Games That Will Test This Team Early: 

• Muskingum
• Marietta
• Mount Union

DeeThreeLax Take: The roster for Franciscan looks like they will have a ton of freshmen who will likely see a good amount of time this season. With the expanded 6 team conference tournament this year I believe that Franciscan will be fighting for a spot at the end of the season. Like a lot of teams in the PAC this year they will need production from the younger guys and the upper classmen to become leaders and push this team forward.

Bethany

Head Coach: Harold Pallone

Conference: PAC

2025 Overall Record: 7-10

2025 Conference Record: 2-6

Key Losses:

• Cameron Russo – Midfield– 44 Goals, 40 Assists, 84 Points
• Tyler Britton– Midfield- 49 Goals, 20 Assists, 69 Points
• Emmery Cottrell – Defense – 19 CTs, 30 GBs
• Christian Nestor – Goalie – 285 Saves, 52% save %

Key Returners 

• Ruddy Sampson – Attack – 26 Goals, 16 Assists, 42 Points
• Ethyn Taylor – Attack – 22 Goals, 16 Assists, 38 Points
• Zach Tuley – Midfield – 11 Goals, 13 Assists, 24 Points
• Luke McCauley – Defense – 26 CTs, 65 GBs, 4 Points
• Matthew Rees – Defense – 20 CTs, 37 GBs

Games That Will Test This Team Early: 

• Pitt Bradford
• Hanover
• Wilmington

DeeThreeLax Take: Bethany will need to make up for the loss of their top two point leaders from 2025 who accounted for 153 points a season ago. The good news for Bethany is the return a lot of key players from a season ago. If the returning cast can make up the points and Bethany finds someone to stand tall between the pipes they should be able to hold their own and put together a decent season a push toward the middle of the PAC.

Washington & Jefferson

Program: Washington & Jefferson College
Head Coach: Jake Bow ‘17
Conference: PAC

2025 Overall Record: 5-12

2025 Conference Record: 1-7

Postseason Appearance: None

Key Losses:

• Paul Shook (M) PAC All Section Honorable Mention
• Austin Hopkins (LSM) PAC All Section Honorable Mention

Key Returners:

• Brad Petrarco (M) PAC All Section Honorable Mention. 20G, 20A, 91 GB, 35 CT
• Steve Moschetta (G) 115 SV

Impact Newcomers (First-years, transfers, returns from injury)

• Ryan Mey (M) – will finish top 5 in scoring
• Braydon Reighard (A) – will finish top 5 in scoring
• Noah Schratz (junior transfer from Saint Vincent) will play attack/ mid and should finish top 5 in scoring
• Jack Dufalla (D) will be a starting pole and impact player on D

Games That Will Test This Team Early:

• Mount Union

Internal Goals for the Season:

• First playoff bid since 2017

Anything You Feel the Lacrosse Community Should Know About This Team:

“We had 20 guys on the roster last year. Graduated 4 starters. Brought in 10 guys. All freshman will play a significant role.”

DeeThreeLax Take: Washington & Jefferson will look to improve in conference this season and try to find they were to the middle of the pack fighting for a conference tournament birth. This team will rely heavily on incoming freshmen to make a splash immediately. If they can get things rolling and figure out the right personnel W&J could find themselves climbing the conference rankings and turning some heads. 

Hiram

Head Coach: Jason Griffith

Conference: PAC

2025 Overall Record: 3-14

2025 Conference Record: 0-8

Key Losses:

• Ethan Mayer – Attack – 25 Goals, 7 Assists, 32 points
• Aaron Gardner – Midfield – 14 Goals, 14 Assists, 28 Points
• Trevor Nordstrom – Attack – 5 Goals, 11 Assists, 16 Points
• Gray Perry – LSM – 26 CTs, 78 GBs, 2 Points

Key Returners 

• Micky Morgan – Midfield- 11 Goals, 4 Assists, 15 Points
• Levi Willett – Midfield- 7 Goals, 8 Assists, 15 Points 
• Ethan Bitong – Defense – 17 CTs, 43 GBs, 1 Point
• Josh Fedorek – Defense – 16 CTs, 32 GBs
• Aidan Griffin – Goalie – 232 saves, 43% save %

Games That Will Test This Team Early: 

• Averett
• Randolph College
• Brevard

DeeThreeLax Take: Hiram looks like make a fresh start in 2026 with it being their first season in the PAC after departing the NCAC at the end of last season. Hiram will be tested early in the season with a solid out of conference schedule. If they can build some momentum in non-conference games they will come in the PAC ready to compete in 2026 and put together an improved season from 2025 and get there first PAC win.

Thiel

Head Coach: Alex Skvarch

Conference: PAC

2025 Overall Record: 1-14

2025 Conference Record: 0-8

Key Losses:

• Justin Mason – Defense – 19 CTs, 51 GBs, 5 Points
• Zach Melin – Attack – 32 Goals, 4 Assists, 36 Points
• Jackson Pletcher – LSM – 9 CTs, 35 GBs
• Thad Bell – Attack – 24 Goals, 9 Assists, 33 Points

Key Returners 

• Logan Millie – Attack – 20 Goals, 8 Assists, 28 Points
• Austin Parker – Midfield- 3 Points, 8 CTs, 104 GBs

Games That Will Test This Team Early: 

• Pitt Bradford
• Keuka
• Hilbert  

DeeThreeLax Take: Thiel had a challenging season in 2025 and looks to have lost a core group of guys coming into 2026. The 2026 roster is not posted but it looks like this season will be an uphill battle for Thiel. They will have opportunities in conference against Hiram and Bethany to put together an improved season in 2026 but they will need to find the right guys to fill the gaps quickly to get this group firing on all cylinders.

Grant Nice 

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