ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University men's lacrosse team is the No. 6 seeded team in the 2023 Atlantic East Championship and will head to No. 3 Marymount on Saturday for first round action.
 
The Knights went 6-10 during the regular season, 2-4 in conference action. The Saints 7-10 overall and 4-2 in the Atlantic East.
 
During the regular season meeting, Marymount hung on for a 12-10 win at Neumann. Wyatt Belotti scored three goals for the Knights. Owen Avelar made 14 saves in net in the back-and-forth game.
 
Neumann won its final two games of the regular season and will use that momentum heading into the playoffs. Brendan Boschi leads the Knights with 28 goals and 26 assists for 54 points so far this season. Belotti has scored 26 goals while Dalton Hoffmann has added 22.
 
Jake Methlie wins 61.8% of faceoffs and had grabbed 89 groundballs. Avelar has taken over the time between the pipes and has made 68 saves in over 260 minutes in net.
 
In the other first round game, No. 4 Marywood hosts No. 5 Immaculata. The winners will head to No. 1 Cabrini and No. 2 Gwynedd Mercy for semifinal action on Wednesday. The winners of the semifinals will meet on Saturday, May 6 for the 2023 Atlantic East Championship.