Villanova MLAX

Big East · DI Men · 2025
Women's team →
#48 NET of 77 · -0.376
8–7 Big East 5-2
REBUILDING 2025 rank (#48 of 77) declined by 119.6% from 3yr weighted baseline (#22). Moved 26 spots.
RPI
0.518 #37
Strength of Schedule
0.493 #39
Adj. Offense (AOE)
-0.344 #49
Adj. Defense (ADE)
0.032 #43
Best win: W 13–11 vs #20 Yale (2/15) Worst loss: L 7–10 vs #32 Lehigh (2/28)
NET by season
2022
1.404 #18 2023
1.327 #20 2024
0.802 #26 2025
-0.376 #48

Team stats

Metric Offense Defense
Strength of Schedule 0.493 39
RPI 0.518 37
Adjusted Efficiency -0.344 49 0.032 43
Net Efficiency -0.376 48
Goals per Possession 0.164 69 0.200 40
Possessions per Game 60.7 14 58.0 54
On-Goal Rate 55.9 65 55.7 7
Goals per Game 9.9 56 11.6 52
Assist Rate 51.0 64 65.5 69
FO Win Rate 57.3 13 42.7 13
Unforced TO Rate 14.9 40 16.2 26

Small numbers are ranks among 77 DI men's teams; green = near the top, red = near the bottom.

Games

DateOpponentResultRecord
2/09 vs #7 Penn St. L, 5–15 0-1
2/15 vs #20 Yale W, 13–11 1-1
2/22 vs #14 Colgate L, 5–16 1-2
2/28 vs #32 Lehigh L, 7–10 1-3
3/04 vs #33 Drexel W, 9–6 2-3
3/08 at #25 Penn L, 8–11 2-4
3/15 at #16 Saint Joseph's L, 8–12 2-5
3/17 vs #43 Brown W, 16–9 3-5
3/29 at #23 Denver W, 10–9 4-5
4/05 at #34 Providence W, 11–8 5-5
4/12 vs #60 St. John's (NY) W, 10–7 6-5
4/19 vs #42 Marquette W, 14–13 7-5
4/25 at #13 Georgetown L, 9–17 7-6
5/01 at #34 Providence W, 16–14 8-6
5/03 at #13 Georgetown L, 8–16 8-7

Opponent numbers are their NET rank this season.

Players

Player Goals Assists Points Faceoffs Won Net Turnovers LFN Rating Adj. LFN Rating
Jake Melchionni 0.57 479 0.21 605 0.79 537 1.21 21 0.826 133 2.387 369
Colin Michener 1.73 111 0.93 132 2.67 115 0.805 140 2.365 384
Tyler Sandoval 0.07 918 0.07 1137 8.14 49 0.500 374 2.061 679
Luke Raymond 1.07 295 0.47 340 1.53 317 0.461 421 2.021 725
Beau Kemler 0.80 79 0.395 521 1.955 807
Matt Licata 1.87 91 0.80 174 2.67 115 0.383 542 1.944 820
Gavin Michener 0.82 379 0.64 249 1.45 346 0.366 573 1.926 843
Jack Shoemaker 0.20 638 0.20 886 0.47 179 0.360 586 1.920 852
Brett Mallee 0.07 975 0.07 1183 0.73 97 0.339 622 1.899 888
Nicholas Lucchesi 1.07 295 0.20 638 1.27 397 0.310 692 1.870 930
Quinton Cepiel 0.57 479 0.36 436 0.93 491 0.281 751 1.841 969
David Link 0.64 453 0.50 315 1.14 429 0.252 812 1.813 1009
Ryan Cunningham 0.08 941 0.08 1098 4.08 90 0.241 832 1.801 1023
Lucas Newton 0.33 641 0.40 387 0.73 565 0.198 957 1.759 1072
Tripp Robinson 0.29 291 0.153 1098 1.714 1135
Matthew Swirbalus 0.29 682 0.07 918 0.36 753 0.135 1157 1.696 1156
Luke Williams 0.27 702 0.13 748 0.40 722 0.132 1176 1.693 1162
Peter Hewitt 0.27 309 0.120 1214 1.681 1172
Mack Prybylski 0.13 867 0.07 975 0.20 886 0.120 1219 1.680 1173
Tyler Boes 0.20 762 0.13 748 0.33 771 0.084 1340 1.645 1199
Ryan Welgos 0.13 440 0.060 1423 1.620 1210
Aidan Ahearn 0.08 490 0.054 1446 1.615 1215
Scot Mackie 0.026 1533 1.587 1242

Per-game numbers; small numbers are ranks among all DI men's players. LFN Rating weighs points, faceoffs, caused turnovers and turnovers; Adj. LFN Rating adds team strength.

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