Mitch Ritchie (McQuaid Jesuit/Brockport) of the St. John Fisher College men’s lacrosse team has been selected as the College’s Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending March 20, 2011. Ritchie led the Cardinals to two wins this past week, scoring six goals and picking up two assists.
On Tuesday, the junior totaled three goals and one assist in a 12-6 win over SUNY Brockport.
In Saturday’s 11-6 win at SUNY Oneonta, Ritchie finished with three goals and one assist for the third straight game.
With the two wins, Fisher improves to 6-0 on the year. The Cardinals are currently ranked 17th in the latest USILA national coaches poll.
For the season, Ritchie leads Fisher with 24 points on 16 goals and eight assists. He has exactly four points in all six games for Fisher the year.
Fisher returns to action at 4 p.m. on Monday and will host SUNY Geneseo.