Bridgeport, Pa. – (November 20, 2025) – Prior to the start of the 2025 MAWPC Championship, the MAWPC has announced its All-Conference Teams and major award winners in a vote by the league's coaches. Fordham sophomore
Andras Toth (Pecs, Hungary) was voted the league's Most Valuable Player, with Fordham freshman
Alessandro Salipante (Brindisi, Italy) earning the Rookie of the Year award. Fordham head coach
Brian Bacharach was also named the league's Coach of the Year.
Additionally, Toth, sophomore
Luca Provenziani (Rome, Italy), and graduate student goalkeeper
Matthew Bonello DuPuis (Sliema, Malta) were all named First Team All-MAWPC, while graduate student
Luca Silvestri (Napoli, Italy) and junior
Barnabas Eppel (Budapest, Hungary) earned Second Team honors.
Toth, a three-time MAWPC Player of the Week during the regular season, set the Fordham single season record for goals scored with 118, breaking the mark of 114 by
Jake Miller-Tolt in 2019. He also added 51 assists, along with team-highs of 63 steals and 22 field blocks. Listed on the Cutino Award Watch List, Toth also proved to be a dangerous Ram with the man advantage, posting a team-best 28 extra-man goals. Overall, Toth becomes the fifth Ram to be named the league's Most Valuable Player, following Hans Zdolsek (2021), Nir Gross (2022),
George Papanikolaou (2023), and
Thomas Lercari (2024).
Salipante is the Rams' fifth Rookie of the Year since the 2009 season, joining Ali Arat (2009), Massimiliano Mirarchi (2017), Papanikolaou (2021), and Provenziani (2024). He appeared in all 26 games this season, netting 37 goals and 54 assists for 91 points, finishing second on the team in assists, third in scoring, and sixth in goals. A three-time MAWPC Rookie of the Week, he also added 22 steals on the defensive end.
The Rams' other Cutino Award candidate was just as strong in 2025, as Provenziani earned four weekly awards during the season, which included three Player of the Week awards. He repeated as a First Team All-League performer after leading the Rams with 173 points and 90 assists, while being second on the team in goals (83), steals (44), and field blocks (12). Earlier this year, he tied the single game record for assists with nine against Santa Clara on September 7
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In his first season with the Rams, Bonello DuPuis picked up two weekly awards during the year, earning Defensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week once each. He appeared in the Rams' goal 22 times, recording 148 saves to go with 17 assists, 22 steals, and five penalty blocks. His play has progressed steadily throughout the season, culminating with a season-best 12-save performance against Bucknell on November 8
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Silvestri, a 2023 First Team performer, received his second nod to the All-Conference Team after finishing the regular season with 42 goals, 26 assists, and 21 steals. He was also one of five Rams to reach 10 extra-man goals in 2025, while on a personal note, Silvestri reached 200 goals at Fordham, becoming the seventh Ram to get to that milestone, while also reaching the 40-goal mark for the fourth consecutive season.
Eppel earned his first All-Conference selection after netting 43 goals, good for third on the team, while drawing a team-best 60 exclusions. He received Player of the Week honors once this season as well, while reaching the 40-goal plateau for the second time in his career.
Bacharach was named the league's Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career at Fordham. He led the Rams to the #1 seed at MAWPC Championship this season with a 23-3 record and a top five national ranking all season long. Fordham went undefeated in MAWPC play for the fourth consecutive season at 12-0, and have not lost a game to an MAWPC opponent since 2021.
The Rams look to capture their fifth straight MAWPC Championship this weekend, as Fordham will host the championship at the Col. Francis B. Messmore Aquatic Center from November 21-23.
Tickets are available at the door to the pool on each day(s) of the championship. Tickets are $15 per day or $35 for a three-day pass which entitles the bearer entry to all championship games. Fordham students, faculty and staff with a valid college ID, and senior citizens 65 and older, will be admitted at discounted prices of $10 (tournament pass) and $5 (one-day pass). All children 12 and under are free of charge.
The 2025 MAWPC Championship will also be streamed at
www.CWPATV.com (subscription required) at a cost of $15 per game or $35 for a weekend pass (i.e., all 10 games).
Full Schedule of Games
| Fri., Nov. 21 (4:30PM) |
2nd Seed vs. 7th Seed (Game 1) - Navy vs. Mercyhurst |
| Fri., Nov. 21 (6:00PM) |
3rd Seed vs. 6th Seed (Game 2) - George Washington vs. Mount St. Mary's |
| Fri., Nov. 21 (7:30PM) |
4th Seed vs. 5th Seed (Game 3) - Bucknell vs. Wagner |
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| Sat., Nov. 22 (1:00PM) |
Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 1 (Game 4) |
| Sat., Nov. 22 (2:30PM) |
1st Seed vs. Winner Game 3 (Game 5) – Fordham vs. TBD |
| Sat., Nov. 22 (4:00PM) |
Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 (Game 6) |
| Sat., Nov. 22 (5:30PM) |
Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 1 (Game 7) |
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| Sun., Nov. 23 (9:00AM) |
Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 2 (Game 8) |
| Sun., Nov. 23 (10:30AM) |
Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 5 (Third Place) |
| Sun., Nov. 23 (Noon) |
Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (First Place) |
