GREENVILLE, Pa. (Feb. 4) -- Thiel College Men's Lacrosse players
Dom Baker (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg),
Logan Millie (Fairview, Pa./Fairview),
Ethan Narby (Bath, N.Y./Haverling) and
Austin Parker (Titusville, Pa./Maplewood) were named Players to Watch by the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) for the upcoming 2026 season.
Parker, a senior, appeared and started in 14 contests for the Tomcats last season. The main point of Thiel's faceoff, Parker went 174-for-412 (42.2%) from the mid line where he grabbed a team high 104 ground balls. He also scored two goals and dished out one assist in the 2025 season.
Narby earned All-PAC Honorable Mention following Thiel's 2025 campaign. Narby made 330 saves last year and ranks third in the record books with a total of 517 saves in his career in just two seasons. He ranked first in the conference with amount of saves and save per game (22).
Millie started and appeared in all 15 games for Thiel as he enters the Tomcats 2026 campaign as the leading scorer for the attack. He notched 20 goals and dished out eight assists in 2025.
Baker, a freshman, comes from the Mechanicsburg High School lacrosse team and Thiel's football program.
The Tomcats were also picked to finish 10th in the Preseason Coaches' Poll. Grove City was picked as the league favorites with nine first-place votes and 81 points. Coming in second place was last year's PAC runner-up Chatham University, who secured the final first-place vote and totaled 70 points, just ahead of third-place Saint Vincent College, who scored 67 points. The complete poll can be found below.
| School (first-place votes) |
Points |
2025 records |
| 1. Grove City (9) |
81 |
14-8, 8-0 PAC |
| 2. Chatham (1) |
70 |
13-6, 7-1 PAC |
| 3. Saint Vincent |
67 |
9-8, 6-2 PAC |
| 4. Westminster |
58 |
10-9, 5-3 PAC |
| 5. Allegheny |
46 |
8-9, 4-4 PAC |
| 6. Franciscan |
44 |
5-9, 3-5 PAC |
| 7. W&J |
30 |
5-12, 1-7 PAC |
| 8. Bethany |
24 |
7-10, 2-6 PAC |
| 9. Hiram |
18 |
3-14, 0-8 NCAC |
| 10. Thiel |
12 |
1-14, 0-8 PAC |