Union College will have three Division III All-American players who received their bachelor’s degrees this spring take graduate years elsewhere. Faceoff specialist Matthew Paolatto will attend Rutgers, goalie Dan Donahue will attend Providence, and midfielder Zach Davis will attend Vermont. Siena College graduates Brian Mack (defenseman) and Jack Erb (short-stick defensive midfielder) will take graduate years at Rutgers and Georgetown, respectively, while a couple of local high school graduates who are still undergraduates decided to transfer closer to home.
Niskayuna’s Greyson Vorgang goes from Denver to Rutgers as an attackman and Burnt HIlls-Ballston Lake’s Rocco Mareno, a faceoff specialist, moves from Towson to UAlbany. WELL PREPARED The Union trio planned this transition well in advance. Each of them put their name into the portal after their junior year with the intent of it being for their graduate year.
Paolatto had some inside information about Rutgers from former teammate Clint Gorgeau, a defenseman who was taking his graduate year with the Scarlet Knights. When he visited, he liked what he saw from the players, particularly. “The guys were down to earth and not too full of themselves, which you see at some places,” Paolatto said.
With the success he had at Union, Paolatto said he wanted one of the top leagues in Division I to challenge himself. “I think the top tier of guys in D3 — and we played a terrific schedule at Union, so I faced off against a .