DETROIT (10-22-24) - Detroit Mercy pressed and battled No. 9 Western Michigan to a scoreless first half and drew even in the second half behind sophomore
Drew Pierson's equalizer in the 57th minute. However, the Titans' valiant effort on Senior Night was just not enough, as they eventually fell 4-1 at Titan Field. Graduate student
Luke Winters added his second assist of the season, while freshman
Colin Monroe made a career-best five saves in goal.
Before the match, the team honored their seven seniors,
Zain Akeel,
Alex Diac,
Fisher Hudak,
Saeid Jannoun,
Stephen Kosto,
Jackson Towers, and Winters for their hard work and dedication to the program.
Detroit Mercy (2-9-3) outshot WMU (10-0-5) 6-4 in the first half.
The Broncos came out aggressive, scoring a goal just 1:32 into the second half for a 1-0 lead.
UDM would not back down and responded with the equalizer in the 57th minute as Winters tossed a throw-in to Pierson, who took one touch and bent a long-range missile into the lower left 90 past WMU goalkeeper Colin Welsh, tying the game at 1-1.
It was all WMU from there as Carson Hodgson scored in the 67th minute and then added two more goals in the 69th and 77th minute to complete the hat trick and keep the Broncos undefeated on the season.
UDM resumes #HLMSOC play against Wight State for the first leg of a doubleheader with the women's team on Sat., Oct 26 at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.
