MILWAUKEE (2/13/2024) -- Junior
Aidan Bishop and sophomore
Drew Kessenich tallied two goals apiece, but a second-quarter run by Marquette put the Titans into a big hole as the Golden Eagles claimed a 22-8 contest on Tuesday afternoon.
Graduate senior
Luke Majick had two assists and a goal, while graduate senior
Kyle Loken, junior
Nolan Graalman and freshman
Sean Donahue all found the back of the net.
Junior
Ryan Richters made 11 saves in net and senior
Noah Martin and junior
Billy Hart each picked up three ground balls.
Marquette (3-0) had a 2-0 lead when Bishop got on the Titans on the board with the first goal of the year at the 5:27 mark. After Loken came up with caused turnover, Kessenich tied the game beating the keeper.
UDM then took a 3-2 advantage as off a save by Richters, Majick put the Titans ahead with a bouncer that slipped past the keeper.
Marquette then ran off nine-straight goals for an 11-3 lead when Bishop broke that spurt with 11:04 to go in the third. Majick found Graalman for a score late in the period and it was 18-5 after three.
Kessenich and Donahue had back-to-back strikes in the fourth and Loken added his marker with less than 20 seconds left.
Kessenich, Majick and Loken all had a caused turnover as well as freshman
Gavin Moore. Donahue, junior
Sean Henige and sophomore
Eoghan Mullett each had two ground balls.
The Titans outshot 47-36. The red, white and blue were also 16-of-20 on clears
Detroit Mercy will be off for a couple of weeks before it plays VMI on a neutral field in Columbus, Ohio, on March 2.
Game Notes:
- The first-ever game for the Titans was on Feb. 7, 2009, when the red, white and blue fell at Ohio State, 21-1. Scott Harris netted the first goal in school history.
- The Feb. 13 start is the second latest start in school history after the March 6 date at Marist in 2021 and tied with the Feb. 13 game at Ohio State in 2016
- Detroit Mercy has now dropped four-straight season openers and is 4-12 all-time in season starts, with three of those four wins at home
- The Titans are 1-11 in road season openers and 1-15 all-time in road openers, with the lone win coming in 2020, a 15-14 thriller at Jacksonville
- The Titans are now 1-10 all-time against Marquette, with the lone victory in 2019, 15-12 on the road.
- UDM is now 15-22 all-time against Jesuit schools
- Graalman also scored a goal last year against Marquette
- Loken now has 10 career goals
- Majick now has 67 career points with 40 goals
- Kessenich now has eight career multi-goal games
- Donahue's older sister is a junior on the women's lacrosse team
