DETROIT (3/10/2025) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team is back at home after three in a row on the road as the Titans meet the Lindenwood Lions on Wednesday.

Game time is set for Noon at Titan Field and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

Detroit Mercy is 3-3 on the season as its defense has held three of its last four foes to under 10 goals, winning all three, and is looking for its best start through seven games in school history.

The Titans were 2-1 on their spring break trip, winning 13-9 win at Presbyterian their last time out. Junior Alyssa Jarvis and freshman Jaeda Jensen each had three goals, while senior Maddy Camm had four points on three assists and a marker, two caused turnovers, and tied Jarvis with six draw controls.

Lindenwood is 5-1 on the season and has won three in a row, defeating Akron at home its last time out, 18-12. The Lions are 4-0 against MAC opponents on the year, with road wins at Youngstown State and Kent State and a home victory over Central Michigan.

After the game, the Titans will travel to another Jesuit rival in Marquette on Sunday.

WHAT A WIN MEANS

• The Titans are 3-3 to start the year, marking the first time the Titans have been at .500 through six games since the 2018 season.
• A win would have UDM above .500 for the first time ever through seven games, and the first time the red, white, and blue would be above .500 since finishing the 2018 campaign at 10-8.

DEFEND OUR HOME

• Detroit Mercy is 46-62 all-time in home games.
• The Titans started to turn it around at home last season, going 3-3 after a 2-20 effort from 2020-2023. 
• UDM is also 42-49 all-time in games played on campus at Titan Field.  

VS. LINDENWOOD

• This is the third straight year that Detroit Mercy and Lindenwood will meet up, as the Lions have won the previous two meetings.

Series History
Mar. 17, 2023 - Home - L, 15-9
Mar. 10, 2023  - Away - L, 22-12

AGAINST THE ASUN

• Detroit Mercy - once members of the Atlantic Sun from 2013-17 - are 17-24 against league members.
• Most of the losses are due to a 1-14 record against Jacksonville, 6-1 against Stetson, 7-2 against Kennesaw State and 3-1 versus Liberty.

YES I CAMM CAMM

• Senior Maddy Camm is coming off a great road trip that saw her shine both on offense and defense. 
• She just had six draw controls, two caused turnovers, and four points on three assists and a goal in the win at Presbyterian, and that was after one of the best defensive games in school history with a career-high five caused turnovers, a career-tying five ground balls, a career-best four assists and five draw controls at Furman.
• The five caused turnovers are tied for the second most in school history and the most by a Titan since 2013. 
• She started the spring break trip by tallying two goals with five ground balls, three caused turnovers, and three draw controls in a win at Kennesaw State and was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 25 after registering a career-best five points on three goals and two assists, along with a team-high six draw controls, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers in the 12-7 win over Canisius for her fifth career hat trick.
• Camm is currently leading the MAC and is 25th in the nation with 2.0 caused turnovers per game, fifth in the league and 70th in DI with 4.33 draws, and third in the conference and 66th in the nation with 1.67 assists. 
• She has now caused a turnover in 31 of her last 34 games, including 22 with at least two and eight games reaching at least three, grabbed a ground ball in 31 of her last 34, and scored a point in 27 of her last 34 games, with a goal in 22 contests. She also has at least four draws in 10 of her last 18 games. 
• Last season, Camm was All-MAC after leading the team with 35 caused turnovers and 44 ground balls, was second with 55 draw controls, third with 39 points and 25 goals, and topped the team with 14 assists, all career highs. She led the conference and was 22nd in the nation with 1.94 caused turnovers per game, fifth in the record book. Her 2.44 ground balls were fourth in the MAC and 50th in the country, and 55 draw controls stand ninth in Titan history. 
• She now has 70 caused turnovers - sixth in school history - 110 draw controls - ninth in the record book - 95 ground balls with 45 goals and 36 assists in her career.

NOT IN MY NET

• Senior Meredith Leavell continues to attack the Detroit Mercy record book.
• She has 68 saves on the season, including a career-high 22 stops in the opener against San Diego State - en route to being named the MAC Goalie of the Week. She also had 12 at Arizona State and 13 with five ground balls in the win over Canisius to earn her second Goalie of the Week honor. 
• Leavell is second in the MAC and seventh in DI with 11.3 saves per game, while her 68 saves are 19th in the nation, and her 3.67 ground balls top the conference and are eighth in the country. 
• She started the spring break road trip with 10 saves and five ground balls in the 13-8 win at Kennesaw State and made five in a 13-9 win at Presbyterian. 
• She has recorded double-digit saves in 24 of her 49 career games and has allowed less than 10 goals eight times in her career when playing at least 45 minutes.
• Leavell also has 456 saves - third in school history - and 9.31 saves per game, good for fourth in school history. She is also second with a .450 save percentage and fourth with a 13.62 goals-against average. 
• Her 115 ground balls are just four shy of 10th place in the school record book.
• Last season, Leavell started all 18 games in net and recorded a school-record 187 saves, leading the MAC and finishing 21st in the nation with a .468 save percentage, second in school history. Leavell was also second in the league, and fourth in the nation, in total saves, and third in the conference and eighth in the country with 10.39 saves per game.
• In the postseason, she posted a then career-high 18 saves in the MAC semifinals win at Central Michigan, coming up with five stops in the first period and five in the fourth quarter, and then had 12 saves in the title game versus Robert Morris to earn All-Tournament honors.

BRINGING IT DOWN

• Junior Alyssa Jarvis has raised her game offensively in the last four games, with eight goals and 16 draw controls. 
• She just posted her third career hat trick with three goals to go with six draws, two caused turnovers, and three ground balls in the win at Presbyterian. She had four draws and two goals at Furman and five draw controls with two markers in the win at Kennesaw State. 
• She started the streak with a goal, two ground balls, and a caused turnover in the victory over Canisius. 
• Jarvis is currently fourth in school history with 2.71 draw controls per game and has 103 draws in her career, 11th in school history.
• She is coming off a breakthrough season as a sophomore as she was named All-MAC Second Team after topping the team with 67 draw controls to go with 10 caused turnovers and 26 ground balls. Her 3.72 draw controls per game were fourth in the MAC and seventh in the school record book, while her 67 total draws were sixth in Titan history.
• She was also fourth on the team with 24 points and 20 goals.
• Jarvis secured a career-high 11 draw controls - tied for fourth in school history - at Central Michigan and tied her career-high with three goals to go with six draws, two takeaways, and two ground balls versus Youngstown State.

NOT BODNARING ME

• Two-time All-MAC second-teamer Leah Bodnar has started to find her offense in the last four games, netting nine goals after not scoring in the first two.
• She just had a goal, assist, a career-tying four ground balls, two draw controls, and two caused turnovers in the win at Presbyterian. Bodnar tallied three goals at Furman and four goals and an assist at Kennesaw State. 
• In the season opener against SDSU, she had a career-high three assists and a pair of draw controls.
• In her career, she has played in 52 games and has 67 goals, 20 assists, 87 points, 54 ground balls, 48 draw controls, and 27 caused turnovers, collecting 13 hat tricks. 
• Last season, Bodnar ended the year second on the team with 42 points and 33 goals, third with nine assists, second with 15 caused turnovers, and fifth with 24 ground balls, all career-highs. She also recorded a hat trick eight times.
• She tied her career high with seven points on a career-tying five goals, a career-high four takeaways, and picked up four ground balls against Kennesaw State.

STAY AWAY FROM OF MY SIDE

• Senior Katie Bilello has been a mainstay on the defensive side of the ball since arriving in the Motor City and is currently ninth in the MAC with 2.17 ground balls per game. 
• She had two ground balls in helping the Titans keep another opponent under 10 goals in the 13-8 win over Kennesaw State and registered a caused turnover and two GB's at Furman.  
• Bilello had a monster game the week before in the victory over Canisius as she was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 25 after registering a career-high four caused turnovers and seven ground balls. Bilello's previous career high in caused turnovers was three against Marquette last season, while her previous high in ground balls was four at Central Michigan in 2023
• She has now played in 52 career games with 43 starts and has tallied 33 caused turnovers and 64 ground balls.
• Last season, Bilello had 10 caused turnovers and 19 ground balls. She had a caused turnover and three GB's in the MAC Championship semifinals win over top-seeded Central Michigan, and a takeaway and a ground ball in the title game against Robert Morris.

GIVE ME LIBERTY

• Junior Libby Cuckler had her best collegiate game, posting a career-high six points on a career-best four goals with two assists at Furman and came back with two goals at Presbyterian. 
• She also found the back of the net at Arizona State and had two goals and an assist against Canisius. 
• So far on the season, 19 of her 22 shots have been on net.
• Cuckler played in all 18 games, with 15 starts, and was fifth on the team with 23 points, second handing out 12 assists, and sixth, registering 11 goals last season.
• She was always on frame as 29 of her 38 shots were on net for a .763 shots-on-goal percentage, and was tied for second on the team with four free-position goals.
• Cuckler posted a then career-high four points on two goals and two assists against Kennesaw State, and a then career-best three goals and an assist at Butler.

OFF THE HOOK

• Junior Angelina Hook has picked up at least one ground ball in every game this season, and has a caused turnover in four of the six contests.  
• She started her third season with two takeaways and two ground balls against San Diego State and added a caused turnover and GB at Arizona State. Hook had another caused turnover with two GBs in the win versus Canisius, two ground balls at Furman, and a takeaway and GB in the win at Presbyterian.  
• After seeing action in just four games as a freshman, she played in 16 games with 11 starts and recorded 15 ground balls and five caused turnovers last year. 
• Hook had two caused turnovers and two ground balls at Pittsburgh and tallied a caused turnover and two ground balls against Kent State.

MEET JAEDA JENSEN

• After not scoring in her first two games and taking just three shots, freshman Jaeda Jensen has got into a rhythm on offense in the last four, posting seven goals on her 13 shots. 
• She just had her first career hat trick, finishing with three goals and an assist at Presbyterian. 
• Jensen had her first two collegiate markers on her two shots and a caused turnover against Canisius, and netted two more strikes and a ground ball at Kennesaw State.
• She started her career with two ground balls against San Diego State.

THE DAVIS FILE

• Senior Sophie Davis helped lead a strong Titan defense in the win over Canisius as the Titan captain and current SAAC President had two caused turnovers and a ground ball.
• She has played in 44 games with 34 starts as a standout defender and has 13 caused turnovers and 14 ground balls. 
• Davis tallied five caused turnovers and eight ground balls last season, helping the team advance to the MAC Championship for the first time in school history.

SINGING A NEW TUNE

• Freshman Tunie Mullen got off to a fast start in her collegiate career, scoring two goals against San Diego State. She had another in the win over Canisius and on the road in the triumphs at Kennesaw State and at Presbyterian. 
• She scored her first two markers on just two shots and also had a draw control versus the Aztecs. 
• The last Titan freshman to have multiple goals in her first collegiate game was Morgan Girardi, who had two goals at #18 Ohio State in 2016.

NO STUMPING THE SCHWAB

• Freshman Sophia Schwab finished with her first two collegiate goals and an assist in the win over Canisius and had an assist and a ground ball in the win at Kennesaw State and two more goals at Furman.
• She had recorded just one shot in the first two games before scoring her two markers on her lone two shots of the contest.

CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES

• Sophomore Erin Balbontin and freshman Gabrianna Vasquez each had a chance to celebrate as they scored their first goals in the win at Kennesaw State.
• Vasquez's goal was on just her second shot of the season, as she has since added a goal at Furman and two at Presbyterian.
• Balbontin also registered her first career caused turnover in the KSU contest as she had just her first career assist in the game before against Canisius.