DETROIT (3/12/2025) -- Three Titans netted hat tricks and both teams traded runs, but Lindenwood had the last charge as the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team dropped a 15-13 contest at home on Wednesday afternoon.

Junior Alyssa Jarvis posted a career-high four goals. Junior Libby Cuckler had three goals, two assists, and a career-high four ground balls, and senior Leah Bodnar tallied three goals, an assist, two ground balls, and two draw controls. 

Senior Maddy Camm recorded three caused turnovers, four ground balls, two draw controls and two assists, while senior Katie Bilello had two takeaways and two GB's. 

Lindenwood (6-1) had an 11-8 lead in the third when the Titans (3-4) scored four in a row to take the lead. Jarvis started the spurt with a goal, and then Camm found Cuckler, who beat the keeper to make it 11-10 going into the fourth.

After a save by senior Meredith Leavell, Cuckler got her third score off a pass from freshman Jaeda Jensen, and the game was tied at 11-11 at the 12:18 mark. A few minutes later, Bodnar set up Jarvis for her fourth, and UDM led with 8:46 left.

The Lions ended that run with a goal, but a rookie connection put the Titans back in front as freshman Sophia Schwab fed Jensen and the red, white and blue had a 13-12 advantage with just 6:05 remaining.

Lindenwood then ended the game with three straight markers.

Leavell finished with 11 saves and a ground ball. Jensen had two goals and an assist, and Schwab ended with two assists and a goal. 

The Titans won the battle of ground balls, 15-13, and were 22-of-24 on clears.

Lindenwood scored first and led 2-1 when the Titans went on a 5-0 run for a 6-2 lead early in the second, as Bodnar and Jarvis both had two goals in that span. The Lions countered with six unanswered before a goal by Jensen sent the game into the break with UDM trailing, 8-7.

Bodnar found the back of the net with 11:15 left in the third to get the team within one 9-8, but then Lindenwood extended the margin to 11-8.

Detroit Mercy will now hit the road for a Jesuit battle at Marquette on Sunday, with game time set for Noon.

Game Notes:

• This was the third straight year that Detroit Mercy and Lindenwood played, as the Lions have won all three in the match-up
• It was the second hat trick on the season for Jarvis and the third in her career
• Leavell has recorded double-digit saves in 25 of her 50 career games and now has 467 saves in her career
• Jensen now has nine goals and 11 points in the last five games after starting the year scoreless in her first two
• Camm came into the game leading the MAC and 25th in the nation with 2.0 caused turnovers per game
• Camm has now caused a turnover in 32 of her last 35 games, including 23 with at least two and nine games reaching at least three, grabbed a ground ball in 32 of her last 35, and scored a point in 28 of her last 35 games, with a goal in 22 contests
• Camm now has 72 caused turnovers - fifth in school history and three shy of fourth - 112 draw controls - ninth in the record book - 99 ground balls with 45 goals and 38 assists in her career
• Bodnar has started to find her offense in the last five games, netting 12 goals and three assists after posting just three assists in the first two
• Bodnar now has 14 career hat tricks
• Bodnar now has 70 goals, 21 assists, 91 points, 56 ground balls, 50 draw controls, and 28 caused turnovers in her career
• Bilello now has nine caused turnovers and 15 ground balls on the season after tallying 10 caused turnovers and 19 ground balls last year
• Cuckler's career high in points was six  at Furman last week
• Cuckler now has three hat tricks in her career and has scored nine goals with four assists in the last three games 

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