Women's Lacrosse 03.04.25

UDM Looks To Make It Three In A Row At Furman On Wednesday

Women's Lacrosse 03.04.25

UDM Looks To Make It Three In A Row At Furman On Wednesday

Freshman Julia Stanley and the Titans will be on the hunt for a three-game winning streak.

DETROIT (3/4/2025) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team will look to stay hot on spring break as the Titans travel to Furman for a Wednesday night clash.

Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. at Paladin Stadium and will feature live stats, but no live broadcast.

Detroit Mercy is 2-2 on the season and is looking to go over the .500 mark for the first time since they ended the 2018 season at 10-8. The Titans will also look to win two straight non-conference road games for the first time since 2018, as they are coming off a 13-8 win at Kennesaw State and a 12-7 tally at home over Canisius.

Senior Leah Bodnar led the way with four goals and an assist and now has five goals in the last two games. Senior Maddy Camm leads the team with 10 points, seven goals, and 15 draw controls, while freshmen Jaeda Jensen, Tunie Mullen, and junior Alyssa Jarvis all have four goals.

Senior Katie Bilello tops the team with six caused turnovers, and senior Meredith Leavell is still among the leaders in the nation with 59 saves, 14.75 saves per game, and a .551 save percentage.

Furman is 4-0 on the year and is coming off a 20-4 win at home over Mercyhurst. Just a few weeks ago, they defeated Kennesaw State, 15-11, on the road.

After the game, the Titans will stay in the Greenville, South Carolina, area as they take on Presbyterian on Friday.

HONOR THY CAPTAIN

Seniors Maddy Camm, Sophie Davis, and junior Alyssa Jarvis will be honored to wear the "C" this season.
"Their leadership, dedication, and passion set the tone for the entire team, and we're confident they'll guide us to something special this year," said head coach Alexa Matta.

WHAT A WIN MEANS

The Titans are 2-2 to start the year and are looking for a victory, giving UDM its best record ever through five games.
A win would also give Detroit Mercy its first winning record since ending the 2018 campaign at 10-8.
It would also give the Titans two straight non-conference road wins for just the fourth time in school history and the first since the 2018 season.

VS. FURMAN

The Titans and Paladins were once conference rivals in the Atlantic Sun and Southern Conference from 2015-19.
The teams have split the six games in the series, as five of the six games have been decided by four goals or less.
Detroit Mercy is also 1-2 on the road in the match-up.

Series History
April 25, 2015 Home W, 9-7
April 10, 2016 Away. L, 14-12
March 31, 2017 Home L, 12-6
April 14, 2018 Home W, 16-13
April 12, 2019 Away W, 14-12
May 2, 2019 Away L, 12-8

NEED TO BE ROAD STRONG

The Titans are 40-93 all-time on the road, including 9-27 in the last six years, with three of those wins at Akron.
Last season's three road wins were the most since going 4-6 on the road in 2019.
Over half of the Titans' 265 career games have been away from the Motor City, including the 133 road games and 25 neutral site battles.

AGAINST THE BIG SOUTH

Detroit Mercy is 14-15 all-time against current members of the Big South Conference, including a 6-1 mark against Presbyterian, who the Titans will play on Friday.

ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING

The Titans posted a 3.30 GPA in the first semester - the second highest in the athletic department - with 11 players registering a 3.5 and 22 student-athletes garnering a 3.0.
The program also posted a perfect 100% GSR in the latest report released by the NCAA in December and was named an IWLCA Academic Squad for the 14th time in school history last summer.

YES I CAMM CAMM

Senior Maddy Camm is back after being named All-MAC Second Team last season.
She has continued her all-around game and is coming off scoring two goals with five ground balls, three caused turnovers, and three draw controls in a win at Kennesaw State.
She was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 25 after tallying 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. It was her fifth career hat trick.
In the season opener against San Diego State, she had two goals and an assist, along with four draw controls, and pulled down two more DC's at Arizona State.
Last season, she led 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, while her 35 total takeaways rank fourth in school history. 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 posted a caused turnover in 17 of the 18 games, including 13 with two or more and five with a career-best three, and tallied a ground ball in every game with at least three in nine contests.
Camm notched a point in 16 games, reaching at least three eight times, and also scored a goal in 14 contests, with multi-goals in six outings.
She now has 63 caused turnovers - seventh in school history - 99 draw controls - 10th in the record book - 89 ground balls with 44 goals and 29 assists in her career.

NOT IN MY NET

Senior Meredith Leavell continues to attack the Detroit Mercy record book.
She already has 59 saves on the season after posting 10 with five ground balls in the win at Kennesaw State. She started the year with a career-high 22 stops in the opener against San Diego State - en route to being named the MAC Goalie of the Week - 12 at Arizona State and 13 with five ground balls in the win over Canisius to earn her second Goalie of the Week honor.
She currently leads the nation with 14.75 saves per game, while her 59 saves are fifth, and .551 save percentage ranks ninth.
She now has recorded double-digit saves in 24 of her 47 career games and has allowed less than 10 goals seven times in her career when playing at least 45 minutes.
Leavell also has 447 saves and 9.51 saves per game, both third in school history, second with a .457 save percentage, and fourth with a 13.63 goals-against average.
Her 109 ground balls also have her approaching top 10 in that category.
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 and two ground balls in the MAC Championship 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.

NOT BODNARING ME

Senior Leah Bodnar is a two-time All-MAC Second Team selection who has started to find her offense in the last two games.
She just had four goals and an assist at Kennesaw State - her 12th career hat trick - after notching her first goal of the season against Canisius.
In the season opener against SDSU, she had three assists and a pair of draw controls.
Last season, she 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.
In her career, she has played in 50 games and has 63 goals, 19 assists, 82 points, 49 ground balls, 44 draw controls, and 24 caused turnovers.

BRINGING IT DOWN

Junior Alyssa Jarvis had a fine game at Kennesaw State, jump-starting the offense with five draw controls and scoring two goals.
She found the back of the net and had two draw controls in the season opener against San Diego State and had a goal, two ground balls, and a caused turnover in the win against Canisius.
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.
She is currently fourth in school history with 2.51 draw controls per game and has 93 draws in her career as she is about to move into the top 10 in school history in that category.

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.
She just had two ground balls and played tough defense in helping the Titans keep another opponent under 10 goals.
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 50 career games with 41 starts and has tallied 32 caused turnovers and 62 ground balls.
Last season, she 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 ground ball in the title game against Robert Morris.

GIVE ME LIBERTY

Junior Libby Cuckler found the back of the net at Arizona State and had two goals and an assist against Canisius.
So far on the season, all nine of her shots have been on net.
She 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 career-high four points on two goals and two assists against Kennesaw State, and a career-best three goals and an assist at Butler.

OFF THE HOOK

Junior Angelina Hook 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 and another caused turnover with two GB's in the win versus Canisius.
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.
She had two caused turnovers and two ground balls at Pittsburgh and tallied a caused turnover and two ground balls against Kent 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 42 games with 32 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 and adding another in the win over Canisius and on the road in the triumph at Kennesaw State.
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.

MEET JAEDA JENSEN

Freshman Jaeda Jensen has started her scoring output in the last two games, notching her first career goals, finishing with two markers on her two shots and a caused turnover against Canisius and netting two more strikes and a ground ball at Kennesaw State.
She started her career with two ground balls against San Diego State.

NO STUMPING THE SCHWAB

Freshman Sophia Schwab finished with two goals and an assist in the win over Canisius and had an assist and a ground ball in the win at Kennesaw State.
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 collegiate goals in the win at Kennesaw State.
Vasquez's goal was on just her second shot of the season, while Balbontinalso registered her first career caused turnover in the contest as she had just an assist in her career - in the game before against Canisius - for her second career point.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Erin Balbontin: MF; 5' 4"; Sophomore

#55 Katie Bilello: D; 5' 4"; Senior

#33 Leah Bodnar: MF; 5' 8"; Senior

#27 Maddy Camm: MF; 5' 7"; Senior

#8 Libby Cuckler: A; 5' 7"; Junior

#26 Sophie Davis: D; 5' 10"; Senior

#11 Angelina Hook: D; 5' 7"; Junior

#2 Alyssa Jarvis: MF; 5' 3"; Junior

#41 Meredith Leavell: GK; 5' 3"; Senior

#13 Jaeda Jensen: A; 5' 7"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#3 Erin Balbontin
: 5' 4"; Sophomore
: MF

#55 Katie Bilello
: 5' 4"; Senior
: D

#33 Leah Bodnar
: 5' 8"; Senior
: MF

#27 Maddy Camm
: 5' 7"; Senior
: MF

#8 Libby Cuckler
: 5' 7"; Junior
: A

#26 Sophie Davis
: 5' 10"; Senior
: D

#11 Angelina Hook
: 5' 7"; Junior
: D

#2 Alyssa Jarvis
: 5' 3"; Junior
: MF

#41 Meredith Leavell
: 5' 3"; Senior
: GK

#13 Jaeda Jensen
: 5' 7"; Freshman
: A