CLINTON, S.C. (3/7/2025) -- Junior
Alyssa Jarvis and freshman
Jaeda Jensen each had hat tricks as the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team ended its spring break with a 13-9 victory over Presbyterian on Friday.
Jarvis had a career-tying and season-high three goals, six draw controls, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers - crossing the 100-draw plateau as she now has 103 in her career - while Jensen tallied three goals and an assist for a season-high four points.
Senior
Maddy Camm corralled six draw controls, two caused turnovers and a ground ball, while scoring a goal and handing out three assists. Junior
Libby Cuckler and freshman
Gabrianna Vasquez each had two markers, and senior
Leah Bodnar had a career-high four ground balls, two takeaways, two draws, a goal and an assist.
The Titans (3-3) scored the first two goals and then put the game away with a 5-0 run in the second half, turning a 7-6 margin to 11-6.
UDM got on the board just 40 seconds into the contest as Jarvis won a draw and scored. Camm then came up with a caused turnover and fed Vasquez, who tickled the twine and it was 2-0 midway through the first.
Detroit Mercy ended the quarter with two more markers as Camm scored on the free position, and Jarvis beat the keeper for a 4-1 lead after one.
Freshman
Tunie Mullen notched a goal early in the second, and UDM would open a four-goal lead at 7-3. Cuckler picked up a ground ball off a rebound and put one in, and Vasquez scored her second as the red, white and blue made it a 7-3 game and went into the break up 7-4.
Presbyterian (2-4) pulled within one, 7-6, in the third, but the Titans scored three goals in the final 1:23 to run the advantage back to four at 10-6, and added another strike early in the fourth. Jensen had two goals in the third, and off a draw win by Camm, Jarvis fired one in with just 26 seconds remaining. In the fourth, Jarvis had a takeaway and Bodnar found Jensen and it was 11-6 with 12:36 to go.
Cuckler and Bodnar added goals in the fourth, and the Titan defense held firm to stop any chance of a Blue Hose comeback.
Junior
Angelina Hook and freshman
Madison Klamo each had a caused turnover, and senior
Meredith Leavell made five saves and picked up four ground balls, holding a team under 10 goals for the eighth time in her career.
The Titans outshot Presbyterian, 33-23, and had a 16-10 margin on draw controls and a 17-14 advantage on ground balls. UDM was also 16-of-18 on clears and saw the Blue Hose commit 17 turnovers.
Detroit Mercy will now return home and host Lindenwood on Wednesday, with the first draw set for Noon at Titan Field.
Game Notes:
- Detroit Mercy and Presbyterian were once rivals in the old National Lacrosse Conference from 2009-2012 as the Titans now lead the overall series at 7-1, including 3-0 on the road
- UDM is 18-17 all-time against current members of the Big South Conference
- The Titans moved to 3-3 on the season, the first time they have been at .500 six games into the year since 2018
- Camm had her fourth-straight game multi caused turnover game and now has 70 in her career, sixth in school history and one away from the fifth spot
- Camm now has 110 draw controls, passing Kylie Birney for ninth in the record book
- Camm also has 95 ground balls with 45 goals and 36 assists in her career.
- Leavell now has 456 saves and 9.38 saves per game, both third in school history, second with a .450 save percentage, and fourth with a 13.64 goals-against average.
- Leavell's 115 ground balls are 11th in school history and four away from the top 10
- Bodnar now has nine goals in the last four games after not scoring in the first two
- Bodnar now has 67 goals, 20 assists, 87 points, 54 ground balls, 48 draw controls, and 27 caused turnovers
- Jarvis now has 103 career draw controls, 11th in school history
- Jarvis now has a goal in five of the Titans' six games and three straight with at least two
- Jarvis now has three career hat tricks
- Cuckler has now seen 19 of her 22 shots on net on the year
- Jensen now has multi-goal games in three of the last four contests
- Vasquez has now scored a goal in three straight games