Mercyhurst MERCYH~1 1-11, 0-6 NEC

Detroit Mercy DETMERCY 4-6, 3-3 NEC

Mercyhurst MERCYH~1

1-11, 0-6 NEC

Final

Apr. 19, 2025

Detroit Mercy DETMERCY

4-6, 3-3 NEC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Mercyhurst MERCYH~1	2	5	1	5	13
Detroit Mercy DETMERCY	3	2	4	5	14

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Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 04.19.25

Men's Lacrosse Holds Off Mercyhurst To Stay Alive For NEC Playoffs

DETROIT (4/19/2025) -- Senior Chase Mahabir and redshirt freshman Marcus Thundercloud combined for nine goals, but it took grit and determination to pull this out as the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team got by Mercyhurst, 14-13, on Saturday night.

It was a special win on Senior Day as the Titans honored their 12-member senior class in Aidan Bishop, Ally Don Jean-Francois, Nolan Graalman, Billy Hart, Jakob Hemme, Sean Henige, Chase Mahabir, Will Marshall, Eoghan Mullett, Lukas Nilsen, Ryan Richters and Joey Schmaltz prior to the game.

Mahabir led the way with five goals, including the game-winner with under a minute left. Thundercloud had four goals, and freshman Canton Lanham won a season-best 19-of-27 - the most ever by a freshman in school history and tied for the sixth most wins in the record book - and picked up a season-high 11 ground balls, tied for the third most by a Titan.

Skinner finished with a goal and an assist and Henige and Mullett each had a pair of caused turnovers.

The Titans (4-6, 3-3) won their third-straight game - their longest winning streak since 2019 - to remain in contention for a postseason bid, which they can clinch next week at Cleveland State.

UDM was up by two, 13-11, with 3:48 left when it was called for a three-minute nonreleasable penalty, and Mercyhurst (1-11, 0-6 NEC) took advantage, scoring twice to tie it up. With 2:04 left, Hart won a faceoff with the Titans down a man, and after a timeout, the red, white and blue ran out the penalty and found the back of the net as Mahabir buried one with just 47 seconds on the clock.

On the next faceoff, Lanham earned his 21st win in the circle, and Detroit Mercy was able to kill off the rest of the time, leaving the Lakers one second to send a shot across the field.

Richters finished with nine saves. Bishop posted two goals, freshman Zach Gleason had a goal and an assist, and junior Kyle Grant scored his first career goal on his first career shot.

It was a close game from the start, as neither team led by more than two until early in the fourth. Thundercloud had two markers in the first as the Titans led 3-2. UDM had a 4-2 lead in the second as Mahabir scored his first, but Mercyhurst would come back and take a 7-5 advantage at the break.

The Titans stormed back with four unanswered as Thundercloud went back-to-back to tie it at the 11:23 mark before Bishop netted two straight for a 9-7 lead with 2:40 left.

UDM increased its lead to three, 11-8, with 12:01 left in the contest as Skinner beat the goalie and Gleason tickled the twine, but the Lakers countered with a pair and it was an 11-10 affair with 9:29 on the scoreboard. Mahabir scored the next two for the Titans - one with the man down - to make it 13-11 when Mercyhurst tied it up.

Detroit Mercy outshot the Lakers, 47-41, and won the battle of ground balls, 34-22, and were 21-of-29 on faceoffs.

The, red, white and blue will close out the regular season at CSU next Saturday, Apr. 26, with game time set for 6:00 p.m.

Game Notes:

This was the first career meeting between the two teams
This was just the fourth home night game in school history and the second ever at Titan Field, with the other against Robert Morris in 2020
The 34 ground balls were the most season the 34 they had against Mercer last season
The 21 faceoff wins were the most since winning 23 against VMI in 2022
Richters now has 311 career saves
Detroit Mercy now has 13 man-down goals in its history
Thundercloud now has three hat tricks on the season and 17 goals in the last six games
Mahabir now has seven career hat tricks, four this season, while 16 of his 19 goals on the year have been in NEC play
Mahabir's man-down goal was the first by a Titan since Luke Majick at Bellarmine last season
Lanham's 19 wins and 11 ground balls were the most since Connor Baratta's 23 wins and 11 ground balls against VMI in 2022
After starting the season 10-of-35, Lanham is now 80-of-137 (58.3%) in the last seven games
Bishop now has 49 career goals
Skinner now has 11 career goals
Mullett has 29 career caused turnovers and 67 ground balls
Henige now has 33 career caused turnovers and 61 ground balls
Hart now has 198 career faceoff wins
Gleason now has two goals in the last two games

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Scoring Summary
Scoring Play	Home Team Score
1st Period		MERCYH~1	DETMERCY
12:34	DETMERCY - Marcus Thundercloud	0	1
09:44	MERCYH~1 - Colin Tardif Assisted by Ryan Mahoney	1	1
04:10	MERCYH~1 - Dylan Neer	2	1
03:50	DETMERCY - Kyle Grant	2	2
00:55	DETMERCY - Marcus Thundercloud	2	3
2nd Period		MERCYH~1	DETMERCY
13:40	DETMERCY - Chase Mahabir	2	4
10:50	MERCYH~1 - Ethan Landymore Assisted by Colin Tardif	3	4
09:06	MERCYH~1 - Chase Petschke Assisted by Colin Tardif	4	4
07:02	DETMERCY - Chase Mahabir	4	5
05:11	MERCYH~1 - Jeremi Phoenix-Lefeb	5	5
02:46	MERCYH~1 - Ethan Landymore Assisted by Ryan Mahoney	6	5
00:01	MERCYH~1 - Antonio Rossetti	7	5
3rd Period		MERCYH~1	DETMERCY
13:44	DETMERCY - Marcus Thundercloud	7	6
11:23	DETMERCY - Marcus Thundercloud Assisted by Zach Gleason	7	7
07:35	DETMERCY - Aidan Bishop Assisted by Harold Skinner	7	8
02:40	DETMERCY - Aidan Bishop Assisted by Andrew Parker	7	9
01:45	MERCYH~1 - Ryan Mahoney Assisted by Rob Madden	8	9
4th Period		MERCYH~1	DETMERCY
12:56	DETMERCY - Harold Skinner	8	10
12:00	DETMERCY - Zach Gleason	8	11
10:24	MERCYH~1 - Ethan Landymore Assisted by Jeremi Phoenix-Lefeb	9	11
09:29	MERCYH~1 - Chase Petschke	10	11
08:48	DETMERCY - Chase Mahabir	10	12
06:42	MERCYH~1 - Ryan Mahoney	11	12
03:48	DETMERCY - Chase Mahabir	11	13
02:52	MERCYH~1 - Rob Madden Assisted by Colin Tardif	12	13
02:04	MERCYH~1 - Antonio Rossetti Assisted by Colin Tardif	13	13
00:47	DETMERCY - Chase Mahabir	13	14