Box Score YPSILANTI, Mich. (4/6/2025) -- Senior
Leah Bodnar registered a goal and tied her season-high with three assists to surpass 100 career points on Sunday afternoon, but the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team came up short at rival Eastern Michigan, losing 13-8.
The Titans (5-6, 2-1 MAC) made a late push in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Eagles (6-6, 2-2 MAC) 5-0 in the period, but were unable to get any closer.
Detroit Mercy found themselves in an early hole when they trailed 10-2 at the half and 13-3 after three quarters.
Junior Libby Cuckler scored three goals to earn a hat trick, while fellow junior Alyssa Jarvis added two goals of her own and a team high three draw controls.
Freshman Jaeda Jensen also scored for the Titans, while senior Maddy Camm scored a goal, picked up three ground balls, and caused a turnover. Between the pipes, senior Meredith Leavell made 10 saves for Detroit Mercy.
After Jarvis scored the first goal of the contest, the host Eagles responded with a 6-0 run to go ahead 6-1 in the second quarter. Camm stopped the run momentarily with a goal with 5:41 remaining in the second, however EMU found the back of the net four more times to take a 10-2 halftime lead.
Detroit Mercy continued to struggle offensively in the third as they were only able to score once. Jensen added her 17th goal of the year on a free position shot.
In the fourth, the Titans finally found their footing with five goals, but were unable to dig themselves out of the hole as EMU came away with the victory.
Detroit Mercy returns home to Titan Field to face Robert Morris next Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader with the men's lacrosse team. The rematch of the 2024 MAC Women's Lacrosse Championship is set to begin at 3:00 p.m.
Game Notes:
- Eastern Michigan leads the all-time series, 3-1
- Eagles head coach Madeline Dugan was the MAC Head Coach of the Year last season with the Titans and was also an assistant coach with the program in 2022
- Jarvis has now scored a goal in 10 of the 11 games this season and at least one in nine straight
- Jarvis now has 124 career draw controls, four away from eighth place
- In her career, Camm now has 78 caused turnovers, 123 draw controls, 114 ground balls, and 93 points on 52 goals and 41 assists - tied for fifth in school history
- Cuckler now has five career hat tricks and has tallied at least three points in six straight games
- Katie Bilello has now played in 57 career games with 47 starts and has tallied 39 caused turnovers and 76 ground balls
- Leavell now has 125 saves, eighth in the nation, and 513 in her career
- Leavell now has 131 career ground balls, tied for ninth in school history
- Bodnar now has at least three points in seven games this season, including three straight
- Bodnar also had three assists against San Diego State
- Bodnar has played in 57 games and has 75 goals, 28 assists, 103 points, 61 ground balls, 53 draw controls, and 32 caused turnovers, collecting 14 hat tricks.
- Hook has picked up at least one ground ball in 10 games this season and has a caused turnover in six of those contests
- Davis now has 20 caused turnovers in her career
- Jensen has posted 12 goals on 24 shots in the last nine games
