SYRACUSE, N.Y. (5/3/2025) -- The University of Detroit Mercy's men's lacrosse team saw its magic run come to an end in the Northeast Conference Championship as the Titans fell to Robert Morris, 17-8, on Saturday afternoon.
The game was played at Ted Grant Field on the campus of Le Moyne in Syracuse, New York.
Freshman
Andrew Parker had two goals and two assists, while senior
Aidan Bishop had two goals and a helper.
Senior
Ryan Richters made 10 saves with four ground balls, and junior
Kyle Grant had two caused turnovers and four ground balls.
Detroit Mercy (6-7) scored first as Parker fired one in just a little more than a minute into the contest, but Robert Morris (11-5) answered with 10 straight. The Titans got a couple before the break as senior
Chase Mahabir netted a goal, and Bishop beat the keeper to make it 11-3.
UDM started to get into a rhythm in the second half as Parker found freshman
Malakhi Berry for a marker, and off a caused turnover by
Jackson Ewald, Bishop set up senior
Nolan Graalman, and his goal made it an 11-5 game at the 8:49 mark.
The Titans inched closer late in the period as Parker buried his second and then located Bishop, who laced one in to trim the deficit to 12-7.
That was as close as the red, white and blue would get as redshirt freshman
Marcus Thundercloud added the last goal midway through the fourth.
Sophomore
Gavin Moore ended with a caused turnover and three ground balls. Berry had a pair of takeaways for the second straight game, and Ewald finished with a career-high two caused turnovers and career-best three GB's.
After the game, Parker, Richters and Grant were all named to the NEC All-Tournament Team.
The Titans had the edge in ground balls, 38-37, and were narrowly outshot, 40-39.
Detroit Mercy finished its season with six wins - the most since 2019 - and made its fourth trip to a conference championship game.
Game Notes:
- The Titans won the 2013 MAAC Championship, but fell in the 2011 and 2018 MAAC title games
- The Titans and Robert Morris first met in UDM's inaugural 2009 season, an 18-8 loss, as Detroit Mercy is now 2-11 all-time in the series.
- The Titans five-game winning streak was tied for the longest in school history with the five in a row in 2018, which ended in the MAAC championship game
- Detroit Mercy is 4-13 all-time on a neutral field and 3-7 in the postseason on neutral turf
- Detroit Mercy entered the contest leading the NEC and 14th in the nation with 9.50 caused turnovers per game and had 10 on the day
- Grant ended the year leading the team with 44 ground balls and 26 caused turnovers, eighth in school history for a single season
- Mahabir ended his career with 66 points on 46 goals and 20 assists, including leading the team this year with 37 points, 25 goals and 12 assists
- Richters tallied 167 saves on the season - seventh in school history - while his 12.85 saves per game were fifth and his .537 save percentage was eighth
- Richters ends his career with 354 saves - fourth in school history - while his 13.62 saves per game was first, his .512 save percentage third and tallying double-digit stops in 23 of his 26 games
- Marshall ends his career playing in 48 games and posting five goals, 19 caused turnovers and 50 ground balls
- Bishop ended the season by scoring a goal in six straight games and had two goals in four of the last five outings
- Bishop ends his career with 54 goals, 20 assists, 74 points, 72 GB's, and 12 caused turnovers
- Freshman Canton Lanham ended the season with 109 faceoff wins, the second most by a freshman and the fourth most in school history
- Parker ended the year scoring a goal in nine of his 12 games and was fourth on the team with 22 points and 14 goals and third with eight assists to go with 18 ground balls
- Senior Sean Henige finished his career with 34 caused turnovers and 67 ground balls
- Graalman posted 35 goals and 40 points in his career
