BUFFALO (2/10/2026) -- Freshman Alison Smiley posted her second-straight hat trick, and the senior tandem of Libby Cuckler and Alyssa Jarvis registered five points, but an early run by Canisius proved to be the story as the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team suffered a 23-6 setback on Tuesday afternoon.

Smiley also had a caused turnover and a ground ball. Jarvis tallied two goals and an assist, and Cuckler added a goal, an assist, a career-tying two caused turnovers, and two GB's. 

The Titans (0-2) opened up the scoring as Smiley powered one between the pipes on the free position attempt just five minutes into the game.

Canisius (1-0) rattled off eight in a row after that, despite seven saves from redshirt freshman Emily Coyne, who was making her first career start in net. 

Cuckler found Smiley for a goal at the 10:31 mark in the second, and five minutes later, Jarvis located Smiley, and she tickled the twine to make it 11-3. UDM added one more in the period off a free position goal for Jarvis, and it was a 14-4 game at the break.

Jarvis and Cuckler then had back-to-back tallies in the fourth for the offensive output on the day.

Redshirt freshman Ava Bandi picked up a team-high three ground balls, while freshman Chloe Sheader had a caused turnover and a ground ball.

Coyne played the first half, registered those seven saves, and sophomore Kaitlynn Hedrick had three stops in the second half.

The Titans will have a couple of weeks off before they head to Ohio State on Feb. 27. 

Game Notes:

• Canisius now leads the all-time series, 5-1, including 3-0 at home
• Smiley is just the second freshman in school history to tally back-to-back hat tricks in her first two collegiate games, following Titan Hall of Famer Emily Boissonneault, who had five at Howard and three at Navy in 2009
• Jarvis now has 77 points on 67 goals and 10 assists
• Cuckler now has 32 career assists, one behind Jordyn Beam for 10th in school history
• Cucker also had two takeaways against Arizona State and Marquette in 2024 and at Xavier in 2023

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