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Men's Lacrosse 02.17.26

UDM Welcomes Well-Known Foe Bellarmine On Saturday

Men's Lacrosse 02.17.26

UDM Welcomes Well-Known Foe Bellarmine On Saturday

DETROIT (2/18/2026) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team will play two home games in three days, starting with a visit from Bellarmine on Saturday.

Game time is set for Noon indoors at Country Day High School in Beverly Hills, Michigan. The game will feature live stats, but no live broadcast.

This will be the 17th meeting between the two schools, the most against any program in school history.

The Titans are 1-2 on the season after beating Hampton, 20-8, following a pair of road setbacks at nationally ranked Ohio State and Michigan.

The 20 goals tied a school record as 10 different players found the back of the net, led by redshirt sophomore Marcus Thundercloud's career-high seven points on three goals and four assists, and freshman PJ O'Hanlon's five markers.

Bellarmine is 2-3 on the year, with wins over Mercyhurst and Cleveland State, and three road losses to nationally ranked squads in Duke, Ohio State, and Notre Dame.

Following the game, UDM will meet Marquette on campus on Monday.

ALL-TIME SERIES

Detroit Mercy and Bellarmine have met 16 times - the most against any opponent in school history - as the Knights lead the all-time series, 10-6.
Bellarmine won the first six meetings, but the Titans are 6-4 in the last 10, including some as conference rivals in the Atlantic Sun.
UDM is 2-4 at home in the series, and those home games have been played on campus and off-site at UWM Sports Complex and now Country Day HS.

HOME OPENERS

Detroit Mercy is 8-9 all-time in home openers, but has dropped its last three.
The last home-opening win was 16-11 over VMI in 2022.
UDM is also 7-3 when playing off-site in its home opener.

THUNDER STRIKES

Redshirt sophomore Marcus Thundercloud - who has scored a goal in each of the first three games - is coming off a career performance with seven points on three goals and a career-best four assists at Hampton.
It was his fifth career hat trick.
He had an outstanding rookie season, earning NEC Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-NEC honors.
He was the first Titan freshman to earn a Rookie of the Year accolade since 2015.
Despite missing three games with a hand injury, he was second on the team with 22 goals - 10th in the NEC - and tied for second with 24 points. His 2.20 goals per game were sixth in the conference and 57th in DI.
Thundercloud scored a goal in eight of his 10 games, with multi-goal games in seven contests and four hat tricks. Also, 19 of his 22 goals were in conference action.
He tallied three goals and an assist at VMI, scoring the game-winner in overtime, and recorded four goals against Mercyhurst and five points on four goals and an assist at Cleveland State.
Thundercloud missed his freshman year with a knee injury.

GET BY ME

Senior Kyle Grant has had a great start to the season and is the reigning NEC Defensive Player of the Week.
Grant tallied 10 caused turnovers and seven ground balls, starting with four takeaways and three GB's at #18 Michigan, and then tied his career-high with six caused turnovers and four more ground balls in the win at Hampton.
At #10 Ohio State, he had four ground balls, two caused turnovers, and his second career goal.
He is now eighth in school history with 49 caused turnovers, and third with 1.23 takeaways per game. He is also approaching 100 career ground balls, standing at 79.
Grant is coming off a great year, culminating in selection to the NEC First Team All-NEC and All-Tournament Team.
Last season, he led the team with 26 caused turnovers - eighth in school history and 15th in DI - and 44 ground balls. He topped the NEC and was fifth in the nation with 2.00 caused turnovers per game, and was seventh in the league and 78th in DI with 3.38 ground balls per game.
Grant caused turnover in 10 of the 13 games, including eight with two or more, and corralled at least three ground balls in nine games.
He started the year with a career-high six caused turnovers and seven ground balls at Ohio State, tied for the third most in the nation on the year and the second most in school history.

ALL WELL WITH GREEN

Sophomore Ian Greenwell had a standout freshman campaign, earning NEC All-Rookie Team honors.
He is off to a solid start with three ground balls at #10 Ohio State, two ground balls and two caused turnovers at #18 Michigan, and a takeaway and two GB's at Hampton.
He saw action in all 13 games, with 12 starts, and was second on the team with 15 caused turnovers - eighth in the NEC - and fourth with 34 ground balls.
Greenwell recorded a ground ball in 12 games, with at least three in six, and a caused turnover in nine games, with four multi-takeaway games.
He tallied a season-high three caused turnovers and a season-best six ground balls at VMI and registered two caused turnovers and two ground balls in the NEC semifinals at Le Moyne.

MY MAN PARKER

Sophomore Andrew Parker has now scored a goal in 12 of his 15 career games.
He started the year with a goal at #10 Ohio State, added his second career hat trick with three goals at #18 Michigan, and posted two goals and two assists at Hampton.
Last season, he earned NEC All-Rookie Team and All-Tournament Team honors.
He finished the year fourth on the team with 22 points and 14 goals and third with eight assists, to go along with four caused turnovers and 18 ground balls.
Parker scored a goal on his first collegiate shot, while also recording a ground ball and a caused turnover at Marquette.
He posted his first career hat trick with three goals and an assist versus Wagner and tallied a season-high five points on two goals and a season-best three assists with three ground balls at Cleveland State.
In the postseason, he found the back of the net twice in the NEC semifinals at Le Moyne and had four points on two goals and two assists, along with a ground ball, in the NEC Championship versus Robert Morris.

PEEGE LEAVES HIS MARK

Freshman PJ O'Hanlon was held scoreless in the season opener, but the rookie made his presence known at #18 Michigan, scoring his first two career goals, and then powered in five at Hampton.
As a prep, he totaled 242 career points on 202 goals and 42 assists, leaving his high school fourth all-time in points and second in goals.

STARTING THE OFFENSE

Sophomore Canton Lanham is coming off a career game, winning a career-high 21-of-28 and picking up a career-high 13 ground balls at Hampton. The GBs are tied for second in school history, while the 21 wins are tied for fourth.
At #18 Michigan, he won 8-of-18 faceoffs and picked up three ground balls.
He is now seventh in school history with 141 faceoff wins and a 50.2 winning percentage.
A member of the NEC All-Rookie Team, he ended his rookie year fourth in the NEC with a .493 winning percentage (109-of-221), as his 109 faceoff wins were the second most by a freshman and the fourth most in school history.
He also tied for second on the team with 40 ground balls and tied for ninth in the NEC with 3.08 ground balls per game.
After starting the year, 10-of-35, but won 99-of-186 (53.2%) in the last 10 games.
Lanham claimed 19-of-27 with 11 ground balls against Mercyhurst - the most wins and ground balls by a freshman in school history.

SHORT STICK BIG DEFENSE

Senior Jackson Ewald's stat sheet might seem light, but the short-stick midfielder is one of the best in the business and was named Second Team All-NEC last year.
He started the year with a takeaway at Ohio State and had a GB at Michigan.
Learning from the best short-stick defensive midfielder in school history in head coach Charlie Hayes, Ewald posted a career-high six caused turnovers and 16 ground balls.
Ewald recorded a career-best two caused turnovers and a career-high three ground balls in the NEC Championship against Robert Morris.

SHOWING OUR SKIN

Graduate senior Harold Skinner is back to give the Titans more experience at attack and in the midfield.
He had three points on two goals and an assist, plus a ground ball, at Hampton. He began the year with four GB's at Ohio State and posted three points on a goal and two assists at Michigan.
Last season, he was fifth with a career-best 14 points and seven goals, and fourth with a career-high seven assists.
Skinner has a career-high four points on two goals and two assists at LIU, and recorded a career-high three takeaways and six GB's at Cleveland State.

I WILL TAKE A HENIGE

Graduate senior Sean Henige is back to help provide the Titans with another standout long pole.
He just tied his career high with three caused turnovers at Hampton, and that was after two caused turnovers and four ground balls in the season opener at Ohio State, and another takeaway and GB at Michigan.
He has played in 41 career games, starting 38, and registered 40 caused turnovers - 11th in school history - and 73 ground balls.

WE NEED MOORE

Junior Gavin Moore has played in all 29 games as a short-stick defensive midfielder since entering the Motor City.
He just scored his third career goal and had a caused turnover at Hampton, and picked up two ground balls at #18 Michigan.
Last season, he had 10 caused turnovers and 14 ground balls, including a career-high three ground balls in the NEC Semifinals triumph over Le Moyne.

BERRYLICIOUS

Sophomore Malakhi Berry is coming off a career game with two goals, two caused turnovers, and five ground balls.
He had picked up three ground balls in each of the first two games from his LSM position.
Last season, he missed a few games with an injury, but when he was healthy, he showed the talent to be one of the best LSM's in the NEC.
He saw action in 10 contests as a rookie and had seven caused turnovers and 15 ground balls with a goal.
Berry tallied a caused turnover and four ground balls against Wagner and Mercyhurst. He had a season-high two caused turnovers in the NEC semifinals at Le Moyne and matched that with two takeaways, a ground ball, and his first collegiate goal in the NEC Championship against Robert Morris.

T SQUARED ON THE TAKE

Freshman Tommy Thompson started his collegiate career with a pair of caused turnovers at #10 Ohio State, en route to the NEC Freshman of the Week.
He was the first SSDM to win a weekly award since head coach Charlie Hayes earned MAAC Defensive Player of the Week honors three times in 2018.
Last year at The Hill Academy, Thompson was the Co-Defensive Player of the Year after recording a team-high 90 ground balls and 75 caused turnovers.

IN THE NET

The Titans entered the season a little light in goaltending experience, but redshirt junior Cooper St. Clair won the starting job and has performed at a high level in the first three games.
He posted 14 saves in the season opener at #10 Ohio State, added 10 more at #18 Michigan - allowing just four goals in the second half - and nine more stops at Hampton to pick up his first win.
Coming into the year, he saw action in just two games, both last season, playing 2:39 in net at Bellarmine and then a minute against Le Moyne.
Redshirt sophomore Christian Tucker appeared in one game last year, making his collegiate debut and playing 7:59 in net against Robert Morris, posting two saves.

MARK US DOWN

A few freshmen have officially entered the NCAA scoring column in the first few games.
DJ Wojciechowski had his first collegiate points at Hampton on a goal and three assists.
Dylan Belliveau registered his first point with an assist at Ohio State and then scored a goal with two helpers at Hampton.
Riley Bissett scored his first goal at Hampton, and Luke Zajdel recorded his first point on an assist against the Pirates.

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Players Mentioned

#49 Malakhi Berry: LSM; 6' 3"; Sophomore

#88 Jackson Ewald: DM; 5' 10"; Senior

#4 Kyle Grant: D; 6' 5"; Senior

#28 Ian Greenwell: D; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#44 Sean Henige: D; 6' 3"; Graduate Student

#18 Canton Lanham: FO; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#9 Gavin Moore: DM; 6' 2"; Junior

#10 Andrew Parker: MF; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#29 Harold Skinner: A/MF; 6' 2"; Graduate Student

#6 Cooper St. Clair: G; 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

#49 Malakhi Berry
: 6' 3"; Sophomore
: LSM

#88 Jackson Ewald
: 5' 10"; Senior
: DM

#4 Kyle Grant
: 6' 5"; Senior
: D

#28 Ian Greenwell
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: D

#44 Sean Henige
: 6' 3"; Graduate Student
: D

#18 Canton Lanham
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: FO

#9 Gavin Moore
: 6' 2"; Junior
: DM

#10 Andrew Parker
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: MF

#29 Harold Skinner
: 6' 2"; Graduate Student
: A/MF

#6 Cooper St. Clair
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior
: G