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Men's Lacrosse

NEC Tabs Grant First Team, Parker Second Team & Two Rookies To All-Rookie Squad

Men's Lacrosse

NEC Tabs Grant First Team, Parker Second Team & Two Rookies To All-Rookie Squad

Sophomore Andrew Parker (L) and senior Kyle Grant (R) were named NEC All-League.
EDISON, N.J. (4/29/2026) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team saw a pair of Titans selected All-League and another two on the All-Freshmen Team as the Northeast Conference announced its postseason awards on Wednesday.

Senior Kyle Grant was named First Team at defense for the second straight season, while sophomore Andrew Parker earned Second Team at midfield. In addition, freshman Dylan Belliveau and Tommy Thompson were named to the All-Rookie Team. 

Grant ended the year tying his career best with 26 caused turnovers, tied for eighth in school history, picked up 38 ground balls for third on the team, while scoring two goals. He was third in the NEC and 15th in the nation with 2.00 caused turnovers per game, and 12th in the league with 2.92 ground balls per contest. He tallied a caused turnover in 12 games - seven with multiple takeaways - as well as at least two ground balls in 12 of the 13 games. 

He had had three caused turnovers and four ground balls against VMI, and recorded two caused turnovers and four GB's versus LIU and at Mercyhurst. He tied his career high with six caused turnovers at Hampton and had four at Michigan as he finished his career fourth in school history with 63 caused turnovers, the second most by a Titan defenseman, and 106 ground balls. 

Parker led the Titans with 19 goals and tied for first with 26 points, scoring at least one goal in 11 of 13 games on the year. He also registered multi-goal games six times, three of which were in NEC play. 

He had two goals against VMI, handed out two assists,  and found the back of the net twice at Le Moyne and at Robert Morris, and once at Wagner and versus LIU. In non-conference play, he posted a hat trick with three goals at Michigan, two goals and two assists at Hampton, and three markers and a helper versus Bellarmine. 

Belliveau started all 13 games and posted 19 points on 10 goals and nine assists, while picking up 13 ground balls. He was accurate with his shot as 21 of his 24 shots were on net. He scored a goal in four of the NEC games, including two with an assist against Mercyhurst and a goal and an assist versus Cleveland State and Wagner. He also had four GB's at Robert Morris and tallied two goals and an assist against Hampton and a goal and two helpers versus Bellarmine.

Thompson played in all 13 games as a short stick defensive midfielder and tallied two goals, an assist, six caused turnovers, and eight ground balls. He was tabbed the NEC Rookie of the Week after posting a pair of caused turnovers at Ohio State, the first SSDM to win a weekly award since 2018. Thompson netted a goal and two ground balls at Mercyhurst and had two caused turnovers at Le Moyne. He scored his first collegiate goal with two GB's versus Bellarmine, had a takeaway and two GB's at Robert Morris, and registered a caused turnover and GB versus LIU. 



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Players Mentioned

Kyle Grant

#4 Kyle Grant

D
6' 5"
Senior
Andrew Parker

#10 Andrew Parker

MF
6' 0"
Sophomore
Dylan Belliveau

#51 Dylan Belliveau

A
5' 10"
Freshman
Tommy Thompson

#23 Tommy Thompson

DM
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kyle Grant

#4 Kyle Grant

6' 5"
Senior
D
Andrew Parker

#10 Andrew Parker

6' 0"
Sophomore
MF
Dylan Belliveau

#51 Dylan Belliveau

5' 10"
Freshman
A
Tommy Thompson

#23 Tommy Thompson

5' 8"
Freshman
DM