Women's Lacrosse 04.08.26

Senior Day Sunday Has Titans Hosting Kent State

Women's Lacrosse 04.08.26

Senior Day Sunday Has Titans Hosting Kent State

Senior Jane Peck will be one of the four seniors honored before Senior Day.

DETROIT (4/8/2026) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team will end a busy weekend in a festive way as the Titans welcome Kent State to campus on Senior Day Sunday.

The contest is set for 1:00 p.m. at Titan Field and will be broadcast live on the Titans Sports Network on YouTube.

Prior to the game, UDM will honor its four-member senior class in Libby Cuckler, Angelina Hook, Alyssa Jarvis, and Jane Peck. The four have combined to play in 175 games in the red, white and blue, making the playoffs twice and helping the team reach the MAC Championship in 2024.

Detroit Mercy is coming off a 15-7 setback against Youngstown State. Jarvis had five points on the strength of four goals, while Cuckler had two goals and an assist. Hook had a caused turnovers and two ground balls, and Peck picked up a pair of ground balls.

Kent State is 6-7 on the season and 1-3 in the MAC. The lone conference win was an 8-4 tally at YSU, but the Golden Flashes have dropped two in a row against Robert Morris (8-5) and a non-conference battle with Florida State (15-4).

VS. KENT STATE

Detroit Mercy has won two in a row after ending a five-game slide to Kent State, but the Golden Flashes still lead the all-time series, 5-3.
Kent State is 3-1 in the Motor City.
Seven of the eight games have come against MAC rivals - only the first meeting in 2019 was not a league affair - and five have been decided by four goals or less.

Series History
Mar. 16, 2019 - Home - W, 16-12
Apr. 22, 2021 - Home - L, 12-17
May 1, 2021 - Away - L, 11-20
Mar. 26, 2022 - Away - L, 11-16
Apr. 30, 2022 - Home - L, 15-16
Apr. 26, 2023 - Home - L, 15-16
Apr. 21, 2024 - Home - W, 15-11
Mar. 23, 2025 - Away - W, 13-10

SMART LADIES

Detroit Mercy tallied a 3.51 GPA in the fall term, with 10 players recording a 3.5 GPA and two with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Also, 15 of the Titans earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

HONOR THY CAPTAIN

Detroit Mercy's four seniors serve as the captains in Libby Cuckler, Angelina Hook, Alyssa Jarvis, and Jane Peck.
Cuckler and Jarvis are four-year Titans who have combined to play over 100 games and are the top two offensive players on the team.
Hook is another four-year Titan who has been a mainstay in the backline for the last two seasons, and Peck is in her third year in the red, white and blue after playing her freshman campaign at La Salle.
The four have combined to play in 175 games, making the playoffs twice and helping the team reach the MAC Championship in 2024.

SERVING SAAC

The women's lacrosse team has 13 members currently serving on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in Alyssa Jarvis, Lucy Annese, Abbi Bernhardt, Ava Bandi, Emily Coyne, Ashleigh Dixon, Kaitlynn Hedrick, Lillie Peshek, Avary Sacdalan, Chloe Sheader, Alison Smiley, Morgan Stamatakis, and Olivia Starr.
For Jarvis, she will also be the organization's Secretary.

GIVE ME LIBERTY

Senior Liberty Cuckler has tallied a goal in eight games after posting two goals and a helper the last two weeks against Youngstown State and Central Michigan.
She also had two goals and an assist in the season opener against Butler.
She is currently second on the team with 16 points, 11 goals, and five assists.
Cuckler is now tied for eighth in school history with 35 assists and has 89 career points, including 54 goals.
She was named Second Team All-MAC last year after leading the team with a career-high 47 points, tied for first with a career-best 30 goals, and tied for second with a career-high 17 assists.

OUR APPLE GIRL

Senior Alyssa Jarvis leads the team with 29 points, 18 goals, 11 assists, and 34 draw controls, and is tied for second on the team with 10 ground balls.
She currently ranks third in the MAC in draw controls per game (3.78), fourth in free-position goals per game (.67) and free-position percentage (50.0%), and ninth in assists per game (1.22) and points per game (3.22).
She got off to a great start in the season opener against Butler, tallying a career-high six points on a career-tying five goals, to go with two draw controls and a ground ball.
She had a great day with five points on four goals and an assist, seven draws, and two caused turnovers against Youngstown State after posting five points (two goals, three assists), seven draw controls, two ground balls, and a caused turnover at Central Michigan.
Jarvis also posted a career-high three assists, three DC's, and two GB's at Ohio State, a career-tying four ground balls, four draws, and a pair of takeaways at Lindenwood, and seven DC's with a goal and a helper in the MAC opener at Akron.
Jarvis has 180 draw controls, second in the record book, and is fourth with 3.21 draws per game.
She also has 97 points on 78 goals and 19 assists in her career.
She has earned All-MAC Second Team honors in each of the last two seasons.
Last year, Jarvis set a career high with 30 goals and ranked fourth on the team with 31 points. She also led the team with 61 draw controls, eighth in school history.

ALL SMILES

Freshman Alison Smiley is third on the team with 10 goals, recording a hat trick in two contests.
In her collegiate debut, she accomplished something that had not been done in 13 years and had been done just three times in school history, posting four goals, the first freshman to post a hat trick in her collegiate debut since Michaela Schwartz scored three at Robert Morris in 2013.
Smiley's four goals in her debut were the most since Anna Eidem had six and Emily Boissonneault had five against Howard in UDM's first-ever game in 2009.
She came back with three markers at Canisius, and also had two markers at Ohio State.
In the MAC opener at Akron, she pulled down four draw controls after having none in the previous five games.
As a prep, she recorded 297 career points at Mercy High School, second in school history. She was tabbed All-League three times and was All-State and All-Catholic twice.

PATROLLING THE CAGE

The Titans have one of the youngest netminder units in DI, with sophomore Kaitlynn Hedrick, redshirt freshman Emily Coyne, and freshman Abbi Bernhardt.
All three played in the opener, with Hedrick getting the start and playing nearly 40 minutes, posting four saves. She then made three at Canisius, six at Xavier, and five at Lindenwood, playing 30 minutes in each game.
She came into the season as the only one who had seen time in the cage in college, playing in two games off the bench as a rookie.
Coyne has started seven of the last eight games - including every minute in the last two weeks. She just tallied a season-high 11 saves with four ground balls against Youngstown State after registering eight stops and four ground balls at CMU.
She had nine saves at Lindenwood, had seven against Eastern Michigan, seven in the first half at Canisius, and five at Xavier.
Bernhardt made her collegiate debut and played the final 5:11 in the season opener against Butler, and the final 4:20 versus the Buckeyes.

ONE BRIGHT CHLOE

Freshman Chloe Sheader was another rookie who made quite a collegiate debut, recording a goal, an assist, and four draw controls against Butler.
She had a takeaway and a ground ball against Eastern Michigan and a draw and ground ball at Central Michigan.
She also had a takeaway and a GB at Canisius, scored her second goal of the season at Ohio State, and found the back of the net with a GB and a CT at Lindenwood.
Sheader posted 43 goals, 28 assists, 71 points, along with 81 ground balls, 60 caused turnovers, and 171 draw controls in 41 career games in high school.

OFF THE HOOK

Senior Angelina Hook saw limited time as a freshman, but has been a main starter on the defensive side of the ball the last two seasons.
She had a takeaway and two ground balls against Youngstown State after tying her career-best with three caused turnovers and three ground balls at CMU.
In the MAC opener at Akron, she tallied two caused turnovers and a ground ball.
Last year, she was fourth on the team with a career-high 11 caused turnovers and fifth with a career-best 21 ground balls.
In her career, she has 22 caused turnovers and 43 ground balls.

LOOK OUT FOR OUR BANDIT

Redshirt freshman Ava Bandi has been a solid defender after missing last season with an injury.
She has tallied a caused turnover and a ground ball in seven of her nine games.
Bandi posted a career-high three caused turnovers, with a ground ball, at Lindenwood. She recorded a team-high two caused turnovers and had a ground ball in the season opener against Butler, and added three more GB's at Canisius.
Bandi also had a caused turnover and a GB against Youngstown State, Eastern Michigan, and at Central Michigan, and currently leads the team with 10 caused turnovers and is tied for second with 10 GB's.
As a prep, she helped her team to a district championship as a sophomore and senior. She also played club with True PA and True National.

I LOVE LUCY

Redshirt freshman Lucy Annese is another defender who missed last season with an injury, but is using that experience to her advantage this year.
She posted her first career caused turnover with a ground ball at Central Michigan and versus YSU, and also had a ground ball at Xavier and at Lindenwood.
A Canadian product, Annese was a five-time Elite Provincial champion and helped her team to three undefeated seasons. She also won a silver medal with the Ontario U19 team.

D-UP

Freshman Morgan Stamatakis had a standout offensive career in high school, but will now look to help on both sides of the ball.
She had an assist and a draw control in the season opener against Butler, and scored her first collegiate goal at Xavier.
She registered over 150 goals and 200 points as a prep, and was selected All-League Third Team as a sophomore and Honorable Mention as a junior and senior.
Stamatakis posted 50 goals in back-to-back seasons and played club with Detroit United Lacrosse.

LOOKING FOR OUR AVARY

Redshirt freshman Avary Sacdalan missed all of last season with an injury, but she made an impact in her collegiate debut against Butler, finding the back of the net for her first goal.
She tallied two goals against Central Michigan and had a goal and an assist last week against Youngstown State.
In high school, she was All-League as a sophomore, junior, and senior, and was the Team MVP as a junior.

NO PECK ABOUT IT

Senior Jane Peck saw action in just one game last season, but one of the co-captains is looking to end her career in high form.
Peck had two ground balls versus Youngstown State, picked up a career-high three ground balls at Xavier, had two GBs at Lindenwood, and had a takeaway at CMU.
She spent her freshman season at La Salle, but did not see action in any games.
Peck played in 12 games for the Titans in 2024, when they made their run to the MAC Championship, and one last year.

STAR STRUCK

Freshman Olivia Starr was a member of U-19 and U-15 Team Ontario and the U-22 Ontario Women's box lacrosse.
She played travel with the Rock Stars Elite, Burlington Minor, Hamilton Lacrosse, and JEWL Selects Junior Elite, and helped her team to a gold medal at the USA Box Lacrosse nationals in 2023, a silver in 2024, and a bronze for the U19 Ontario Field team at the Jenny Kyle Cup.

WELCOME BACK

Former starter Vanessa Evans rejoined the team in the middle of the season and made her debut against Eastern Michigan.
She tied her career high with two caused turnovers at Central Michigan and matched that with two takeaways and two ground balls last week against YSU.
Evans played in 15 games last year with 11 starts and had a caused turnover and three ground balls.
Overall, she has seen action in 26 games in the red, white and blue in her four years.

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Players Mentioned

#10 Ava Bandi: D; 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

#23 Emily Coyne: GK; 5' 10"; Redshirt Freshman

#8 Libby Cuckler: A; 5' 7"; Senior

#25 Ashleigh Dixon: MF/A; 5' 7"; Junior

#21 Kaitlynn Hedrick: GK; 5' 3"; Sophomore

#11 Angelina Hook: D; 5' 7"; Senior

#2 Alyssa Jarvis: MF; 5' 3"; Senior

#18 Jane Peck: D; 5' 6"; Senior

#20 Avary Sacdalan: A; 5' 5"; Redshirt Freshman

#24 Alison Smiley: A; 5' 6"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#10 Ava Bandi
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman
: D

#23 Emily Coyne
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Freshman
: GK

#8 Libby Cuckler
: 5' 7"; Senior
: A

#25 Ashleigh Dixon
: 5' 7"; Junior
: MF/A

#21 Kaitlynn Hedrick
: 5' 3"; Sophomore
: GK

#11 Angelina Hook
: 5' 7"; Senior
: D

#2 Alyssa Jarvis
: 5' 3"; Senior
: MF

#18 Jane Peck
: 5' 6"; Senior
: D

#20 Avary Sacdalan
: 5' 5"; Redshirt Freshman
: A

#24 Alison Smiley
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: A