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2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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41 Meredith Leavell

41 Meredith Leavell

  • Position:
    Goalkeeper
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    IMG Academy (Fla.)
  • Hometown:
    Sarasota, Fla.

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights:
  • All-MAC Second Team (2025)
  • MAC All-Tournament (2024)
  • 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 3x MAC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 2x MAC Commissioner's Award (2023, 2024)
  • MAC Presidential Award (2025)
  • 3x MAC All-Academic Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2025)
  • 2x IWLCA Scholar-Athlete Award (2024, 2025)

2025:
  • Named Second Team All-MAC for the first time in her career after earning MAC Goalie of the Week five times on the season
  • Started all 15 games in net and was second in the MAC and fourth in the nation with 11.07 saves per game - third for a single season in Titan history - while her 166 total saves were third in the MAC, 19th in the NCAA and the seventh most by a Titan
  • Ranked fourth in the MAC with a .450 save percentage, eighth in school history
  • Led the team with a career-high 43 ground balls as her 2.87 ground balls per game were second in the league and 18th in DI
  • Made double-digit stops in 10 games on the year and allowed less than 10 goals on five occasions
  • Started the year with a career-high 22 saves in the season opener against San Diego State, the most by any goalie in DI on the year and the second most in school history
  • Had 13 saves with five ground balls and allowed just seven goals in the win over Canisius
  • Made 10 saves with five ground balls and game up just eight goals in the victory at Kennesaw State
  • Finished with 17 saves and broke the school record with 13 ground balls in the win at Kent State, where she had 11 saves in the second half and let in just four goals in the final 30 minutes
  • Recorded nine saves and allowed just eight goals in the win over Akron
  • Totaled 13 saves and four ground balls against Robert Morris and 10 saves on the road at Eastern Michigan
  • Tallied 14 saves and tied her season-best with just seven goals allowed in the win over Central Michigan
  • Ended her collegiate action starting 53 of her 58 games played and third in school history with 554 saves and 9.55 saves per game, second with a .447 save percentage, fourth with a 13.75 goals-against average, tied for seventh with 136 ground balls and sixth in school history with 2.34 ground balls per game

2024:
  • MAC All-Tournament Team
  • Started all 18 games in net, tallying 983:12 minutes and a school-record 187 saves
  • Led the MAC and was 21st in the nation with a .468 save percentage, second in school history
  • Second in the league and fourth in the nation in total saves, third in the conference and eighth in the country with 10.39 saves per game, and second in the MAC and fifth in school history with a 13.00 goals-against average
  • Registered 21 saves against free-position shots on the season
  • Also tallied 31 ground balls, second on the team, and three caused turnovers
  • Recorded 10 games on the year with double-digit saves and four games allowing less than 10 goals
  • Started the year with 10 saves, two caused turnovers and a ground ball at New Hampshire, earning the MAC Defensive POW
  • Posted 14 stops at Duquesne and made 15 with two ground balls against Marquette
  • Registered 14 saves at Xavier and against Youngstown State - including six in the fourth period
  • Finished with 12 saves at Robert Morris
  • Had nine saves with a career-high nine ground balls against Eastern Michigan, tied for the second most in the Titan record book
  • Had 17 saves, allowing just five goals, in 45 minutes of action at Butler
  • Posted a career-high 18 saves - tied for fifth in school history - and two ground balls in the MAC Championship semifinals at Central Michigan, coming up with five stops in the first period and five in the fourth quarter, and then had 12 saves in the title game versus Robert Morris to earn All-Tournament honors
  • Ended her junior campaign with 388 saves, third in school history, fourth with 9.02 saves per game, second with a .445 save percentage and fourth with a 13.75 goals-against average

2023:
  • Played in all 14 games on the season with 13 starts
  • Led the MAC and was ninth in the nation with 10.36 saves per game as well as led the conference and 18th in the country with 2.86 ground balls per game
  • Her 40 total GB's and 145 saves were the third most in the league
  • Finished third in the league and 28th in DI with 145 saves, third in the MAC and 38th in the country with a .457 save percentage as well as fourth with a 14.40 goals-against average
  • Her 145 total stops and 10.36 saves per game were third in the Titan record book
  • Registered double-digit saves in eight games and at least three ground balls on six occasions
  • Tallied a career-best 17 saves against Butler at home earlier in the year, tied for 10th in school history, along with five ground balls
  • Stopped 15 shots at Central Michigan
  • Made 14 saves at Youngstown State 
  • Posted 11 saves and four ground balls at Akron and 11 saves with a career-best six GB's at Xavier
  • Registered 10 saves against Canisius, Lindenwood and at EMU
  • After two seasons, is fifth in school history with 201 saves and 8.04 saves per game, third with a .427 save percentage and fourth with a 14.41 goals-against average

2022:
  • Played in 11 games with seven starts
  • Led the team with 56 saves, a 14.44 goals against average and a .364 save percentage
  • Second on the team with 20 ground balls
  • Made her collegiate debut at Robert Morris and made one save
  • Posted six saves and two ground balls at Butler
  • Recorded a season-high 12 saves at Youngstown State
  • Stopped five shots and tallied five ground balls in picking up her first career win against Akron
  • Made eight saves with three ground balls against St. Bonaventure
  • Tallied 10 saves and had another five ground balls against Kent State

High School:
  • A four-year letter winner in lacrosse
  • Selected to the WPLL Futures Team in 2020 
  • Tabbed All-Conference and All-State as a sophomore, while attending high school in Minnesota
  • Was named to the Under Armor All-America watch list as a sophomore
  • Helped her team to a fourth-place finish in the state championship as a freshman
  • Posted a 63.0 save percentage as a sophomore, allowing just three goals on the season
  • Played club with Lacrosse Monkey before attending IMG Academy

Personal:
  • Daughter of Kate and Sean Leavell
  • Has two older brothers
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because she liked the competitive classes it offered, and the atmosphere on campus that the students and staff created
  • A Nursing major
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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2022Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'3"
    41
  • 41

    2023Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'3"
    41
  • 41

    2024Junior

    Goalkeeper
    5'3"
    41
  • 41

    2025Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'3"
    41