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2018 Women's Lacrosse Roster

19 Taylor Spray

19 Taylor Spray

  • Position:
    Defense
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Winter Springs
  • Hometown:
    Winter Springs, Fla.

Summary

Biography

Career Notes
• Finished career with 45 ground balls, 35 caused turnovers and seven draw controls in 65 career games (45 career starts).
• Ranked tied-for-15th all-time in caused turnovers after 2018 season.

2018
• Played in all 18 games for the Titans, starting 16 contests.
• Was tied-for-fifth on the squad with 14 caused turnovers and eighth on the team with 16 ground balls.
• Started season opener at #11-Northwestern (2/11), nabbing a draw control.
• Named the SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (2/27) following a season-high three caused turnovers and one ground ball at American (2/25).
• Earned starting nods in the final 15 contests of the season.
• Notched two caused turnovers and one ground ball at Butler (3/3).
• Posted back-to-back games with two ground balls at Cincinnati (3/5) and two more vs. Saint Francis (3/15).
• Tallied one ground ball and one caused turnover at Michigan (3/25).
• Recorded two more caused turnovers in league opener vs. Mercer (3/31).
• Scooped up a season-high four ground balls on Senior Day vs. Central Michigan (4/28), before notching one ground ball and one CT in semifinals of SoCon Championship vs. Mercer (5/3).
• Had at least one caused turnover in 10 games and at least one ground ball in 11 contests during the year.
• Received SoCon Academic Honor Roll laurels (3.0 GPA+).
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll accolades (3.0 GPA+).

2017
• Played in all 17 contests, starting 14 contests.
• Ranked eighth on the team with 17 ground balls and eight caused turnovers, adding two draw controls.
• Started the first nine games of the year.
• Had two CT and two GB vs. San Diego State (2/26).
• Posted three GB at Robert Morris (3/4).
• Tallied two ground balls and one CT at Michigan (3/15).
• Collected two more CT vs. Old Dominion (4/15).
• Corralled three ground balls in season finale vs. Central Michigan (4/29).
• Named to the Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

2016
• Saw time in all 20 games, making 13 starts.
• Tallied 11 caused turnovers, eight ground balls and three draw controls.
• Started 12 of the final 13 contests of the season, including all three Atlantic Sun Championship games.
• Made first start of season vs. Oregon (2/21).
• Forced two CT vs. Robert Morris (3/25).
• Had one caused turnover, one ground ball and one draw control vs. Central Michigan (3/30).
• Tallied two caused turnovers vs. Howard (5/1).
• Posted a ground ball in the A-Sun Championship game vs. Old Dominion (5/8).
• Key member of defense that recorded lowest goals against average (10.25) in school history.

2015
• Played in 10 games as a freshman, starting in two contests on defense.
• Finished the season with four ground balls, two caused turnovers and one draw control.
• Made collegiate debut in win over Cincinnati (2/20).
• Started first game at Robert Morris (3/9), collecting a season-high two ground balls.
• Had a ground ball and caused turnover at Delaware State (3/16).
• Started again vs. Howard (4/11), recording caused turnover and draw control.
• Part of defense that had lowest goals against average (11.89) in team history.

Prior to Detroit Mercy
• Earned letters in lacrosse and weightlifting as a prep.
• Posted 16 goals in 17 games as a freshman, helping her team reach the state championship semifinal game.
• Played as a defender her sophomore year starting 18 of 20 games and started all 20 games as a junior netting 20 goals.
• Led her team to a district championship in 2012 and 2013 and earned All-Conference First Team honors, All-America Honorable Mention, and made the All-Academic team as a junior.
• Comes to Detroit after attending the same high school as former Titan Amanda Guthrie.
• The Florida connection extends further as Spray also played with the club RC Elite for four years and was on the same team as Guthrie and teammate Julie Castner.
 
Personal
• Daughter of Julie and Barrett Spray.
• Born in Winter Springs, Fla.
• Part of the American Sign Language Honor Society in high school.
• Has a younger sister and a younger brother.
• Majoring in Bio-Chemistry.
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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2015Freshman

    Defense
    5'3"
    19
  • 19

    2016Sophomore

    Defense
    5'3"
    19
  • 19

    2017Junior

    Defense
    5'3"
    19
  • 19

    2018Senior

    Defense
    5'3"
    19