Lacrosse loses Atlantic Sun Conference opener at Detroit Mercy 13-8


In its inaugural Atlantic Sun Conference opener, the Central Michigan lacrosse team (3-5, 0-1 A-Sun) fell to Detroit Mercy (5-4, 1-0 A-Sun) 13-8 Wednesday.

Head Coach Sara Tisdale said she was disappointed with the costly mistakes from her team. The Chippewas had 19 turnovers, received two yellow cards and were 8-for-16 in clear attempts.

“You can’t clear at 50 percent and win against a team like that,” Tisdale said. “I don’t think they beat us, we beat ourselves.”

Freshman midfielder Riley Huda scored the first goal of the game at 28:42. She led the Chippewas with three goals, scoring two in the first half. She has six goals in 2016 on 10 attempts.

“It felt good at the beginning,” Huda said. “I got a little adrenaline out of me and just felt more comfortable with the ball, so that felt nice to get that out of the way from the start.”

Fellow freshmen midfielders Summer Abdalla and Logan Halvorson each contributed two goals for CMU and Kaitlin Kimble scored once. The Titans controlled the ball at the draw circle in the first half, with CMU winning just four draws while UDM controlled seven draws in the first half and six in the second.

“There was an inability to handle the ball in transition,” Tisdale said. “We were just impatient and we were taking to risky of chances and not really making heads up plays.”

Freshman Jocelyne Lemay led the defense, picking up five ground balls and causing two turnovers. Freshman goalkeeper Dominique Hamman saved 10 shots.

Titans started the second half scoring twice within five minutes. The Chippewas matched their two goals with 23 minutes left. UDM responded with two more, making the score 11-5.

Kimble scored for CMU at 11:33. Halvorson scored a minute after. Huda scored the last goal for CMU with nine minutes left to play, making the score 11-8

UDM’s Morgan Girardi scored the last two goals of the game.

“It just didn’t end the way we wanted it to,” Huda said. “From that we’re hungry to win and we’re hungry to do better, so I think it was a good learning experience.”

Raising money for Flint

The Titans accepted donations at Wednesday's game with proceeds going towards the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.

According to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association, CMU and UDM are two of the 15 Michigan teams hosting charity games to support the residents affected by the water crisis in Flint.

The other teams participating are Adrian, Albion, Alma, Aquinas, Calvin, Davenport, Grand Valley State, Hope, Kalamazoo, Lawrence Tech, Michigan, Olivet and Siena Heights.

Some teams are raising awareness of the crisis, while others are collecting donations. The charity games will take place during the season through April.

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