Lacrosse Internationale

Michigander Matteo Corsi helped Team Italy earn a second-place finish at the European Championship and made the All-Europe team.
Michigan WLAX Head Coach Nielsen Inducted Into Inaugural Class of Australian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Three from Titans MLAX Competed In 2025 European Men’s Lacrosse Championship ( 2017 grad Greg Marzec, 2025 grad Ryan Richters, and junior Lucas Goeller )
Saline grads Robert and Michael Webster played for Portugal in the 2025 European Men’s Lacrosse Championship in Poland.
Ryan Cohen from Michigan MLAX won a gold medal in the European Men’s Lacrosse Championships for Israel.
Michigan-Dearborn’s Nick Acosta represented Puerto Rico at the World Lacrosse U20 Championship.
Kai Hayami (Northville, 2024) represented Japan at the World Lacrosse U20 Championship.
Sam Van Eekeren from Adrian MLAX represented The Netherlands at the World Lacrosse U20 Championship.
Marcus Thundercloud from Detroit Mercy played at the World Lacrosse U20 Championship with the Haudenosaunee Nationals.
Alex Siminovich from Walled Lake Northern “…was one of just 18 boys’ and 29 total lacrosse players from the United States who traveled to the Middle East for the Israel Lacrosse service trip…“
Duke-commit Ben Waechter (Brother Rice, 2027) talked about playing for Team USA vs Team Canada at the inaugural Rivalry Challenge at USA Lacrosse headquarters in September:

Milestones and Superlatives on June 6, 2025

Maddie Burns and Jill Smith (Farmington Hills Mercy, 2021) from Michigan WLAX were invited to USA Lacrosse field camp to compete for a spot on the Pan-American Women's Lacrosse Championship team.
Bay City Central’s Eric Anderson was named boys lacrosse coach of the year for the Saginaw Valley League.
GVSU WLAX club team had several players named to the WCLL all-league teams.
Haslett’s Matty Brick surpassed 100 career points.
Detroit Mercy’s Kyle Grant finished the 2025 season ranked 5th in the nation with 2.0 caused turnovers per game.
Detroit Mercy’s Meredith Leavell finished the season ranked 4th in the NCAA with 11.07 saves per game and had the most saves in a game this season (22).
Michigan WLAX’s Jill Smith was invited to the USA Lacrosse Sixes team camp.

Milestones and Superlatives on June 3, 2025

The defense for GVSU WLAX ranked 3rd in the nation in scoring defense and 4th in save percentage.
Alexa Martel from Central Michigan WLAX has set many program records.
Haslett’s Jake Cooper has set the program record for most points in a season with 105+.
Solei Ewing from Bloomfield Hill’s scored her 100th career goal.
Anchor Bay’s Henry Taylor set the program record for most saves in a season (187), and Blake Benoit scooped the most ground balls in a season (70).
Hope’s Owen Mueller received All-America Honorable Mention honors from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.
Michael Jonas won Adrian’s Outstanding Senior Athlete award.
Fenton-Linden’s Madelyn Behnke reached 50 goals this season.
Matthew McKenney set Stoney Creek’s program record for most saves in a season with 160.
Bloomfield Hill’s Alia Somero reached 100 career ground balls.
Macoy Bertolini from Kenowa Hills reached 100 career points.
Brooke Sanders from Bloomfield Hills reached 200 career saves.
Oxford’s Vivian Bailey reached 100 career goals.
DCC’s Lachlan Moffat won the Catholic League’s Mike Jolly Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award in lacrosse.
The 2025 MichLOA Sportsmanship Award recipients were Detroit Catholic Central, Father Gabriel Richard, Ypsilanti Lincoln, Royal Oak Shrine, Walled Lake United, and Woodhaven.
Back in April, Vivian LaMange (East Grand Rapids, 2024) set a program record for Robert Morris with 11 points in a game.
Blake Dlugosielski for Temperance Bedford surpassed 150 career goals.
Lansing Catholic’s Vivienne Hagen set a school record with 108 points in a season.
Swartz Creek’s Raynah Lanigan surpassed 100 career goals.

Milestones and Superlatives on May 29, 2025

Central Michigan’s Sky DePrado is in the program top-ten in many different career, season, and game offensive records.
South Lyon’s Deanna Radcliffe was named the MWLCA D1 and Overall Coach of the Year and East Grand Rapids’ Meggan McGrath (Loyd) was named D2 Coach of the Year.
Kaylee Dyer and Jill Smith from Michigan WLAX will play in the IWLCA Senior All-Star Game.
Jozy Allen and Alexa Martel from Central Michigan WLAX will play in the IWLCA Senior All-Star Game.
Oxford’s Vivian Bailey scored her 100th career goal.
Walled Lake United received one of the Sportsmanship Awards from MichLOA (Detroit-area referee association).
Central Michigan’s Jozy Allen is in the top-10 for many career, season, and game program records.
Haslett’s Erik Lardie scored his 100th career goal.

Milestones and Superlatives on May 25, 2025

MHSAA girls all-state teams were announced: Division 1 and Division 2.
Matteo Corsi (from Plymouth, MI) was added to the Utah Archers’ roster from the PLL Player Pool and will participate in their training camp. Matteo played his college ball at Syracuse and then Brown.
Adrian’s Mike Jonas was named a USILA Honorable Mention All-American.
Adrian’s Cameron Reed was named a USILA Honorable Mention All-American and was selected to play in the USILA DIII Senior All Star Game.
Central Michigan’s Ava Regitz is now 8th in program history for career caused turnovers (43) and tied for 2nd for most caused turnovers in a season (27).
Central Michigan’s Sadie Hinkle reached the program’s top-10 for four different career records (assists, points, shots-on-goal, and man-up goals).
Central Michigan’s Celia Dow ranks 2nd in program history for career man-up goals (9) and 1st for man-up goals in a season (6).
Michigan’s Pace Billings and Ryan Cohen were named USILA All-Americans…Billings 3rd-Team and Cohen Honorable Mention, respectively.
Detroit Mercy’s Aidan Bishop and Chase Mahabir were selected to play in this year's USILA DI/II Senior All Star Game.
Albion’s Jake DeCola, TJ Thomas, and Bo Taylor were selected to coach the USILA DIII Senior All-Star Team and Brendan Mercier was selected to play in the game.
Erin O'Grady, Jill Smith and Grace Callahan from Michigan WLAX were named IWLCA All-Americans.
GVSU’s Caleb Lowell (Holland West Ottawa, 2020) was named an MCLA First-Team All-American.
GVSU’s Keegan Greene (Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 2020), Caden Ladd (Clarkston, 2022), and Luke Tardich (Northville, 2021) were named MCLA 2nd-Team All-Americans. Alex Berris (Rockford, 2020) was named Honorable Mention All-American.
Kenyon’s Adam Hall (East Grand Rapids, 2022) was named a USILA Honorable Mention All-American.

Milestones and Superlatives on May 22, 2025

Davenport’s Logan Flaherty (Birmingham United, 2022) was named an Honorable Mention All-American by USA Lacrosse.
Adrian WLAX had four records broken and 15 total names climbing their top-10 lists this past season.
Michigan-grad Ryan Cohen signed with the Maryland Whipsnakes of the PLL.
Maddie Burns and Erin O'Grady from Michigan WLAX were selected to play in the inaugural Maybelline WLL All-Star Game.
Julia Brown and Caleigh Randall from Hope WLAX were named to the 2025 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-Region Teams.
Cameron Reed from Adrian MLAX was selected to the 2025 USILA DIII Senior All-Star Game

70 Years of Girls Lacrosse at Cranbrook Kingswood

This evening the girls lacrosse team from Cranbrook Kingswood will compete in their first playoff game of the 2025 season against Rochester. This year marks the program’s 70th anniversary. The team was started in the Spring of 1955 by (Michigan Lacrosse HOF Class of 2019 posthumous member) Maggie Houston. Houston taught and coached at Kingswood School Cranbrook from 1954 to 1975. She learned lacrosse in her native England. CK (girls) Lacrosse is the oldest high school lacrosse team in Michigan and the Midwest.

Also, Lilli Sherman ‘21 (Ohio State) joined Izzy Scane ‘18 (Northwestern) and Leah Israel ‘14 (Denison) as Cranbrook Kingswood’s third NCAA women’s lacrosse All-American.

[Hat tip to Jamal Robertson for sharing this info about Cranbrook Kingswood]

Milestones and Superlatives on May 19, 2025

Ohio State's Lilli Sherman (Cranbrook, 2021) joins Izzy Scane ‘18 (Northwestern) and Leah Israel ‘14 (Denison) as Cranbrook Kingswood’s third NCAA women’s lacrosse All-American.
Ben Reidy was named NAIA Second-Team All-American for Madonna. He scored 87 points, 62 goals (second-most in the NAIA) with a 42.8% shooting percentage, and had 25 assists.
Braeden McCullough was named NAIA Second-Team All-American for Madonna. He caused 58 turnovers (third in the NAIA) and had 59 groundballs.
DeMario Williams from Madonna was named NAIA First-Team All-American.
Madonna’s Danny Smith was named NAIA First-Team All-American.
Adrian’s Michael Jonas (Holland West Ottawa, 2021) was named a USA Lacrosse All-American.
Lawrence Tech’s Grady Holmes was named NAIA First-Team All-American with 84 points, 47 goals, 37 assists, and 56 ground balls.
Collin Wildman (Grand Rapids Christian, 2023) from Aquinas was named NAIA Second-Team All-American Defensive Middie after a season with 22 goals, 13 assists, and 63 ground balls.
Keagan Pieri from Hope Women’s Lacrosse was named MIAA Women's Lacrosse Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Ashleigh Rothe and Kylie Waeghe from GVSU WLAX were named Third-Team and Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American, respectively.
Gabe Schwaiger (Walled Lake Northern, 2021) was named NAIA First-Team All-American for the second time. He caused 32 turnovers and picked up 62 ground balls this season.
Erin O'Grady, Grace Callahan, Ava Class, and Jill Smith (Farmington Hills Mercy, 2021) earned Inside Lacrosse All-American citations.
Northville’s Austin Alexander surpassed 100 career points, and Alex Pearson exceeded 100 career goals.
Concordia-Ann Arbor’s Cooper Regimbal (Grand Blanc, 2022), Travis Wright (Troy Athens, 2021), and Gavin Scally (Temperance Bedrord, 2022) received NAIA All-American honors.
Dexter’s Benny Willard scored his 200th career point.
Caledonia’s Liv Neubauer-Keyes reached 300 saves.
Caleigh Randall and Julia Brown from Hope WLAX were named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region Team.

Milestones and Superlatives on May 15, 2025

Raynah Lanigan has scored 100 goals in just 1.5 seasons for Swartz Creek.
Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s Cohen Beck scored a school-record 9 goals in their pre-regional win over Coopersville.
Northern Michigan’s Josie Lakosky earned IWLCA All-Region honors.
Four from GVSU WLAX earned IWLCA All-Region honors.
Stevie Thomas from Midland set MHSAA marks with 3rd all-time in saves in a season (293) and 2nd-most saves in a game (41).
Brother Rice’s Danny Holt has accumulated more than 850 career varsity faceoff wins.
Hudsonville’s Anniston Farrell and Scarlet Coulter have reached 100 and 200 career points, respectively.
Mattawan’s Gabi Puzevic has scored 200 career goals.
Troy’s Chase Duncan has surpassed 100 points this season.
Tate Tomatti from Utica Eisenhower surpassed 100 career points.

Milestones and Superlatives on May 13, 2025

Kaylee Dyer from Michigan WLAX became only the third player in program history to record 200 career points.
Andrew Jones from Walled Lake United won his 500th career faceoff and scored his 100th career goal.
Brett Wetzel from Adrian MLAX was named MIAA Men’s Lacrosse Coach of the Year
Jonah McConnell (Forest Hills Central, 2023) was named the GLVC conference Offensive Player of the Year for Rockhurst and the Rockhurst Male Athlete of the Month for April.
Antonella Kaminskas from Pontiac Notre Dame Prep scored her 100th career point.
Mikayla Kolbourn from Flushing scored her 100th goal of the season.
Luke Mastronardi from Utica Eisenhower scored his 100th career point.
Dylan Porter set LTU MLAX’s single-season save record with 172.
Troy Athens’ Katie Malone scored her 100th career goal.
Raegan Jerrell from Rochester Adams her 100th goal of the season.
Troy’s Aly Matzua set a new school record for most saves in a game with 24.
Harris Shook (Holland Christian, 2023) won an MCLA D1 National Championship with Liberty.

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