Season Review: 2025 Michigan Men's Lacrosse
6/19/2025 1:10:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Captains: Jack Welcsh, Kees van Wees, Pace Billings, Ryan Cohen, John Morgan
Record: 7-7 overall, 3-2 Big Ten Conference (4th place)
Big Ten Tournament: First Round
Despite an array of key injuries over the course of an up-and-down season, the University of Michigan men's lacrosse team posted the most conference wins in a season in program history while playing the 15th-toughest schedule in the nation in head coach Kevin Conry's eighth season leading the Wolverines.
Team Highlights
• U-M picked up the program's first-ever win over a No. 1 team in 2025, downing top-ranked Maryland 11-10 in a triple-overtime thriller. The win marked the third straight season that the Wolverines have upset the Terrapins.
• The U-M backline wreaked havoc all year, ending the campaign second in the Big Ten with 9.9 caused turnovers per game. Pace Billings and Mason Whitney finished top-five in the conference with 1.8 and 1.7 takeaways per game, respectively.
• The defensive unit also set multiple program-bests in 2025. The Wolverines only conceded 10 man-down scores on 41 attempts, the best efficiency percentage in program history (24.4 percent), and limited Marquette to just one goal in the season-opener for the fewest goals allowed in a game. U-M also caused 20 turnovers against Canisius on Feb. 25, the second-most ever in a single contest.
• This season was one of the most well-attended at U-M Lacrosse Stadium, with 11,213 fans attending games in Ann Arbor -- the second-highest single-season total in program history. The Wolverines sold out three contests, the most ever in one campaign.
Individual Highlights
• Senior Ryan Cohen became the fifth Wolverine to be named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, also becoming the program's all-time assists leader (117) and moving into second for most points in U-M men's lacrosse history (227).
• Cohen was joined by graduate transfer Billings as first-team All-Big Ten selections, with Aidan Mulholland being named to the second team.
• Billings was named a third-team All-American by the USILA and Inside Lacrosse, while Cohen earned an All-America honorable mention from the former and Mulholland earned the same honor from the latter.
• In goal, junior goalie Hunter Taylor contributed the best goals-against average in program history, allowing just 9.34 goals per game. He crept into second place for most career saves by a Wolverine (400) after stopping 134 shots at a 53 percent clip this season.
Honors and Awards
Aidan
Mulholland
Ryan
Cohen
Pace
Billings
United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
All-America (Third Team): Pace Billings
All-America (Honorable Mention): Ryan Cohen
Big Ten Conference
All-Big Ten (First Team): Pace Billings, Ryan Cohen
All-Big Ten (Second Team): Aidan Mulholland
Sportsmanship Award: John Morgan
Big Ten Player of the Week
Offensive: Ryan Cohen (March 25)
Defensive: Pace Billings (Feb. 4, April 1), Kees van Wees (March 25)
Specialist: Hunter Taylor (Feb. 4)
Inside Lacrosse
All-America (Third Team): Pace Billings All-America (Honorable Mention): Aidan Mulholland
USA Lacrosse
All-America (Second Team): Pace Billings
All-America (Honorable Mention): Ryan Cohen, Aidan Mulholland
Academic All-Big Ten
Max Bonner, So., Business Administration
Rowan Clay, So., Sport Management
Ryan Cohen, Sr., Sport Management
Lucas Delgado, Sr., Communication & Media
Josh Ford, Jr., Business Administration
Michael Frechette, Sr., Sport Management
Chris Gaine, Jr., Economics
Alex Gatto, So., Business Administration
Cameron Goodloe, Sr., Business Administration
Matt Han, So., Business Administration
Emmett Houlihan, Jr., Business Administration
Jack Jenkins, So., Business Administration
Kevin Kearns, So., Sport Management
Nick Lauderback, Sr., Sport Management
Bo Lockwood, Jr., Sport Management
Thomas Lowman, Sr., Business Administration
Ryan Lyngklip, Jr., Business Administration
Jack Marlow, So., Communication & Media
John Morgan, Sr., Sport Management
Aidan Mulholland, Sr., Sport Management
Will O'Connor, Jr., Sociology
Jimmy Pisani, Jr., Business Administration
Brandon Plemmons, Sr., Communication & Media
Crandall Quinn, So., Business Administration
CJ Reilly, So., Political Science
Nick Roode, So., Sport Management
Hunter Taylor, Jr., Business Administration
Kees van Wees, Sr., Economics
Jack Welcsh, Sr., Sport Management
Mason Whitney, Jr., Business Administration
