UPDATE -- Wednesday's game against the Wolverines has been moved inside with a 6 p.m. start time from Oosterbaan Field House in Ann Arbor.

DETROIT (3/14/2017) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team heads to Ann Arbor on Wednesday for its final non-conference matchup, playing the University of Michigan in a 6 p.m. contest from Oosterbaan Field House. Admission into the game is free.

The Titans (2-4) are coming off a 15-14 come-from-behind victory at home over Cincinnati. Detroit Mercy scored eight-straight goals in the second half on its way to the victory over the Bearcats, improving to 2-1 in home games in 2017.

The Wolverines (1-7) are winless at home this season, dropping all five games in Ann Arbor, including three games from Michigan Stadium. The last time the two schools met for women's lacrosse was in 2014 when the Titans fell against the Wolverines at home.
 

Game 7  |  Detroit Mercy (2-4) vs. Michigan (1-7)
Date / Time	Wednesday, March 15 // 6 PM
Locations	Ann Arbor, Mich. (Oosterbaan Field House)
Live Stats	DetroitTitans.com
Live Stream / TV	No Live Stream
Social Media	Twitter (In-game tweets): @DetroitTitans  |  @DetroitWL  |  Facebook     Instagram  |  Tweet #DetroitsCollegeTeam
All-Time Series	Titans trail, 0-1  |  Last Meeting: Michigan 16, Titans 6 (April 16, 2014)

Titan News & Notes
• The red, white and blue scored eight-straight goals in a comeback, 15-14 win over Cincinnati on Friday.
• Detroit Mercy leads the ASUN in free-position goals with 19 after six games. The Titans also lead the league in total saves (67).
• The Titans improved to 2-1 at home this year with their win over Cincinnati. Following its game at Michigan, Detroit Mercy plays its next four games at home.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Allison McDonough has tied her career-high in saves (15) twice this season, in the season opener at Notre Dame and against San Diego State. She has started all 26 games in her career and has four, double-digit save efforts this season.
• Sophomore attack Lexie Kinmond is tied-for-second in the league in assists (11) and ranks fourth in points (22). Kinmond has three or more points in every game but one this season.
• Sophomore midfielder Morgan Girardi is nearly halfway to her goal total from last season (31) as she has 15 goals in six games.
• Senior Kelsi Pritchard has notched 10-plus goals in all four seasons and already has 12 this year in six games. Pritchard had a career-high four goals in the last game against Cincinnati. She has five career hat tricks, two of them this season.
• Jordyn Beam tied a career-high with five goals against Cincinnati. It was her third career hat trick.
• Junior defender Lauren Webley has tallied multiple ground balls in every game this year. She is tied for second in the ASUN with 18 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers, leading the Titans in both.
• Junior Emma Mucci (15 draw controls) and Girardi (14 draw controls) are both in the top 10 in the ASUN in draw controls.
• McDonough ranks eighth in the NCAA in saves per game (11.17) and ninth in total saves (67). Kinmond is 24th in the country in assists per game (1.83).
• Detroit Mercy has double-digit draw controls in every game in 2017.

Scouting Michigan
The Wolverines (1-7) dropped a pair of home games last weekend, falling to High Point by just one, 13-12, and also losing to Canisius on Sunday, 18-10, with both games coming from Michigan Stadium. Michigan's lone victory in 2017 was a 14-4 road win at California on March 3. U-M is 0-5 at home in 2017 and also dropped games to Notre Dame and San Diego State, two common opponents.

Jess Angerman leads the team with 14 goals. Kim Coughlan just recently reached 100 career goals and has 13 goals for the Wolverines. Ann Schueler has a team-best 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists) and also leads the squad with 40 draw controls. As a team, the Wolverines have 109 draw controls in eight games.

Goalkeeper Alli Kothari has a team-high 16 ground balls, while Emily Braun totals 15 ground balls and a team-high 13 caused turnovers for the Wolverines. In net, Kothari has started six of eight games and has a 42.4 save percentage and 12.13 goals against average, making 56 total saves. Mira Shane has started two games in goal and has a 38.1 save percentage and 16 total saves.

All-Time Series
Detroit Mercy and Michigan have met just one time previously, in 2014, when the Titans dropped a 16-6 contest to the Wolverines from Titan Field in Detroit. Senior Kelsi Pritchard was the only current Titan to play in that game, starting from midfield and totaling three shots, one caused turnover and one ground ball in the game.

It's the first meeting between the two schools in Ann Arbor.

New Year, New Us
The Titans opened their ninth season of women's lacrosse last fall with a new head coach and assistant coach, but neither are new to the Titan sidelines. First-year head coach Laurie Merian is in her third year on the coaching staff having spent the past two seasons as the assistant coach for Detroit Mercy. Her assistant, Megan Callahan '13, was a four-year letter-winner for the Titans, having played from 2010-13.

Merian helped coach the Titans to new heights in her two seasons on the staff -- with Detroit Mercy notching its first two winning seasons in program history, setting school records with 10 wins in 2015 and 12 triumphs last year. The Titans made the ASUN Championship game in both seasons and upset No. 1 Jacksonville in last year's tournament semifinals, handing the Dolphins their first women's lacrosse loss in conference history. It's Merian's second gig as a head coach after she started the program at Division III Alma College and led the Scots to 34 wins over three seasons, including an MIAA Championship game appearance.

A longtime Titan, Callahan started all 73 games at midfield during her Detroit Mercy career from 2010-13. She finished her career sixth all-time in draw controls in school history. Prior to her appointment as a Titan assistant coach, Callahan spent three seasons as the varsity girls lacrosse coach at nearby West Bloomfield High School, while also serving as the school's Student-Athlete Welfare Assistant within the athletic department.

Wandelt Named Preseason Player of the Year
Sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Wandelt was voted the ASUN Women's Lacrosse Preseason Player of the Year and classmate Lexie Kinmond also earned Preseason All-League honors with the league office releasing the preseason awards on Jan. 27.

The Titans were picked to finish fifth out of 11 teams in the preseason poll, voted on by the league's head coaches. Detroit Mercy, the only ASUN team to reach all four championship games in the history of ASUN women's lacrosse, earned 82 total points, just two points out of third place. Jacksonville was selected to finish first in the poll with 111 points.

Five Games on ESPN3
Like last season, all of Detroit Mercy's home games from Titan Field will be broadcast on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN Applications. Starting with Detroit Mercy's home game on March 24 against Kennesaw State, each contest will be streamed live.

On Tap
Detroit Mercy opens ASUN play next beginning with a Friday, March 24 contest against Kennesaw State in Detroit. Opening draw from Titan Field is set for 4 p.m. ET. The Titans play four-straight at home also welcoming Mercer, Furman and Coastal Carolina to town. All games will be shown on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN Applications.