PITTSBURGH (3/6/2017) -- Sophomore Kaitlyn Wandelt fired in six goals and sophomore goalie Allison McDonough recorded 11 saves, but a late comeback attempt fell short as the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team dropped an 11-10 decision on Monday afternoon.

Wandelt's six goals tied her career high for the third time in just 24 career games, while McDonough registered her fourth double-digit save performance in five games this season. 

Sophomore Morgan Girardi netted two goals and sophomore Lexie Kinmond tallied a goal, game-high three assists, three ground balls and two draw controls. Senior Kelsi Pritchard posted a goal, two helpers and three ground balls and junior Emma Mucci pulled down a team-best three draw controls.

The game was tied at 8-8 with 9:05 left when Duquesne (1-2) took the lead on two-straight goals. Pritchard got Detroit Mercy (1-4) back within one as Kinmond initiated the offense and set her up with a pass with 4:52 remaining 

The Dukes answered with a goal at the 3:33 mark, but with just under a minute left, Wandelt was fouled and that gave her a free position attempt, which she connected on to make it 11-10. The Titans then won the draw control, but a turnover occurred with 42 seconds left and Detroit Mercy could not get the ball back. 

The Titans forced 20 turnovers on the day. Junior Lauren Webley had two caused turnovers and two ground balls 

It was a slow start on offense for Detroit Mercy as Duquesne took a 2-0 lead nearly seven minutes into the contest. 

The Titans then got it going scoring five in a row over the next 15 minutes of action. Wandelt started the charge with a free position goal and two minutes later, Kinmond put one it to knot it at 2-2. It wasn't long after that – just 1:03 later - that the Titans took the lead on a goal by Wandelt.

Nearly 10 minutes went by before either team scored, but that was the red, white and blue as Kinmond fed Girardi and she beat the keeper with 9:45 left in the period. Girardi wasn't done as Pritchard located her just two minutes later and she did the rest for a 5-2 advantage and the Titans led at the break, 5-3.

Duquesne started to mount a comeback with two goals early in the second, but Wandelt stopped that spurt with a goal at the 23:46 mark to make it 6-4. The teams traded goals as Wandelt struck again off a pass from Kinmond with 21:42 left and the Titans led 7-5.

Duquesne then ran off three-straight scores to take the lead, but Pritchard found Wandelt and she buried one between the pipes to tie it at 8-8 with 11:27 left.

The Titans will return to action on Friday, March 10, as they host Cincinnati on Titan Field. The game will start at 4 p.m., and it will be broadcast live on ESPN3.