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Titans Visit ASUN Foes Howard, Delaware State This Weekend

DETROIT (4/20/2017) -- Following a Senior Day victory in its home finale last Saturday over Old Dominion, the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse squad is back out on the road, playing ASUN foes Howard and Delaware State this weekend.

The Titans' game against Howard is set for Friday at 3 p.m. ET in Washington, D.C. and Detroit Mercy's battle with the Hornets is slated for Sunday morning at 11 a.m. from Dover, Delaware. Live statistics for both games are available.
 
  Games 15 & 16  |  Detroit Mercy (3-11, 1-6 ASUN) vs. Howard & Delaware State
  Dates / Time   Friday, April 21 // 3 PM  &  Sunday, April 23 // 11 AM
  Location   Washington, D.C. & Dover, Del.
  Live Stats   DetroitTitans.com
  Live Stream / TV   No Live Stream Available
  Social Media   Twitter (In-game tweets): @DetroitTitans  |  @DetroitWL  |  Facebook  
  Instagram  |  Tweet #DetroitsCollegeTeam
  All-Time Series   Titans lead Howard, 8-0 // Titans lead Delaware State, 4-0

Titan News & Notes
• Detroit Mercy wraps up the regular season with three games on the road, also visiting Central Michigan on April 29.
• The Titans defeated the reigning ASUN tournament champs, Old Dominion, in their last game by a 15-8 score on Senior Day.
• Senior Kelsi Pritchard was the sixth Titan to surpass 100 career points and is one goal shy of 30 on the season. She already has career-highs in goals (29) and points (36) and is one ground ball (19) shy of her career-high of 20 in a season.
• Four Titans have scored more than 20 goals this season -- Morgan Girardi (31), Lexie Kinmond (30), Kelsi Pritchard (29) and Jordyn Beam (21).
• The Titans have three of the top 15 goal scorers in Girardi (T-10th), Kinmond (T-13th) and Pritchard (T-14th).
• Kinmond has her second-straight season of 30 or more goals and 50 or more points. She has a team-high 51 points.
• Both defender Lauren Webley (98 GB) and goalkeeper Allison McDonough (97) are nearing the milestone for 100 career ground balls.
• Webley ranks sixth in the ASUN with 39 ground balls on the season, while McDonough is second with 53 GB.
• Kinmond is sixth in the conference in points with 51 points on 30 goals and 21 assists.
• Junior Emma Mucci became the sixth Titan in school history with 100 career draw controls, totaling four against ODU last Saturday. Mucci has a career-high 46 DC this season and has 86 combined in the last two seasons. Mucci tied a single-game school record with 10 DC at Stetson.
• Mucci ranks fifth in the league with her 46 draw controls in 2017.
• Girardi's 11 free-position goals ranks third in the ASUN and as a team, Detroit Mercy is third in the ASUN with 40 FPG.
• Detroit Mercy ranks first in the league with its 152 saves.
• Junior defender Brittany Fenney tied a Detroit Mercy season-high with four caused turnovers in the last game against Old Dominion.
• The Titan trio of captains in 2017 are senior Kelsi Pritchard and junior defenders Emma Mucci and Lauren Webley.
• Head coach Laurie Merian is in her first season at the helm and third season overall at Detroit Mercy.

McDonough Among National Leaders
Sophomore goalkeeper Allison McDonough continues to rank inside the top 10 in the country in saves, saves per game and ground balls per game. As of Wednesday, McDonough ranked No. 7 in the nation in all three categories with 10.86 saves per game, 152 total saves and 3.79 ground balls per contest. McDonough is 29 saves back of the single-season Titan school record in saves, held by former Titan goalkeepers, Lexie McCormick (181, 2014) and Brett Yenger (181, 2010). McDonough leads the ASUN in total saves with her 152 stops.

Senior Kelsi Pritchard is also 43rd in the country in shot percentage (54.7), sophomore Morgan Girardi is 40th in free-position goals per game (0.79) and 44th in shots per game (6.29), and junior Lauren Webley is 44th in ground balls per game (2.79) in the NCAA statistical rankings.

All-Time Series
The Titans are 8-0 against Howard and 4-0 against Delaware State all-time. Detroit Mercy has played the Bison in every single season, winning all eight meetings. The Titans are 3-0 in road games against Howard and last season won by a 16-3 margin over Howard.

Detroit Mercy has met Delaware State in each of the past four seasons, winning all four. The Titans triumphed 22-1 over DSU last season from Titan Field and has allowed just 14 goals total in four games against the Hornets. Detroit Mercy is 2-0 all-time in road games at Delaware State.

On Tap
The Titans return back to Michigan following the two-game road trip out East and travel north to Central Michigan for the regular-season finale in Mount Pleasant on Saturday, April 29. Opening draw against the Chippewas is set for 12 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jordyn Beam

#8/2 Jordyn Beam

A/GK
5' 4"
Junior
Brittany Fenney

#9 Brittany Fenney

D/M
5' 8"
Junior
Morgan Girardi

#10 Morgan Girardi

M
5' 6"
Sophomore
Lexie Kinmond

#21 Lexie Kinmond

A
5' 8"
Sophomore
Allison McDonough

#27 Allison McDonough

GK
5' 10"
Sophomore
Emma Mucci

#24 Emma Mucci

D
5' 3"
Junior
Kelsi Pritchard

#6 Kelsi Pritchard

M
5' 4"
Senior
Lauren Webley

#25 Lauren Webley

D
5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jordyn Beam

#8/2 Jordyn Beam

5' 4"
Junior
A/GK
Brittany Fenney

#9 Brittany Fenney

5' 8"
Junior
D/M
Morgan Girardi

#10 Morgan Girardi

5' 6"
Sophomore
M
Lexie Kinmond

#21 Lexie Kinmond

5' 8"
Sophomore
A
Allison McDonough

#27 Allison McDonough

5' 10"
Sophomore
GK
Emma Mucci

#24 Emma Mucci

5' 3"
Junior
D
Kelsi Pritchard

#6 Kelsi Pritchard

5' 4"
Senior
M
Lauren Webley

#25 Lauren Webley

5' 7"
Junior
D