The Basics
Final Score: Michigan 14, Detroit Mercy 7
Records: Detroit Mercy 3-5, Michigan 5-6
Location: Ann Arbor, Mich. (U-M Lacrosse Stadium)
ANN ARBOR (3/25/2018) -- Playing its third Big Ten opponent of the 2018 season, the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team dropped a 14-7 contest at the University of Michigan on Sunday afternoon from U-M Lacrosse Stadium in Ann Arbor.
It was the third meeting all-time between the two programs and second in as many seasons. Detroit Mercy (3-5) also played nationally-ranked Northwestern and Ohio State earlier this season during non-conference play.
The Titans out-shot Michigan in the second half of the game, 18-13, and were just edged in total shots by a 32-27 margin. Detroit Mercy also had more draw controls in the second half (6-5) and had 11 draws to Michigan's 12 during the contest. Detroit Mercy made more saves in the game, 12-10.
Individually, senior attacker
Jordyn Beam had three points on two goals and one assist. Freshman
Kamryn Corraro had two goals, while junior
Morgan Girardi tallied one goal and one assist. Redshirt sophomore
Kaitlyn Wandelt had team-highs with five draw controls and three ground balls, with sophomore
Tegan McManus nabbing a career-high four draw controls. On defense, junior goalkeeper
Allison McDonough turned away 12 shots, while senior defender
Lauren Webley had two caused turnovers.
The Titans opened the game strong, with Corraro finding the back of the net twice in the opening 11 minutes of the contest. Corraro's second goal was her fifth of the season and trimmed the Michigan lead to 3-2 with 19:13 left in the opening half. After Michigan scored a goal, the Titans again cut the lead to one, 4-3, with freshman
Meredith Moore spinning her way through a group of Wolverines and then beating the U-M goalkeeper.
McDonough and the Titan defense were strong during the game, with the junior goalkeeper turning away eight shots on goal in the opening half. Detroit Mercy had four of its six caused turnovers in the first half and allowed just four Michigan goals in the first 19 minutes of the game.
The Wolverines would find the back of the net four times before the break as the Titans trailed 8-3 at halftime. The Titan defense allowed just two goals in the first 16 minutes of the second half, but were unable to find the back of the net themselves.
Michigan went ahead 13-4 with 13:04 left in the game, before Detroit Mercy scored four of the final six goals. Girardi scored her 13th goal of the season on a free-position shot and then Beam tallied the first of two free-position goals. With 2:36 left, Beam found an open
Kristina Ellis, who fired a tough-angled shot past the goalkeeer and into the net. Beam then scored her 16th goal of the year and second in the game with just 42 ticks left.
Detroit Mercy was effective on clears during the game, going 17-of-20 overall, including 10-of-10 in the second half. The Titans were 3-of-5 on free-position opportunities in the second half and forced 13 Michigan turnovers overall. Detroit Mercy had 12 ground balls, while Michigan finished with 14.
Corraro finished with two ground balls and one draw control in addition to her two goals. Webley and McManus also had two ground balls each.
Titan News & Notes
• Detroit Mercy has 11 or more draw controls in each of the past five games.
• McDonough has five-straight games of 10 or more saves; She also has six double-digit save games this season.
• With her three points Sunday, Beam is just two points shy of 100 in her Titan career.
• Beam has three or more points in five of her last six contests this season and multiple goals in her last six games.
• Corraro made her first career start and tallied her second game of two goals in 2018.
• The multiple caused turnover game was Webley's fourth of the season.
• Wandelt has five or more draw controls in each of her past five contests for the Titans.
• McManus' four DC were a career-high, topping the three she had against Butler earlier this season.
• It was the third meeting all-time between the two squads (Michigan leads, 3-0).
• Detroit Mercy opened the season with six of eight away from Titan Field and Detroit.
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Up Next
Detroit Mercy returns home for its next four games, hosting Kennesaw State on Thursday before welcoming Mercer to Detroit for the Titans' inaugural Southern Conference lacrosse contest. Game time on Thursday is set for 3 p.m., while Saturday's contest is slated for an 11:30 a.m. start from Titan Field.
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