The Basics
Final Score: Detroit Mercy 21, Delaware State 5
Records: Detroit Mercy 5-6 (1-1 SoCon), Delaware State 0-8 (0-1 SoCon)
Location: Detroit, Mich. (Titan Field)
DETROIT (4/6/2018) -- Five Titans tallied hat tricks and the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team shut out visiting Delaware State in the second half of Friday's 21-5 victory from Titan Field. The Titans improved to 1-1 in Southern Conference play with the 16-goal victory over the Hornets.
Senior attacker
Lauren Sharkey had one of the five hat tricks and tallied a team and career-high six points. Freshman attacker
Kristina Ellis added career-highs in both goals (four) and points (five), while junior midfielder
Morgan Girardi added five points on three goals and two assists. Redshirt sophomore
Kaitlyn Wandelt and freshman
Meredith Moore also had hat tricks with three goals each.
Junior
Emma Leszczak had three points on two goals, one assist, and senior
Jessica Snyder, junior
Ali Magyaros and freshman
Kamryn Corraro all each had one goal and one assist for the Titans. Detroit Mercy assisted on 12 of its 21 goals on the afternoon, totaling a season-high 46 shots, 36 of them on net.
The Titans scored the first 10 goals of the game, with eight different players finding the back of the net. Sharkey had three points during the 10-0 stretch, while Girardi and Sharkey each had two goals during the run. Detroit Mercy led 10-0 with 14:28 left in the first half.
Sharkey recorded a hat trick by halftime, netting her third goal at the 3:41 mark of the first half. Wandelt added another just under one minute later and Detroit Mercy held a 12-5 halftime advantage over the Hornets.
The red, white and blue scored all nine goals in the second half of action with Wandelt opening the scoring just one minute into the frame. Ellis had three second-half goals and Leszczak scored twice in the final 10 minutes of the game to help close out the scoring and seal the victory.
Freshman goalkeeper
Maddie Johnson played the majority of the game in net, turning away six shots for the Titans and allowing just five goals. Moore was dominant on both ends, totaling five ground balls and four caused turnovers, to lead the Titans in both. Girardi added three caused turnovers, while senior
Emma DeYoung posted two caused turnovers.
Detroit Mercy racked up 15 caused turnovers and 29 ground balls in all. Girardi had five draw controls, with Wandelt adding four DC and Corraro collecting three draw controls. The Titans held the edge in the draw category, 16-12, while forcing 22 Delaware State turnovers. Detroit Mercy was also 16-of-17 on clears and finished the game 5-of-10 on free-position shots.
Wandelt added four ground balls, while a slew of Titans had three. Corraro, Girardi, sophomores
Meghan Godell andÂ
Tegan McManus, and Sharkey all each corralled three ground balls during the contest.
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Titan News & Notes
• Detroit Mercy is unbeaten all-time against Delaware State, improving to 6-0.
• The 21 goals, 33 points and 46 shots were all offensively season-bests for the Titans.
• Sharkey tallied her second career hat trick with the six points being a career-best.
• Ellis has scored 10 goals this season with eight of them coming in the past three games.
• Moore's four caused turnovers tied a Titan season-high and was a career-high for the midfielder.
• It was the second-straight game of three CT for Girardi; She has four five-point games this season.
• Wandelt went past 30 goals on the season for the second time in her career.
• It was the first career hat tricks for both Moore and Ellis.
• The Titans are 34-for-36 on clear attempts in their past two games.
• Detroit Mercy has tallied double-digit draw controls in the last eight contests.
• The 15 caused turnovers for Detroit Mercy as a team were also a season-best.
Up Next
Detroit Mercy returns to the field Sunday at 11 a.m., hosting non-conference foe Howard from Titan Field. The game is slated to be seen live via ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN Applications.
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