PITTSBURGH (2/26/2024) -- Junior Maddy Camm was all over the field, but an early Pittsburgh run put the Titans in a hole and they were not able to recover as the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team fell 17-6 to the Panthers on Monday.

Pittsburgh (2-3) is head coached by Titan Hall-Of-Famer Emily Boissonneault '12, who was part of the very first Detroit Mercy team in 2009 and etched her name in the NCAA record books as she ended her career with 242 goals – tying for 13th in NCAA history – and 157 caused turnovers – tied for seventh in the Division I record book. She also held the school record with 272 points and 193 career ground balls and is still the Titan leader with 52 free-position goals.

Camm tallied a team-high and tied her career-best with three caused turnovers to go with a team-high four draw controls, three ground balls, a goal and an assist. Senior Cat Kopchia added two goals and sophomore Alyssa Jarvis recorded a team-high four GB's along with a goal, a caused turnover and a draw control.

Junior Meredith Leavell had five saves and graduate senior Kiah Nuessgen registered two caused turnovers, a ground ball and draw control. Senior Sarah Meek finished with two caused turnovers and a GB and sophomore Angelina Hook had two caused turnovers and two ground balls, both the first of her career. 

Pittsburgh scored the first three goals of the game when Jarvis struck for her marker off a pass from sophomore Libby Cuckler with 6:07 left in the first. That is when the Panthers went on an 11-0 run, which ended when Camm won a draw control and set up graduate senior Marina Butler's first goal of the year just before the end of the first half. 

Kopchia scored her two goals in the third, the second with a women down. In the fourth, Meek forced a takeaway and that led to senior Abby Schillinger locating senior Julia Fortino for her third of the year with under 10 minutes remaining. With under a minute to go and with the extra attacker, Camm forced a turnover and powered her way to the net for her marker. 

The Titans (0-3) were outshot 31-19, but tied the Panthers with 16 ground balls and were 13-of-15 on clears. The defense also recorded double-digit caused turnovers for the second-straight game and saw Pitt turn it over 18 times.

UDM will now get ready for its home opener on Wednesday as the red, white and blue host Jesuit-rival Marquette at 1:00 p.m. on campus at Titan Field. 

Game Notes: 
This was the first-ever meeting between the two schools
The Titans are now 0-6 all-time against the Atlantic Coast Conference
UDM has posted 28 caused turnovers through the first three games, with two double-digit caused turnover contests after doing so just four times last season
Kopchia now has seven goals on the season and 96 career points on 69 goals and 27 assists, 10th in school history with those helpers. 
Leavell is currently fifth in school history with 229 saves 
Butler now has 81 points on 40 goals and 41 assists - tied for fourth in school history
Camm also had three caused turnovers against Eastern Michigan last year
In her career, Camm has 29 caused turnovers, 36 draw controls, 46 ground balls, 14 goals and 14 assists
Fortino now has three goals on the year after coming into the season with just one career point on an assist as a freshman Read Full Article