DETROIT (3/21/2024) -- After a thrilling win at home its last time out, the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team will look to pick up a conference victory on Sunday when the Titans meet Youngstown State. 

Game time is set for 1:00 p.m at Titan Field and will be broadcast live on ESPN+, with Steven MacDonald on the call. A live stats feed will also be available. 

Tickets are free. 

Detroit Mercy got in the win column as the offense posted a season-high 17 goals en route to a 17-16 triumph over Kennesaw State on Tuesday. Three Titans recorded hat tricks, led by junior Leah Bodnar's career-tying seven points and five goals. Junior Maddy Camm tallied a career-tying three goals and a career-best 11 draw controls and senior Cat Kopchia registered her sixth-straight three-goal game with three markers. 

Youngstown State is 0-9 on the year and is coming off a 17-10 road decision at Lindenwood. YSU started conference play over the weekend with a 16-15 loss against Kent State. 

Following the game, the Titans will have a week off before traveling to Robert Morris on Saturday. 

VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE

• This is the sixth career meeting between the two schools as Youngstown State leads the overall series, 4-1, including winning the last three.
• The match-up has featured two overtime games. 
• UDM has actually dropped both games in the Motor City.

FROM ALL OVER

• The Titans have four homegrown student-athletes on the roster, but Detroit Mercy has done a great job hitting the national recruiting trails.
• Detroit Mercy has players from Illinois (5), Ohio (5), Florida (3), Arizona (1), California (1), Indiana (1), Maryland (1), Minnesota (1), New York (1), North Carolina (1), Texas (1), Virginia (1) and Washington (1) along with one from Canada (1).  

LOOKING FOR BACK-TO-BACK

• UDM is looking for back-to-back wins for the first time since the 2021 season when it won consecutive road games at Akron and at Youngstown State.
• The Titans have not won back-to-back home games since 2019, when they claimed three straight over Kent State, Furman, and Wofford.

DETROIT STRONG

• Detroit Mercy is 43-59 all-time at home, which accounts for games played off campus as the home squad.
• At Titan Field, UDM holds a 39-52 career record. 

TAKE IT AWAY

• UDM has posted 79 caused turnovers through the first nine games, with a season-high of 10 at Duquesne, at Pittsburgh, against Marquette, at Canisius, at Lindenwood and versus Kennesaw State.  
• In fact, the Titans saw Duquesne turn it over 24 times, Lindenwood 19 and KSU 19 times and Pittsburgh, Marquette and Xavier had 18.
• The Titans registered double-digit caused turnovers just four times last year. 
• Detroit Mercy leads the MAC and is 39th in the nation with 9.0 takeaways per game.

HIGH RANKS

• Detroit Mercy is currently second in the MAC and 50th in DI with 16.2 ground balls per game and third in the league and 56th in the country with a .420 save percentage.
• The Titans have also averaged 26.3 shots per game, tops in the MAC.

YES I CAMM CAMM

• Junior Maddy Camm continues to shine on both sides of the field as she has added an offensive flare to her game.
• Camm just recorded her second-straight hat trick with three goals and a career-high 11 draw controls, two caused turnovers and three ground balls in the win over Kennesaw State.
• She had her first career hat trick with three goals, a team-high three ground balls, two draw controls and a caused turnover at Central Michigan.
• Camm posted a career-best four points, a career-high three assists, five draw controls, two caused turnovers and a team-best three ground balls at Lindenwood.
• She leads the team and is second in the MAC and 34th in the nation with 16 caused turnovers and 1.78 per game as well as leading the team lead, third in the MAC and 30th in the nation with 25 ground balls and 2.78 per game.  
• She also leads the team with seven assists, is second with 29 draw controls, 20 points and 13 goals.  
• Camm now has at least one caused turnover and two ground balls in every game this season and has 39 caused turnovers, 58 draw controls, 62 ground balls with 25 goals and 19 assists in her career.
• Camm tied her career best for the second time with three caused turnovers to go with three ground balls, two draw controls and two goals and an assist at Canisius. She tallied a team-high and tied her career-best with three caused turnovers, four draw controls, three ground balls, a goal and an assist at Pittsburgh. 
• Last season, she topped the team with 16 caused turnovers, was second with 27 ground balls and tied for second with 27 draw controls to go with 11 points on five goals and six assists.

NINE LIVES

• Senior Cat Kopchia just registered her sixth-straight hat trick, her seventh of the season and 15th in her career with three goals in the win over Kennesaw State.
• She has scored at least two goals in every game this season and 11 straight dating back to last year. 
• She scored three at Central Michigan, following a career-high five goals and a season-best six points at Lindenwood. 
• Kopchia recently became just the 13th Titan in school history to reach 100 career points and is now 10th in school history with 119 points on 89 goals and 30 assists, ninth in the school record book with those helpers. 
• She currently tops the team with 31 points - third in the MAC - and 28 goals - second in the league and 25th in the nation, career highs in both stats. 
• Kopchia had three goals at Xavier, five points on three goals and two assists with two ground balls, and two caused turnovers at Canisius and three goals against Marquette. She also recorded four goals in the season opener at New Hampshire en route to being named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week. 
• She was already one of the top goal scorers in the MAC as she led the team with 24 goals, second with 30 points and tied for third with eight assists last season. She also topped the team with five free-position goals.
• Kopchia recorded a goal in 11 of her 12 games, with nine multi-goal contests, including a season-high five points on three goals and two assists, along with a GB, a draw control and a caused turnover against Eastern Michigan. She tallied a season-high four goals at Akron and had three goals and an assist versus Kent State.

NOT IN MY NET

• Junior Meredith Leavell posted a season-high 15 saves against Marquette and made 12 at Lindenwood, her 15th career double-digit save performance.
• She is third in the MAC and 11th in DI with 87 saves, third in the league and 16th in the nation with 9.6 saves per game, third in the league and 54th in the country with a .420 save percentage and third in the MAC with a 14.62 goals against average.
• She was named the MAC's Defensive Player of the Week after a stellar season opener that saw her record 10 saves with two caused turnovers and a ground ball at New Hampshire and posted 14 at Xavier and 13 at Duquesne. 
• Leavell is currently fourth in school history with 287 saves, fifth with 8.44 saves per game, third at a .426 save percentage and fourth with a 14.48 goals-against average.
• Last year, she led the MAC and was ninth in the nation with 10.36 saves per game as well as led the conference and 18th in the country with 2.86 ground balls per game.
• Her 145 total stops and 10.36 saves per game were third in the Titan record book, while her 40 total GB's and 145 saves were the third most in the league. Leavell registered double-digit saves in eight games and tallied a career-best 17 saves against Butler at home earlier in the year, tied for 10th in school history, along with five ground balls. 

YOU RANG

• Graduate senior Marina Butler has scored a goal in six of the last seven games, including two markers at Xavier. 
• She just had a season-high four points on a goal and three assists against Kennesaw State.
• Butler had a goal with two caused turnovers and two GB's against Marquette and a goal with another two takeaways at Lindenwood. 
• Last year, she led the team with 17 assists, was third with 30 points and tied for fourth with 13 goals. 
• Butler tied her career-high with five points on three goals and two assists against Eastern Michigan. She also handed out a season-high three assists and scored a goal against Lindenwood and tied her season-high with three assists at Akron and at Eastern Michigan. 
• She now has 90 points on 46 goals and 44 assists - fourth in school history - along with 39 ground balls, 21 caused turnovers and nine draw controls.

OUR ALL-MAC IS BACK

• Junior Leah Bodnar was on fire against Kennesaw State. She tied her career high with seven points on a career-tying five goals. She also caused a career-high four turnovers and picked up four ground balls.  
• Bodnar got off to a quick start in the season opener at New Hampshire as she tallied a career-tying three-caused turnovers with three ground balls, two assists and a goal and tallied a season-high three goals and four points at Lindenwood. 
• She is currently third on the team with 18 ground balls, 11 caused turnovers and 17 points and tied for third with 11 goals and six assists. 
• Last year, she was named All-MAC Second Team after finishing third on the squad with 19 goals and tied for fourth with 21 points. She also led the team with 33 draw controls, had 12 ground balls, and caused six turnovers. 
• Bodnar scored a goal in seven games, all multi-goal contests, recording a monster game with a career-high five goals, six points and seven draw controls against Kent State. 

GIVE ME LIBERTY

• Sophomore Libby Cuckler has stepped up on offense to start the year. She just tallied a career-high four points on two goals and two assists against Kennesaw State, and that was after three points on a career-tying two goals and an assist at Central Michigan.
• She recorded a goal and an assist at New Hampshire, two goals - both on the extra attacker - at Duquesne, and recorded a goal and an assist at Canisius.  
• She has 14 points on eight goals and six helpers after accumulating just two goals and three points in 11 games last season. 

OUR WASHINGTON TITAN

• Sophomore Alyssa Jarvis, the first Titan from the state of Washington, had a solid rookie campaign last year and has improved in all areas, especially in the draw as she leads the team with 40 and is third in the MAC and 64th in DI with 4.44 per game. 
• Jarvis now has 35 draw controls in the last five games as she is coming off eight draws, two goals and four ground balls against Kennesaw State and that was after pulling down a career-best 11 at Central Michigan, the most by a Titan since Elise Harder had 11 against Kent State in 2022. 
• Prior to that, she recorded six draw controls with a goal and a ground ball at Lindenwood and back-to-back games with five draw controls at Xavier and at Canisius. 
• Jarvis has scored a goal in eight games and is tied for third on the team with 11 goals and fifth with 13 points to go with 14 ground balls.
• She netted multi-goal games with two markers at New Hampshire and at Canisius, and picked up a career-best four GB's with a goal and caused turnover at Pitt. 
• She played in 14 games with 12 starts as a freshman and was sixth on the team with 10 goals and tied for sixth with 13 points. She was also fourth on the squad with 18 draw controls and had 12 ground balls and four caused turnovers. 
• She scored two goals on her first two collegiate shots at Xavier. Jarvis posted a season-best three goals with two draw controls and a ground ball against Robert Morris and pulled down a season-high five draw controls and had a goal and ground ball against Kent State.

ALL 3 BACK AT D

• The Titans' starting defensive unit will be led by a trio of returning starters from last season in graduate senior Kiah Nuessgen and juniors Katie Bilello and Sophie Davis.
• Nuessgen has been a starter since he stepped foot on campus, playing in 47 games with 45 starts and posting 27 caused turnovers and 51 ground balls, including a career-high 10 caused turnovers and 19 GB's last season.
• Bilello as seen action in 37 games with 30 starts and had a career-best three caused turnovers against Marquette. Last season, she registered 17 caused turnovers and 34 ground balls. 
• Davis has appeared in 29 games with 20 starts and just tied her career best with a pair of takeaways at Central Michigan. She also had a caused turnover at Xavier, a caused turnover and a ground ball against the Golden Eagles and two GB's at Lindenwood. 
• She collected six caused turnovers and four ground balls last season.