DETROIT (4/1/2024) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team will go for its fourth-straight win as the Titans entertain the Arizona State Sun Devils on Tuesday. 

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

Detroit Mercy has taken down conference rivals Youngstown State and Robert Morris, along with a non-conference triumph against Kennesaw State during its winning streak. 

This past Saturday, senior Cat Kopchia and junior Leah Bodnar scored four goals at Robert Morris, while junior Meredith Leavell made 12 stops.

Arizona State is 5-6 on the season and 1-2 in the Pac-12 as the Sun Devils have lost two in a row to ranked foes in USC (16-7) and Stanford (20-8).

After the game, the Titans will get ready to battle Eastern Michigan on Sunday. 

VS. ARIZONA STATE

• This is only the second career meeting between the two schools as Arizona State took the first match-up, 24-6, back in 2020.
• That game was played indoors at Ultimate Soccer Arenas. 

LOOKING FOR BACK-TO-BACK

• UDM has won three in a row and is looking for its first four-game winning streak since the 2019 campaign. 
• The Titans are also looking for their first three-game winning streak at home since 2019 as well. 

HIGH RANKS

• Detroit Mercy is currently second in the MAC and 47th in DI with 16.2 ground balls per game and second in the league and 39th in the country with a .449 save percentage.
• The Titans have also averaged 27.3 shots per game, tops in the MAC.  

TAKE IT AWAY

• Detroit Mercy has posted 90 caused turnovers on the year, with a season-high of 10 at Duquesne, at Pittsburgh, against Marquette, at Canisius, at Lindenwood, and against 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 53rd in the nation with 8.2 takeaways per game.

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.
• She just had another multi-point game with a goal, two assists, two caused turnovers and a ground ball at Robert Morris.
• She tallied four points on a career-tying three assists and a goal, along with her usual two caused turnovers, four draw controls, and three ground balls against Youngstown State.
• Camm 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 after 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 has career highs in every statistical category. 
• She leads the MAC and is 27th in the nation with 20 caused turnovers and 1.82 per game as well as leading the team lead, fourth in the MAC and 37th in the nation with 29 ground balls and 2.64 per game.  
• She also leads the team with 12 assists, is second with 34 draw controls, 27 points and 15 goals.  
• Camm has 42 caused turnovers, 63 draw controls, 67 ground balls with 27 goals and 24 assists in her career.

NINE LIVES

• Senior Cat Kopchia just registered her eighth-straight hat trick, her ninth of the season and 17th in her career with four goals and five points at Robert Morris.
• Prior to that, she tied her career high with five goals against Youngstown State. 
• She has scored at least two goals in every game this season and 13 straight dating back to last year. 
• She posted three at Central Michigan, following a career-high five goals and a season-best six points at Lindenwood. 
• Kopchia is now ninth in school history with 128 points on 98 goals and 31 assists, seventh in school history in goals and ninth in assists. On the extra attacker, her 10 women-up goals are second in Titan record book. 
• She currently tops the team with 41 points - second in the MAC - and 37 goals - second in the league and 37th 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. 

OUR ALL-MAC IS BACK

• Junior Leah Bodnar has been unstoppable in the offensive zone the last three games as she has a hat trick in all three after four goals at Robert Morris.
• She now has four hat tricks on the season and seven in her career. 
• Against Kennesaw State, she tied her career high with seven points on a career-tying five goals, a career-high four turnovers and picked up four ground balls and registered three markers against Youngstown State. 
• 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 tied for third on the team with 18 ground balls, third with 11 caused turnovers and 24 points, second with 18 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. 

NOT IN MY NET

• Junior Meredith Leavell is coming off another great effort with 12 saves and allowing just nine goals in the win at Robert Morris, her 17th career double-digit save performance. 
• It was the third time in the last four games and the fourth time in her career that she has allowed less than 10 goals. She posted 14 saves against Youngstown State, including six in the fourth period. 
• She made a season-high 15 saves against Marquette and registered 12 at Lindenwood.
• She is third in the MAC and sixth in DI with 113 saves, third in the league and 10th in the nation with 10.2 saves per game, second in the league and 37th in the country with a .452 save percentage and third in the MAC with a 13.4 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 313 saves, fourth with 8.69 saves per game, third at a .435 save percentage and fourth with a 14.06 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.  

GIVE ME LIBERTY

• Sophomore Libby Cuckler has stepped up on offense to start the year. She 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. 

OFF THE HOOK

• Sophomore Angelina Hook has seen increased playing time this season and has posted eight ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• She tallied two ground balls and two takeaways at Pitt and grabbed two ground balls against Kennesaw State and at Robert Morris.
• Last year, she played in four games and did not record a statistic. 

YOU RANG

• Graduate senior Marina Butler has scored a goal in eight of the last nine games after notching two strikes at Robert Morris.
• She had a four-point effort with three assists and a goal against Youngstown State. She had a season-high four points on a goal and three assists against Kennesaw State and scored twice at Xavier.
• Butler had a goal with two caused turnovers and two GB's against Marquette and a goal with another two takeaways at Lindenwood. 
• She now has 93 points on 49 goals and 44 assists - fourth in school history - along with 43 ground balls, 23 caused turnovers and nine draw controls.
• 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.