Women's Lacrosse 05.01.24

Kopchia Tabbed Offensive Player Of The Year, Dugan Coach Of The Year As Six Titans Capture MAC Postseason Honors

Women's Lacrosse 05.01.24

Kopchia Tabbed Offensive Player Of The Year, Dugan Coach Of The Year As Six Titans Capture MAC Postseason Honors

CLEVELAND (5/1/2024) -- It has been a transformational year for the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team as six Titans were honored for their accomplishments by the Mid-American Conference which announced their postseason awards on the eve of the conference championship.

The highest award went to first-year coach Madeline Dugan who was named Coach of the Year, while senior Cat Kopchia was selected the league's Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-MAC.

The All-MAC Second Team included graduate senior Kiah Nuessgen, juniors Maddy Camm and Leah Bodnar, and sophomore Alyssa Jarvis.

DUGAN
Coach Dugan led the Titans to the postseason for the first time since 2019 and the first time as members of the MAC. Detroit Mercy's five wins are also the most since 2019, all for a program that was picked to finish last in the preseason standings, but will now look to win its first conference title.

KOPCHIA
Kopchia - the two-time MAC Offensive Player of the Week - leads the team with 61 points - second in the MAC - and 55 goals - second in the league and 29th in the nation. Both stats are career highs as her goals are tied for the seventh most by a Titan in school history. In MAC play, her 26 points and 23 goals were second as she netted a goal in all 16 games, with 15 at two or more, 13 with three or more, seven with four or more and three with at least five.

She posted a career-high six goals at Butler and had four goals and five points against Kent State, a team-high four goals against Eastern Michigan and four goals and five points at Robert Morris.

NUESSGEN
Nuessgen helped lead a defense that allowed just 10.0 goals in league play and is second in the MAC and 64th in the nation with 7.88 takeaways per game. He started every game and has eight caused turnovers and a career-tying 19 GB's on the year. He had a career-high four ground balls at Butler and against Eastern Michigan and posted two caused turnovers against Kent State and at Pittsburgh.

BODNAR
Bodnar - A 2023 All-MAC selection - is second on the team with 37 points and 28 goals, third with nine assists and 13 caused turnovers and fourth with 23 ground balls, all career highs. Her 77.3 shots on goal percentage is also a team-high. In MAC play, she has 19 points with 17 goals as she had hat tricks in four of the six games.

She tallied three goals with an assist against Kent State, found the back of the net three times at Akron and helped the Titans beat Robert Morris on the road with four markers. Against Kennesaw State, she tied her career high with seven points on a career-tying five goals, a career-high four caused turnovers and picked up four ground balls and registered three markers against Youngstown State.

CAMM
Camm has a caused turnover in every game this season, including eight straight and 12 games with two or more, as she leads the MAC and is 17th in the nation with 2.06 per game. She has career highs in every statistical category with 35 points, 21 goals, 14 assists, 39 ground balls, 47 draw controls and 33 caused turnovers, with the 33 takeaways tied for fourth in the Titan record book. She is fourth in the MAC and 49th in the nation with 2.44 ground balls per game and leads the team in assists, is second in draw controls and is third in points and goals.

Camm tied her career high for the fifth time this season with three caused turnovers in the finale against Butler and had three goals against Kent State to go with a team-high six draw controls, two caused turnovers and three ground balls. She tallied four points on a career-tying three assists and a goal, along with two caused turnovers, four draw controls and three ground balls against Youngstown State and 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.

JARVIS
Jarvis leads the team with 61 draw controls and is fourth in the MAC with 3.81 per game, eighth in school history for a single season as her 61 total draws are seventh, just four away from sixth. She has scored a goal in 13 games, ranking fourth on the team with a career-high 23 points and 19 goals to go with 22 ground balls, fifth on the squad.

Jarvis had a team-high three draw controls with a goal at Robert Morris and grabbed six draws with three goals and two ground balls against Youngstown State. She had 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 2022.

The Titans will open the #MACtion Championship semifinals at Central Michigan on Thursday, with game time set for 1:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#33 Leah Bodnar: M; 5' 8"; Junior

#27 Maddy Camm: M; 5' 7"; Junior

#2 Alyssa Jarvis: M; 5' 3"; Sophomore

#19 Cat Kopchia: A; 5' 2"; Senior

#28 Kiah Nuessgen: D; 5' 6"; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

#33 Leah Bodnar
: 5' 8"; Junior
: M

#27 Maddy Camm
: 5' 7"; Junior
: M

#2 Alyssa Jarvis
: 5' 3"; Sophomore
: M

#19 Cat Kopchia
: 5' 2"; Senior
: A

#28 Kiah Nuessgen
: 5' 6"; Graduate Student
: D