Detroit Mercy UDM 6-12, 3-3 MAC

Robert Morris RMU 8-11, 4-2 MAC

Detroit Mercy UDM

6-12, 3-3 MAC

Final

May. 04, 2024

Robert Morris RMU

8-11, 4-2 MAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Mercy UDM	2	2	2	4	10
Robert Morris RMU	3	2	3	6	14

Summary
Box Score

Jack Reeber

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 05.04.24

Titans Downed By Robert Morris In #MACtion Championship

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (5/4/2024) -- Senior Cat Kopchia ended her career with four more goals, junior Meredith Leavell broke the single-season saves record and graduate senior Marina Butler picked up her 100th career point, but the University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse team fell in the Mid-American Conference Championship, 14-10, on Saturday afternoon.

The game was tied at 6-6 late in the third, but Robert Morris (8-11) went on a 5-0 spurt and Detroit Mercy (6-12) could not recover.

Kopchia finished the season with 70 points - seventh in school history - and 62 goals - tied for fifth. Leavell made 12 saves and ended the campaign with a school-record 186 saves, a mark that has stood since UDM's second year of lacrosse in 2010.

Junior Maddy Camm tallied a career-high four goals, while sophomore Libby Cuckler added a pair of assists. Sophomore Alyssa Jarvis pulled down a team-high four draw controls and had two ground balls and a caused turnover and junior Katie Bilello had a takeaway and a GB.

UDM never had the lead as it tied the contest at 1-1 early in the first, with Kopchia getting the offense going. RMU took a 3-1 lead, but Camm took a pass from Cuckler and fired one in to make it 3-2 after one, as the Titans' defense forced a couple of takeaways from junior Leah Bodnar and Bilello.

The Titans pulled within one on a couple of occasions in the second as Kopchia scored off the free position for a 4-3 margin and she beat the keeper with 4:09 left for a 5-4 score and that's the way it was at the break.

The red, white and blue would knot it at 6-6 in the third. Off a Leavell save, Cuckler located Camm again and she netted a goal on the extra attacker and Kopchia would whip in another free position with 2:38 remaining.

The Colonials scored two in the final 1:33 in the period and ran off three straight in the fourth to run their lead to 11-6 at the 11:56 mark. Butler and Camm went back-to-back to trim the deficit to 11-8 with 9:56 showing, but RMU answered with three-straight markers. A draw control from Camm led to a goal by Bodnar and Leavell kept the Titans in the contest with two saves. Jarvis then had a caused turnover and senior Sarah Meek found Camm and she buried her fourth for a 14-10 score with 1:56 left, but time ran out on UDM.

Detroit Mercy outshot Robert Morris, 32-31 and was 16-of-18 on clears.

Camm, Kopchia and Leavell were all named to the MAC All-Tournament Team following the game.

The Titans end 2024 by making the postseason for the first time since 2019 and their first postseason win and championship appearance since 2016. Their six wins and three wins are the road were also the most since 2019.

Game Notes:

The Titans stopped a six-game slide to Robert Morris during the regular season, but Robert Morris now leads the all-time series, 10-2
This was the first time the teams have played on a neutral field
Detroit Mercy is 10-13 all-time in the postseason throughout the years, but had not played in a playoff game since the Southern Conference semifinals in 2019
The Titans have been on the doorstep of the NCAA Tournament on four other occasions, making four straight trips to the Atlantic Sun Championship game from 2013 to 2016, falling in double overtime to Old Dominion in 2016 on a neutral field and to Jacksonville all on the road in 2013, 2014, and 2015
Kopchia had her 15th hat trick of the season and 23rd of her career
Kopchia ended the year leading the team with a career-high 70 points and career-best 62 goals, the most points since Lexie Kinmond's 78 in 2019 and the most goals since Kaitlyn Wandelt's 62 in 2018
Kopchia scored a goal in all 18 games, with 17 at two or more, 15 with three or more, eight with four or more, three with at least five and a career-best six at Butler
Kopchia's 13 free position goals on the year are tied for fourth in school history as she was 13-of-20 on the season, netting 10 in a row to end the year
Kopchia finished her career with 158 points - seventh in school history - on 123 goals and 35 assists, sixth in school history in goals and seventh in assists
It was Camm's fourth career hat trick as she had three goals at Central Michigan, against Kent State and against Kennesaw State in the regular season
Camm had career highs in every statistical category with 39 points, 25 goals, 14 assists, 44 ground balls, 55 draw controls and 35 caused turnovers, with the 35 takeaways fourth in the Titan record book
Camm has 58 caused turnovers - eighth in school history - 84 draw controls, 81 ground balls with 37 goals and 26 assists in her career
Bodnar ended the season with 42 points and 33 goals, 15 caused turnovers and 24 ground balls, all career highs
Jarvis ended the season with 67 draw controls, sixth in school history, while her 2.66 per game is fourth in the record book
Nuessgen ended his career playing in 56 games with 54 starts, posting 31 caused turnovers and 66 ground balls, including eight caused turnovers and a career-high 22 GB's on the year
Butler ended her career with 100 points on 53 goals and 47 assists - fourth in school history - along with 48 ground balls, 25 caused turnovers and nine draw controls
Leavell tallied 10 games on the year with double-digit saves and now has 20 in her career after posting a career-high 18 in the semifinal win over Central Michigan
Leavell came into the game third in the MAC and 18th in DI in total saves, third in the league and 17th in the nation with 10.2 saves per game, third in the league and 49th in the country with a .466 save percentage and fourth in the MAC with a 12.9 goals against average
Leavell's 387 career saves are third in school history behind Allison McDonough's 627 and Lexie McCormick's 665
Leavell is currently fourth in school history with 9.00 saves per game, second at a .445 save percentage and fourth with a 13.75 goals-against average
Meek - who also serves as President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was the Reverend Norbert Huetter Award, given to a student-athlete who sets an example for others by their display of attitude, dedication and leadership - ended her career playing in 51 games and registering 38 ground balls, 54 draw controls, 17 caused turnovers and 20 points 14 goals and six assists
Cuckler finished her sophomore season with 23 points on 11 goals and 12 helpers after accumulating just two goals and three points in 11 games last season
The Titans' 183 goals are the ninth most in school history, while the 135 caused turnovers are tied for the ninth most
UDM also had 22 goals on the extra attacker - the most in school history - and the 201 total saves were second only to the 2010 squad's 292

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Scoring Summary
Scoring Play	Home Team Score
1st Period		UDM	RMU
14:42	RMU - Chelsea Coleman	0	1
13:00	UDM - Cat Kopchia	1	1
11:12	RMU - Samantha Brothers Assisted by Julia Koterwas	1	2
09:21	RMU - Isabella Teal Assisted by Eliana Lamange	1	3
08:19	UDM - Maddy Camm Assisted by Libby Cuckler	2	3
2nd Period		UDM	RMU
12:41	RMU - Colleen Tifft	2	4
10:52	UDM - Cat Kopchia	3	4
06:08	RMU - Chelsea Coleman	3	5
04:09	UDM - Cat Kopchia	4	5
3rd Period		UDM	RMU
09:03	RMU - Lilli Hadden Assisted by Eliana Lamange	4	6
07:07	UDM - Maddy Camm Assisted by Libby Cuckler	5	6
02:38	UDM - Cat Kopchia	6	6
01:33	RMU - Colleen Tifft	6	7
00:04	RMU - Samantha Brothers Assisted by Chelsea Coleman	6	8
4th Period		UDM	RMU
13:45	RMU - Julia Koterwas	6	9
13:01	RMU - Eliana Lamange Assisted by Chelsea Coleman	6	10
11:56	RMU - Isabella Teal Assisted by Lilli Hadden	6	11
10:17	UDM - Marina Butler	7	11
09:56	UDM - Maddy Camm	8	11
08:10	RMU - Julia Koterwas Assisted by Lilli Hadden	8	12
05:40	RMU - Isabella Teal Assisted by Eliana Lamange	8	13
05:17	RMU - Colleen Tifft	8	14
04:43	UDM - Leah Bodnar	9	14
01:56	UDM - Maddy Camm Assisted by Sarah Meek	10	14