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Canisius midfielder Mya Zeller is shown running with the ball during game action against UDM at the Demske Sports Complex on March 2, 2024
Lindy Feider
11
Detroit Mercy UDM 0-5
14
Winner Canisius CAN 3-1
Detroit Mercy UDM
0-5
11
Final
14
Canisius CAN
3-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Detroit Mercy UDM 5 2 0 4 11
Canisius CAN 3 5 4 2 14

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Women’s Lacrosse Defeats Detroit Mercy in Demske Debut

Canisius rattled off nine unanswered goals during a more than 25-minute span midway through the contest on its way to a 14-11 victory over Detroit Mercy in collegiate women's lacrosse action Saturday at the Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo, N.Y.
 
Graduate student Paige Stachura and seniors Riley Davis and Grace Harner all recorded hat tricks for the Golden Griffins (3-1), who made their 2024 home debut on Saturday. Freshman Megan Previdi notched a goal and dished out a game-high four assists to finish with a season-best five points while senior Jill Galanti recorded four caused turnovers and five ground balls.
 
Cat Kopchia finished with three goals and two assists for the Titans (0-5). Maddy Camm notched three points on two goals and an assist while Alyssa Jarvis pitched in a pair of tallies. Meredith Leavell made nine saves between the pipes for the visitors.
 
Canisius raced out to a quick 3-0 lead in the opening 2:28 of the contest before UDM responded with the final five goals of the first quarter to hold a 5-3 edge after one.
 
The teams exchanged goals during the opening six minutes of the second until consecutive tallies from freshman Mya Zeller during the middle stages of the frame kickstarted the game-changing run that lasted until the later stages of the fourth quarter to give the Griffs a 14-7 advantage.
 
Harner tallied three goals during the run that lasted 25:31 of game time while Zeller pitched in a pair as a total six different Canisius players recorded a goal during the run.
 
The Titans attempted to claw back into the contest in the final minutes as Camm and Kopchia combined to register the final four goals of the game, but it was not enough as the Griffs held on to secure the victory.
 
GAME NOTES
• Saturday's contest served as the fourth all-time meeting between Canisius and Detroit Mercy. The Griffs have won all four contests.
• Canisius outshot UDM by a 36-22 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 23-10 advantage during the second and third quarters.
• The Griffs won 16-of-25 draw controls contested during the game, with Stachura collecting a game-high five draws.
• Previdi has recorded three-or-more points in three of her first four collegiate contests after her five-point effort on Saturday.
• The hat trick by Stachura was her fourth of the season as she has recorded three-or-more goals in all four of the Grifs games this season.
• Harner posted her first career hat trick with her three-goal performance on Saturday.
•  Galenti's four caused turnovers were a career high while her five ground balls matched her personal best in that category, set against Youngstown State on March 19, 2023.
• Zeller's two goals on Saturday were the first two of her collegiate career.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius continues its four-game homestand Wednesday when it hosts LeMoyne in a non-conference contest. Start time for the matchup between the Griffs and Dolphins is slated for 4 p.m. at the Demske Sports Complex.
 
 
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