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PONTIAC, Mich. -- The University of Cincinnati lacrosse team got a hat trick from freshman Brianna Miller, but it wasn't enough as the Bearcats dropped a 17-8 decision at Detroit on Friday afternoon.
// KEY PLAYERS
Cincinnati (0-3)
Brianna Miller (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora) - 3 goals | 1 assist | 4 ground balls | 2 caused turnovers
Michelle Platz (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Ursula) - 2 goals | 2 ground balls | 2 draw controls
Skylar DeLemos (Cranbury, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro) - 1 ground ball | 6 draw controls | 2 caused turnovers
Detroit (1-2)
Kylie Birney - 5 goals | 2 draw controls
Annie Mendoza - 3 goals | 1 ground ball | 5 draw controls
Tessa Keuler - 6 assists | 3 ground balls
// IN THE CAGE
Cincinnati
Meg Gulmi (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) - 7 saves | 13 goals allowed (loss)
Alex MacAfffer (Slingerlands, N.Y./Albany Academy for Girls) - 2 saves | 4 goals allowed
Detroit
Lexie McCormick - 7 saves | 8 goals allowed
// KEY GOALS
19:15 1st - Annie Mendoza (UDM)
Mendoza scored to cap a 5-0 Detriot run to open the game. Birney and Julie Castner each scored twice before Mendoza's score put the Titans up, 5-0.
19:07 1st - Michelle Platz (UC)
Platz scored her first of two goals to halt the Titan run. She was followed shortly by Abby Lord (Devon, Pa./Conestoga) as the Bearcats cut the deficit to 5-2.
23:15 2nd - Courtney Curtis (UC)
Courtney Curtis (Mason, Ohio/Mason), UC's leading scorer entering the match, was held off the scoreboard until early in the second half. Her goal cut the Cincinnati deficit to 11-6, but it was as close as the Bearcats would get.
21:31 2nd - Kylie Birney (UDM)
Birney scored her fourth goal of the game to open Detroit's second big scoring run. This time, it was a 6-0 run that put the contest out of reach at 17-6 with just 2:51 remaining.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats remain on the road when they travel to Robert Morris for a 1 p.m. game on Sunday, Feb. 22.