University of Detroit Mercy Women's Lacrosse

Emma Kuehl was named the seventh head coach in school history on Aug. 2, 2025. Kuehl has been a winner as a student-athlete, a high school coach, and at the collegiate level will now look to guide the Titans to new heights. A veteran in collegiate coaching, she has served as a head coach at Lawrence Tech and at American University, was an assistant at California, and a high school head coach at Detroit Country Day, Georgetown Visitation Prep School in Washington, D.C., and Highland School in Warrenton, Virginia.  "Our applicant pool was quite large, but Coach Kuehl's experience as a student-athlete at the highest level, her prior coaching success, and character separated her and made her our choice," said Director of Athletics Robert C. Vowels, Jr. "She has been on a staff that has won a national championship and we look for her to not only provide stability, but build this program into MAC a championship contender." "I'm incredibly excited to step into the role as head women's lacrosse coach at Detroit Mercy," said Kuehl. "It's an honor to lead a program with such strong tradition, values, and potential. I can't wait to get to work with this talented group of student-athletes and build something special together, both on and off the field." She arrived at LTU as an assistant coach in 2022 and 2023, helping the squad achieve a 34-2 overall record and back-to-back trips to the NAIA national finals, culminating in a championship in 2023. She took over as the head coach the following season and led the team to a 26-8 record, two WHAC championships, two NAIA tournament appearances, and a national runner-up finish in 2024.  In her two years as a head coach, the Blue Devils earned 10 NAIA All-American awards, 11 All-Conference accolades, and 12 IWLCA Honor Roll status. Before joining LTU, Kuehl served as the head coach at Detroit Country Day for five years, compiling an overall record of 66-7 and winning a MHSAA state championship in 2023, as well as finishing as runner-up in 2022. She also earned the MWLCA Division Two Coach of the Year honor in 2021.  Her first head coaching opportunity came at American, where she guided the Eagles for six years from 2013 to 2018. During her time, eight student-athletes were selected All-Patriot League, two earned Patriot League All-Tournament honors, and the 2013 Patriot Rookie of the Year award. Additionally, the program saw six consecutive IWLCA honor squad recognitions, as well as the 2013 Merit Squad award for maintaining one of the top three GPAs among women's lacrosse teams in Division One. More accolades followed with five Academic All-Patriot League honors, 93 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selections, and 24 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll selections.  Kuehl was recognized with the 2013 Coaching Excellence Award after leading the squad to one of its best seasons in program history, matching the program record with five conference wins and earning its highest seed in the Patriot League tournament since 2008. American went 8-10 after starting 0-6 on the year and posted the program's first-ever upset of a ranked opponent, defeating then No. 12 Johns Hopkins 10-9 in overtime.  Before assuming that role, she was an assistant at Cal from 2011-12, helping the Bears to 17 wins, while also serving as head coach of the BearLax Lacrosse Club.  Prior to Cal, Kuehl led Georgetown Visitation Prep to the Independent School League Tournament Finals with a record of 14-4 and Highland HS to the Virginia Independent School League State tournament in 2008, 2009 and 2010, earning DAC Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2008 and 2010. She also coached the Upper Corner Lacrosse Club in northern Virginia.  Kuehl played four years of lacrosse at Johns Hopkins, helping the Blue Jays to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and graduating in 2007 with a degree in Political Science. 

The University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse program finalized its coaching staff with the addition of Lauren Marosi as a graduate assistant coach in August of 2023.  Marosi was a standout player the last four years at VCU and ended her collegiate career tied for fourth in Rams history with 42 caused turnovers and tied for ninth with 52 draw controls. She played in 56 career games with 40 starts and posted 24 goals and 11 assists to go with 56 ground balls. Offensively, she had her best year with 12 goals and 18 points as a sophomore, to go with a career-best 23 draw controls before moving to a defensive player and registering a career-high 27 ground balls and a team-high and career-best 26 caused turnovers as a senior.  A Michigan product from Grand Rapids, she graduated as the all-time leading scorer at Catholic Central High School and was a three-time All-State selection, three-time All-Area honoree and was twice named to the All-Conference team. A two-time team captain and All-Academic selection, she also owns the school record for most goals scored in a game with nine.  She graduated from VCU with a degree in Health Science and is currently pursuing her master's in the Advanced Generalist Nursing program at UDM.

Former MAC Offensive Player of the Year Cat Kopchia '24 was added to the women's lacrosse staff as a graduate assistant coach in September of 2025. Kopchia served as a facilities & operations graduate assistant last year. As a Titan from 2021-24, she finished her career playing in 54 games and posting 158 points - seventh in school history -  on 123 goals and 35 assists - sixth in school history in goals and seventh in assists. She also holds the school record with 15 career women-up goals and her 26 free-position markers stand sixth. She ended her collegiate career with a great senior season, leading the team back to the playoffs and the MAC Championship game. She earned the MAC Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-MAC after leading the team with a career-high 70 points - seventh in school history - and career-best 62 goals - tied for fifth. She registered five points on three goals and two assists in the MAC Championship semifinals as UDM upset top-seeded Central Michigan - including the game winner with just a few seconds left - and tallied four markers in the title game against Robert Morris.  A 2020 graduate of Brighton High School, she was a four-year varsity letter-winner in lacrosse for the Bulldogs and a three-sport athlete, also lettering in field hockey twice and power lifting. She graduated with a degree in Business and is currently pursuing a MBA.