2014 Final NCAA Stats
 
INDIANAPOLIS (5/27/2014) -- It was a record-setting year for the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team as the Titans officially set a new standard for man-up offense with the release of the final 2014 NCAA statistics on Tuesday afternoon.

Detroit broke North Carolina's 29-year old record in man-up offense efficiency (.586) as the red, white and blue completely dominated the mark scoring at a .708 clip, converting on 34-of-48 opportunities. Back in 1985 when the Tar Heels claimed the record, they were 41-of-70 in 13 games.
 
In conference play alone, UDM was 12-of-16 (.750) and that didn't include its' 2-for-2 total in the MAAC Championship Semifinals. Detroit scored at least three man-up goals in six games on the year, with such performances as 3-for-3 against Michigan and Monmouth, 4-of-5 versus Bellarmine and Quinnipiac and tying a school record by going 5-of-8 against Marquette.
 
Six players contributed to the 34 man-up goals led by junior Shayne Adams' school-record 14, while senior Alex Maini had seven, junior Mike Birney netted six, juniors Brandon Beauregard and Scott Drummond had three apiece and senior Tom Masterson came away with one.
 
The extra-man unit wasn't the only Titan on top as freshman Jason Weber – the MAAC's Rookie and Defensive Player of the Year – led the nation with a pair of school records finishing with 16.27 saves per game and a .642 save percentage. The netminder made 179 total saves – tying a UDM record – and was 16th in the country and first in the MAAC with a 9.07 goals against average. He posted double digit saves in all 11 games he saw action in with at least 15 in eight games and a school record 23 in a win over Marist in the regular season, which was the second most stops on the year in Division I.
 
As a team, Detroit was also No. 1 in the NCAA in saves per game (16.07), while ending 17th in assists per game (6.50), 19th in caused turnovers per game (7.79) and 20th in man-down defense (.673).
 
Adams finished the year fifth in Division I and leading the MAAC with 3.00 goals per game. He poured in a MAAC-best 42 goals to go along with 49 points – both school records – and his 3.50 points per game was 30th in the nation.
 
Sophomore Paul Bitetti ended the year 12th in DI and leading the conference with 1.85 caused turnovers per game, while senior Alex Maini was 20th in the country tallying 1.86 assists per game as he set a UDM record with 26 total helpers on the year.

In Detroit's short six-year history, the Titans have already led the nation twice in a stat topping Division I in caused turnovers in 2011 (11.63) and 2012 (10.47), while 2013 graduate and three-time MAAC LSM of the Year Jordan Houtby left the University as the all-time caused turnover leader in NCAA history with 158.