DETROIT (4/27/2017) -- It is finals week at the University of Detroit Mercy, but the men's lacrosse team still has some unfinished business left in the regular season as the Titans head to Cleveland State for a Saturday night contest.

Detroit Mercy will meet the first-year Vikings at 7 p.m., at Krenzler Field. The game will have a free live stream and live stats.

The Titans enter the game at 5-9 overall, 3-3 in the MAAC as they are still alive for a playoff berth. For Detroit Mercy to make the playoffs, they will need Marist to beat Siena in a game that will also take place at 7 p.m., on Saturday night.

A win by the Red Foxes and the Titans would be the No. 4 seed and they would face top-seeded Monmouth in the semifinals of the MAAC Championship on Friday, May 5. A Siena victory would eliminate the Titans from the playoffs.

Cleveland State is 4-9 in its first year of lacrosse, playing as an independent school. The four wins have come against non-Division I programs.

MAAC PLAYOFFS
This is the last week of conference play for the MAAC and there is still one more playoff berth on the line.

Either Detroit Mercy will get in as the No. 4 seed or Siena will be the No. 2 seed and that will all depend on if the Saints can win on the road at Marist. A win and the Titans would be eliminated, but a loss has the red, white and blue in the four-team playoff and from there, anything is possible.

Detroit Mercy joined the MAAC in 2010 and has only missed the playoff twice since that time, in 2010 and last season.

ABOUT THE VIKINGS
Cleveland State is 4-9 in its first year of lacrosse, but is still searching for its first Division I victory.

The Vikings' wins have come over Baldwin Wallace, John Carroll and Wittenberg.

They have played one MAAC team this season falling to Canisius, 17-7, while they have also played three other common opponents dropping a 13-8 decision to Michigan, 16-2 against Air Force and 12-4 at Ohio State. 

Tristen Copeland leads the team in scoring with 28 points on 14 goals and a team-high 14 assists. Jake Lewis has a team-high 16 goals and is second with 26 points, while Jack Frickleton has seven goals and 11 assists.

Danny Tesler is the top faceoff specialist winning 76-of-147 (.517) with a team-high 57 ground balls.

The Vikings have used four goalies this season with Caleb Espinoza making all 13 starts and posting a 51.1 save percentage and a 13.71 goals against average. 
    
HEY I KNOW YOU
While this is the first year of lacrosse at Cleveland State and the Vikings are currently independent and the Titans are in the MAAC, both schools know each other extremely well as members of the Horizon League for most of their sports. 

YOUNG AT HEART
Detroit Mercy and Cleveland State are still two of the youngest programs in the nation as the Titans began their program in 2009.

Since the Titans joined in 2009, Division I lacrosse has also seen programs added at Jacksonville (2010), Mercer (2011), High Point (2013), Michigan (2012), Marquette (2013), Boston (2014), Furman (2014), Monmouth (2014), Richmond (2014), NJIT (2015), UMass Lowell (2015) and Hampton (2016). 

JESUIT PRIDE
Detroit Mercy is one of just eight Jesuit schools playing Division I lacrosse.

The others are MAAC-rival Canisius, Fairfield, Georgetown, Holy Cross, Loyola (Md.), Marquette and St. Joseph's.

The Titans have actually played four of the other seven Jesuit institutions in Canisius (5-4), Marquette (0-5), Georgetown (0-1) and Saint Joseph's (0-1). 

LOOKING FOR WIN NO. 6
The Titans are looking for victory number six on the season which would be tied for the second most wins in school history with the 2011, 2012 and 2014 squads.

The most wins in school history was the 2015 team that went 8-6, the only winning season in school history. 

WINNING ON THE ROAD
Detroit Mercy is looking for its third road win of the season, which would be tied for the second most in school history with the 2012 team.

The Titan record for wins on the road is four in 2014. 

THE WHACKY MAAC
The MAAC usually comes down to the last week of the season to settle playoff berths and seedings and this year is no different.

While Monmouth is the league regular season champion and will be the No. 1 seed, the next three seeds are still up in the air.

Canisius and Marist have clinched a playoff berth, but Canisius will either be the No. 2 seed or No. 3.

Marist can climb all the way to No. 2 or can be the No. 4 seed.

And then you have Detroit Mercy and Siena fighting for their playoff lives. The Titans' MAAC season is already complete and they will either miss the playoffs due to tiebreakers or claim the No. 4 seed, while Siena will either be the No. 2 seed or miss the playoffs completely.

The game that will decide a large part of the final seedings is Siena-Marist as a win by the Saints would give them No. 2, Canisius would be No. 3 and Marist No. 4 with the Titans eliminated.

If Marist wins, then the Titans are in as the No. 4 seed and the No. 2/3 seed would be contingent on if Canisius wins on Friday against Quinnipiac.

665 & COUNTING
With his 10 saves at Marist, senior Jason Weber extended his school record to 665 career saves - tops among all active Division I goalies. 

Weber broke the mark of 609 set by A.J. Levell (2010-13) at Quinnipiac, where he also had 13 saves in a road win 

He recorded a school-record 202 as a sophomore and also owns the second place mark with 179 as a freshman.

He is also fifth in school history with 150 ground balls. 

THE GREAT WALL OF WEBER
Senior Jason Weber has now recorded double-digit saves in 42 of his 51 career games, including 17 with 15+, 11 with 17 or more and two with 20 or more. 

In 51 career games – 50 starts – he has posted 655 saves, a .570 save percentage - second in school history - and a school record 9.99 goals against average. 

He tallied 13 saves against Quinnipiac and Siena on the road to help the Titans get off to a 3-0 start in MAAC play. He also had 13 saves against Monmouth and 10 at Marist. 

In the season opener, he made 11 saves at RV/#17 Ohio State and posted a season-best 16 at Mercer. He had 12 on the road at RV/RV Marquette and 11 at RV/RV Air Force. 

He is a two-time All-MAAC honoree who was the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman. 

As a sophomore, he topped the country for the second-straight year with 14.43 saves per game while finishing third in the nation with a .589 save percentage, while as a rookie, he led the nation with a pair of school records finishing with 16.27 saves per game and a .642 save percentage.

HE LEADS EVERYONE
Senior Jason Weber leads all current NCAA Division I goalies with 665 saves and 13.04 saves per game. 

The next highest on that list in total saves is Christian Carson-Banister of Boston University (612), while Tim Troutner of High Point is second in saves per game with 12.52. 

VANTASTIC
Sophomore transfer Matthew Vangalen has had a great start to his Titan career and is challenging the school record for points in a single season. 

He currently has 44 points, five away from tying the school mark of 49 (42g, 7a) held by Shayne Adams in 2014. 

He posted his fourth hat trick of the year with three goals against Canisius. He also had a career-best four goals and career-tying five points against Manhattan. 
   
In his first ever game wearing the red, white and blue, Vangalen posted two goals and three assists at RV/#17 Ohio State, the most ever by a Titan in their debut and the most ever by a Titan in a season opener.
   
At Robert Morris, he registered four assists to tie a school record, held by current Director of Operations Alex Maini and Joel Matthews. Against Bellarmine, he tallied three goals and two assists against the Knights. 

MENDELL IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Freshman Seth Mendell recorded his first collegiate hat trick in a big way as he exploded for six goals in the win over Bellarmine on March 3. The six goals are tied for first in the MAAC this year and the second most in school history.

It was also the most by a Titan since Shayne Adams had six at Marist in 2014. 

He tied his career high with six points at Siena on four goals and two assists. 

He is currently fifth in the MAAC and 71st in the NCAA in shooting percentage at 37.2 percent. 

Mendell is second on the Titans with 16 goals and 23 points as he leads all MAAC rookies in goals and is second in points.

BIRNEY BOMBS
Junior Sean Birney has already surpassed his career best with 14 goals this season.

He is now tied for fourth on the team with 14 goals and tied for third with 20 points

Birney is also first in the MAAC and tied for second in the nation with seven man-up goals. 

LEADING THE OFFENSE
Sophomore Matthew Vangalen leads the team with 44 points on 25 goals and 19 assists.

His 44 points is currently tied for second among all MAAC performers and tied for third in school history, four away from the second spot and five shy of first place. 

Vangalen's 25 goals are tied for fifth in the league and seventh in school history. 

His 19 assists are fifth in the MAAC and in school history - one away from third place. 

In the nation, he ranks 55th with 1.36 assists per game and 59th with 3.14 points per game - fourth in the league in both categories - while also ranking tied for sixth in goals per game with 1.79. 

He is also second in the league and 36th in the nation in shooting percentage (.414). 

BRINGING THE D
Detroit Mercy is currently third in the MAAC in scoring defense (10.57), caused turnovers (6.64) and saves per game (10.86). 

GIVE IT TO ME
The Titans posted a season-high 13 caused turnovers in their win at Quinnipiac. 

The 13 caused turnovers were the most since posting 13 against Manhattan in 2015. 

Detroit Mercy is third in the MAAC and 33rd in the nation with 6.64 caused turnovers. 

OFFENSE ON THE RISE
Detroit Mercy has netted double-digit goals five times this season after not accomplishing that at all last year.

The Titans tallied a season-high 14 goals in their win over Manhattan, the most goals since a 14-13 victory at Siena in 2015. 

MAKE IT CLEAR
Detroit Mercy has had some great games with the clear going 17-of-17 at Marist, 15-of-16 at Ohio State, 21-of-22 against Mercer and 23-of-24 against Manhattan.

The 23 clears is tied for second in school history behind the 26-of-29 mark against Wagner in 2011.

WINNING THE GROUND BALL BATTLE
The Titans won the battle of ground balls for the fourth time this season, 30-22, at Siena and that was after a convincing 41-27 tally on the road at Quinnipiac. 

The 41 ground balls are tied for eighth in school history and the most since the Titans scooped up 43 against Manhattan in 2012.

TAKING ADVANTAGE
Detroit Mercy is currently first in the MAAC with 20 man-up goals on the year. 

The Titans have a great history with the extra-man attack as they set a NCAA record with a .708 mark in 2014, converting on 34-of-48 opportunities. 

DON'T MESS WITH TEX
Junior Will Kane - who hails from Dallas - already has a career-high 17 caused turnovers along with a career-best 22 ground balls. 

He tied his career high with three caused turnovers against Manhattan and had two caused turnovers and three ground balls at Quinnipiac. 

Kane had three ground balls against Bellarmine and three caused turnovers at Marquette at the Midwest Classic. 

His 17 caused turnovers is tied for second in the MAAC, while his 1.21 caused turnovers is fifth in the league and 56th in the nation. 

GO GET HIM CHUCK
Junior defensive midfielder Charlie Hayes recorded one of the best defensive games of the season in the road win at Quinnipiac.

Hayes tallied a career-high five caused turnovers, tied his career high picking up a game-best five ground balls and even scored a goal in the win over the Bobcats, all while holding Quinnipiac's second-leading goal scorer Foster Cuomo – the Co-MAAC Preseason Player of the Year - off the stat sheet.

The five caused turnovers were the most since Paul Bitetti had five against Bellarmine in 2014, and just two away from the school record.

He is also tied with 14 others for the third most in NCAA Division I this season, but he does have the most of any defensive midfielder in the country. 

He is sixth in school history with 32 caused turnovers as he has a career-best 17 on the year, tied for second in the MAAC, while his 1.21 caused turnovers is fifth in the league and 56th in the nation. 

D-MIDDIE PROVIDING THE O
Junior Charlie Hayes is one of the best defensive midfielders in the game, but he has shown his offensive skills coming up with goals in three-straight games against Manhattan and at Quinnipiac and at Siena. He has added two more goals in the last two weeks against Monmouth and at Marist. 

Prior to the Manhattan game, Hayes had one career marker - last year against Siena - in his first 22 career games.

DEMPSEY COMING UP BIG
Freshman Donavon Dempsey is tied for second on the team with seven assists and sixth with 11 goals and 18 points. 

He posted a season-high three points with two goals and an assist at Robert Morris and also added two goals at Air Force and against Manhattan. 

WALSH CONTRIBUTING
Sophomore Patrick Walsh was held off the stat sheet in the season opener at RV/No. 17 Ohio State, but since then, he has tallied eight goals and six assists for 14 points, all career highs. 

He posted a career-best two goals at Robert Morris and at Marist last week.

LEAVE IT TO THE LSM
Freshman long stick midfielder Alex Akins was inserted into the starting line-up 10 games ago and his play has picked up considerably as has the Titan defense. 

At Quinnipiac, he had a caused turnover and two ground balls, but more importantly, he was the primary defender on QU's leading goal scorer Brian Feldman – who came into the game with 21 goals and 23 points – holding him to just one goal which came with the Titans up 8-3 with four minutes left.

Against Monmouth, he posted a season-high three caused turnovers and against Canisius, he came up with his first point on an assist finding Matthew Vangalen in transition. 

GJOKAJ TIES HIS MARK
Senior Ben Gjokaj tied his career high with 15 faceoff wins and picked up a career-best 10 ground balls at RV/#17 Ohio State in the season opener.

The 10 GB's are tied for the second-most in school history and are the most since Jordan Houtby had 10 against Michigan in 2012, while his 15 faceoff wins were just one behind the school record of 16 recorded twice by Brandon Davenport vs. Robert Morris in 2010 and 2011.

He is now 87-of-178 (48.9%) on the season with a career-high 37 ground balls and has won at least 50.0 percent of his faceoffs in four of the six MAAC games. 

Last season, he saw action in 11 games as the Titans' main faceoff specialist and led the league and was 24th in the nation in faceoff winning percentage with a career-high and school record 56.6 percent (74-of-133), which included an astounding 68-of-108 (62.9%) mark in MAAC play

ALEX THE GREAT LEADING THE MAAC
Freshman Alex Jarzembowski had a great game at the faceoff X winning 12-of-17 and tying his career-best with seven ground balls at Siena.

On the season, he is leading the MAAC in winning 63-of-105 (60.0%) with 30 ground balls, including 60-of-97 (62.6%) with 28 GB's in the last nine games. 

He won a season-best 14-of-21 faceoffs and scooped up a game-high seven ground balls at Robert Morris. He was 12-of-18 against Bellarmine with five ground balls and 8-of-13 with four GB's at Quinnipiac. 

BO SETTING CAREER MARKS
Senior Kyle Beauregard is ending his collegiate career in grand style as he is third on the team with 15 goals and fifth with 19 points - new career highs in both stats. 

LOOKING FOR MORE
Junior Alec Gilhooly surpassed his career high of 18 points last year as he has 14 goals and six assists on the season. 

Gilhooly has notched two goals in a game four times this season registering a pair at RV/#17 Ohio State, against Mercer, against Jacksonville and verse Monmouth.