DETROIT (4/5/2017) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team will put its unblemished MAAC record on the line against another undefeated conference team as the Titans welcome Jesuit-rival Canisius to the Motor City on Saturday, April 8.

Game time is set for Noon at Titan Field and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN3. Live stats will also be provided. 

Detroit Mercy comes into the game at 5-6 overall and 3-0 in the MAAC, the best ever start in league play for the red, white and blue. Canisius is also off to a good start in the MAAC at 4-5 overall and 2-0 in the conference.

A victory by the Titans would not only clinch a playoff spot and a top-three finish in the conference, but would be the fourth straight win to set a new school record.

It will also be "Canadian Day" at Titan Field as the Titans honor their Canadian Student-Athletes. There will also be prizes for the best denim outfit in the crowd. 

Tickets to the game are just $5 and can be purchased online by clicking here or at the field on gameday. 

WINNING STREAK
Detroit Mercy is looking for its fourth-straight win to set a new school record.

The Titans have won three in a row five times in their nine-year history. 

AGAINST THE MAAC
Detroit Mercy is 24-23 in regular season league play since joining the MAAC in 2010.         

The 3-0 start in the conference is the best in school history. The Titans need just one more win to clinch a playoff spot, while victories this weekend and next week against Monmouth will assure the red, white and blue at least a share of the regular-season title for the first time. 

The Titans began their MAAC history with a 2-6 mark in 2010 and were 4-2 in 2011 and 2015.         

The Titans won the 2013 MAAC Championship as a No. 4 seed upsetting top-seeded Marist in the semifinals and No. 3 Siena in the title game.  

ABOUT CANISIUS
Canisius is one of three unbeaten teams in the MAAC at 2-0 as the Golden Griffins stand at 4-5 overall. Canisius started the conference season with a 17-6 win over Marist and then beat Manhattan on the road, 12-10. In non-conference, they have played some tough teams including ranked teams in Albany, Denver, Binghamton and Air Force.

Connor Kearnan leads the offense and the MAAC in scoring with 39 total points and 4.33 points per game. He is also top four in goals (22) and assists (17). 

Reece Eddy leads the team with 13 caused turnovers and 37 ground balls, while Liam Ganzhorn has started all nine games in net and is tallying a .468 save percentage and an 11.43 goals against average. 
    
ALL-TIME VS. CANISIUS
The Titans and Golden Griffins have played a number of close games in their eight career meetings, and some have been offensive showcases while others have featured great defense. 

Four games have been decided by four goals or less, including two by just one goal. Two games have seen both teams score in double digits, while two of the last three contests have seen neither team reach double digits. 

Detroit Mercy is 3-0 all-time at Titan Field against Canisius.

JESUIT PRIDE
Detroit Mercy and Canisius are two of just eight Jesuit schools playing Division I lacrosse.

The others are 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 (5-3), Marquette (0-5), Georgetown (0-1) and Saint Joseph's (0-1). 

635 & COUNTING
With his 13 saves at Siena, senior Jason Weber extended his school record to 635 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 141 ground balls. 

THE GREAT WALL OF WEBER
Senior Jason Weber has now recorded double-digit saves in 40 of his 48 career games, including 17 with 15+, 11 with 17 or more and two with 20 or more. 

In 48 career games – 47 starts – he has posted 635 saves, a .574 save percentage - second in school history - and a school record 10.01 goals against average. 

He is coming off back-to-back road games where he tallied 13 saves against high-scoring Quinnipiac and Siena. 

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 last season, while finishing third in the nation - and second in the MAAC - 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 635 saves and 13.23 saves per game. 

The next highest on that list in total saves is Christian Carson-Banister of Boston University (562), while Tim Troutner of High Point is second in saves per game with 12.68. 

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

He currently has 37 points through 11 games and at his current pace of 3.36 points per game, he would total roughly 50 points on the year, breaking the school mark of 49 (42g, 7a) held by Shayne Adams in 2014. 

He posted his third hat trick of the year with 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. 

LEADING THE OFFENSE
Sophomore Matthew Vangalen leads the team with 37 points on 20 goals and 17 assists.

His 37 points is currently second among all MAAC performers - just one away from 10th in school history - while his 17 assists are tied for second and 20 goals rank fifth. 

In the nation, he ranks 40th with 1.55 assists per game and 51st with 3.36 points per game - fifth in the league in both categories. 

He is already tied for fourth in school history with 17 assists on the season, just three away from moving into third place. 

DON'T MESS WITH TEX
Junior Will Kane - who hails from Dallas - already has a career-high 15 caused turnovers along with a career-best 21 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 15 total caused turnovers leads the MAAC, while his 1.36 caused turnovers per game is second in the league and 39th in the nation.

BRINGING THE D
Detroit Mercy is currently third in the MAAC in scoring defense (10.82) and caused turnovers (6.91). 

In the last two games, the Titans have yielded just six goals apiece to Siena (10.30) and Quinnipiac (10.00), two teams that rank second and third, respectively, in the MAAC in scoring. 

Canisius comes into the game leading the league in offense at 10.89 goals per game. 

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 now third in the MAAC and 29th in the country with 6.91 caused turnovers per game. 

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. 

In fact, the Titan offense has greatly improved from last season as they already have 103 goals on the year through 11 games after posting just 73 in 12 contests in 2016. 

MAKE IT CLEAR
Detroit Mercy has had some great games with the clear going 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.

KEEP SHOOTING
Detroit Mercy tallied 46 shots against Jacksonville.

The 46 shots were the most since recording 58 against Manhattan in 2015. 

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 were the most since the Titans scooped up 43 against Manhattan in 2012.

TAKING ADVANTAGE
Detroit Mercy is currently second in the MAAC with 15 man-up goals on the year, trailing only Siena's 16. 

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. 

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 season 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 recently just tied his career high with six points last week at Siena on four goals and two assists. 

PERFECT SHOOTING
Freshman Seth Mendell posted a season-best six goals against Bellarmine at the Midwest Classic, but even more impressive is that the six goals came on just six shots.

He is one of just two players in NCAA Division I with at least six goals on a perfect shooting percentage as Navy's David Little had nine goals on nine shots against Lehigh. 

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 12 others for the second most in NCAA Division I this season, but he does have the most of any defensive midfielder in the country. 

He is now seventh in school history with 24 caused turnovers as he has a career-best 13 on the year, ranking seventh in the MAAC and with 1.18 caused turnovers per game. 

BACK-TO-BACK-TO BACK TALLIES
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 the last three games against Manhattan and on the road at Quinnipiac and at Siena. 

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

LEAVE IT TO THE LSM
Freshman long stick midfielder Alex Akins was inserted into the starting line-up seven 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.

At Robert Morris, he recorded a season-high two caused turnovers with two GB's. 

SUSALLA COMES UP BIG
Junior Adam Susalla fired in a career-high two goals in the win over Quinnipiac and came back last week with another marker at Siena.

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 six goals and six assists.

The six goals, six assists and 12 points are all career highs, and he posted a career-best two goals at Robert Morris. 

BIRNEY BOMBS
Junior Sean Birney has already surpassed his career best with 13 goals this season.

He is now tied for third on the team with 13 goals and 18 points. 

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

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 64-of-139 (46.0%) on the season with 28 ground balls.

He tied his mark that he set going 15-of-22 on faceoffs against Quinnipiac last year.

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 another 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 56-of-90 (62.2%) with 27 ground balls, including 53-of-82 (64.6%) with 25 GB's in the last seven 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 has had a great start to his final collegiate campaign as he is tied for third on the team with 13 goals and fourth with 17 points. 

The 17 points and 13 goals are both new career highs.

LOOKING FOR MORE
Junior Alec Gilhooly is already approaching his career high of 18 points last year as he has 10 goals and five assists on the season. 

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