SOUTH BEND, Ind. (2/11/2018) -- Junior
Matthew Vangalen totaled five points, senior
Lucas Ducharme had two goals and redshirt freshman
Logan Shamblin made 11 saves as the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team threatened an upset at No. 6/6 Notre Dame, falling to the Fighting Irish, 10-7, on Sunday afternoon.
Vangalen tallied two goals and three assists. Sophomore
Seth Mendell added a goal and an assist and senior
Charlie Hayes and freshman
Brennan Kamish each had a marker.
Junior
Sam Horton posted a career-high three caused turnovers and sophomore
Alex Akins recorded a pair as the Titan defense saw Notre Dame commit 21 turnovers on the day.
The Titans outshot the Fighting Irish, 34-25, and were 19-of-21 on the clear.
Detroit Mercy will be back in action next week, Feb. 18, when the red, white and blue visit Mercer.
First Period:
- The game was scoreless for the first nine minutes when Notre Dame got on the board at the 5:58 mark.
- A little more than a minute later off a save from Shamblin, Hayes picked up the ground ball and streaked across the field, beating the UND keeper for the first goal of the season.
- The Titans trailed 2-1 after the first, but the defense saw Notre Dame turn the ball over 10 times.
Second Period:
- The Titans were down 3-1 early in the period when they took advantage of a Notre Dame penalty as Vangalen fed Ducharme and he fired one in at the 9:46 mark.
- With 4:08 left, Vangalen intercepted a pass and unleashed a shot on an almost vacant net, beating the keeper from 30 yards out to knot it all up at 3-3.
- It looked as though the Titans would go into the half down 4-3, but Vangalen was able to get another caused turnover and he found Mendell, who found the back of the net with just two seconds left for a 4-4 game at the break.
- At the half, the Titans were outshooting Notre Dame, 18-9, had an 11-9 edge in ground balls and saw the Fighting Irish post 15 turnovers.
Third Period:
- Shamblin had a couple of saves to keep the Fighting Irish off the scoreboard and that allowed the Titans to take the lead.
- Redshirt freshman Matt Turner was able to locate Kamish at the top of the key and he laced one into the net for a 5-4 lead with 9:51 left.
- Almost two minutes later with Hayes causing a turnover, Mendell set up Vangalen and his goal had the squad up 6-4.
- Shamblin had two more saves in the period as the Titans led 6-5 after three
Fourth Period:
- Notre Dame was able to stymie the Titan offense and start the last stanza with five-straight goals, taking a 10-6 lead with 4:36 remaining.
- The last Titan goal came from Ducharme off an assist from Vangalen at the 3:42 mark.
Game Notes:
- The Titans are now 0-3 all-time against Notre Dame and all three games have been on the road
- Detroit Mercy is 0-14 all-time against top-20 teams
- The Titan led Notre Dame, 7-3, after three periods in the 2013 NCAA Tournament only to see the Fighting Irish end the game on a 6-0 run
- Detroit Mercy was outshot by an opponent in 11 of its 15 games last season
- Vangalen had five points on three assists and two goals in the season opener last year at Ohio State
- Ducharme posted two goals for the fourth time in his career
- Hayes had five goals last season
