DETROIT (5/4/2018) -- With another comeback victory under its belt, the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team will now look for its biggest win of the year as the Titans face Canisius in the MAAC Championship on Saturday.

Game time is set for 10 a.m. and will be played at Kessler Stadium in West Long Branch, New Jersey, with the broadcast live on ESPNU.

The winner will get the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.

Detroit Mercy comes into the contest as the No. 2 seed and off its dramatic comeback against third-seeded Monmouth in the semifinals. The Titans trailed 9-5 with 8:31 left on the Hawks' home field, but ended the game scoring seven-straight goals for the 12-9 triumph.

The win helped the Titans set a school record with nine victories on the year as they extended their school-record winning streak to five-straight. 

Fourth-seeded Canisius also had a dramatic win of its own as the Golden Griffins upset top-seeded Quinnipiac, 11-10, in overtime.

This is the third time that the Titans will play in the MAAC Championship falling in the title game in 2011 and winning it all in 2013. 

For more information on the 2018 MAAC Men's Lacrosse Championship, visit MAACSports.com/MLAX. Championship tickets can be purchased at maac.ticketleap.com, and will also be sold on-site during the event.

MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

• The Titans are 4-5 all-time in the MAAC Championship, winning the title in 2013 and advancing to the championship game in 2011.
• Detroit Mercy had dropped its last three tournament games before coming back to defeat Monmouth in the semifinals.
• Two of the wins have been big comebacks as the Titans erased a 9-5 deficit in the fourth to beat Monmouth this season and were down 8-3 and 9-4 in the 2013 MAAC title game to Siena before winning that in overtime, 11-10.

PLAYING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP

• In 2011, the Titans were the three seed and upset second-seeded Marist, 9-8, in the semifinals before falling to top-seeded Siena, 12-3, in a game played at Canisius.
• In 2013, Detroit Mercy was seeded fourth and got by top-seeded Marist, 7-6, before coming back to down third-seeded Siena, 11-10 in overtime, in the championship game that was also played at Canisius.

LIFE AS A #2 SEED

• The No. 2 seed is 14-15 all-time in the MAAC Championship with three titles coming in 2001 (Mount St. Mary's), 2008 (Canisius) and 2010 (Mount St. Mary's). 
• The Titans have been the No. 2 seed once before falling to Canisius in the 2012 semifinals.

ALL-TIME SERIES

• The Titans and Golden Griffins have played some great games in their history as Detroit Mercy leads the overall series, 6-4, and is 2-2 on the road.
• In the regular season match-up, the Titans were down 5-1 in the second and 10-7 early in the fourth when they ended the contest with five-straight goals for a 12-10 victory. 
• Detroit Mercy and Canisius have met just once in the postseason as the Titans most 12-10 at Marist in 2012. 

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 played four of the Jesuit institutions in Canisius (6-4), Marquette (0-6), Georgetown (0-1) and Saint Joseph's (0-1). 

FAMILY CONNECTION

• Detroit Mercy and Canisius do share a common family bond on the lacrosse field in the Boissonneault family.
• Mathieu Boissonneault is currently leading the Golden Griffins with 35 goals. 
• His older sister, Emily, was on the inaugural Titan women's lacrosse team in 2009 and starred for the Titans from 2009-12. 
• She is still the Titan career leader with 272 points and 242 goals and is still in the NCAA Division I record books as she ranks ninth in career caused turnovers per game (2.28), tied for 15th in caused turnovers (157), 16th in goals per game (3.51) and tied for 16th in career goals (242). 

RISE AND SHINE

• The 10 a.m. start is the earliest starting time the Titans have had in their 10-year history.
• The morning should not bother the Titan, who typically practice outdoors at 7 a.m. during the school year. 

SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINS

• Detroit Mercy won its school-record ninth game in the come-from-behind victory over Monmouth in the semifinals.
• The previous mark was 8-6 in 2015, which was head coach Chris Kolon's first year at the helm. 
• Detroit Mercy is also on a school-record five-game winning streak.

BREAKING OFFENSIVE RECORDS

• Detroit Mercy has already set a few team records on the year. 
• At the moment, the 2018 team tops the record book in total points (248), points per game (16.5), goals (156), goals per game (10.4), assists (92), shots per game (35.6) and goals-against average (9.32).

SETTING NEW TEAM STANDARDS

• Detroit Mercy established a new school record for a single game offense in its 18-8 victory over Manhattan. 
• The 31 points on the day and 13 assists were a pair of new school watermarks, while the 18 goals were the second most in Titan history and the most ever in MAAC play.
• Junior Matthew Vangalen led the offense with a Titan record 11 points and tied another pair of school records with seven goals and four assists in the win.
• Vangalen's 11 points broke the previous school record of Joel Matthews, who had eight at Canisius in 2012, while the seven goals are tied with Matthews' seven at Canisius and Shayne Adams' seven against Mercer in 2011. He also tied a school record and career record with four helpers. 
• His 11 points and seven goals are the most by any player in the MAAC this year and tied for the fifth-most in the NCAA on the season.         The seven goals were the most in the MAAC since 2016, while the 11 points are the most since Siena's Bryan Neufeld had 11 in two games in 2012.

GIVE ME THAT

• Detroit Mercy has had a history of being among the leaders in caused turnovers and the Titans are regaining that form this season.
• The Titans currently lead the MAAC and are seventh in the nation with 8.73 caused turnovers per game.
• Detroit Mercy had a season-high 13 caused turnovers at Mercer and also recorded 12 at Manhattan, at Jacksonville and against Bellarmine, Siena and Cleveland State. 
• The Titan trio of Charlie Hayes (32), Sam Horton (17) and Pat Masterson (17) have combined for 66 caused turnovers, sixth most among a trio of defenders at Division I.  
• The red, white and blue led the nation in caused turnovers in 2011 (11.63) and 2012 (10.47) and finished tied for second in 2013 (10.00) and third in 2010 (10.47).

MAN DOWN, NOT A PROBLEM

• The Titans are third in the MAAC on the penalty kill at 68.5 percent, allowing just 17 goals in 54 opportunities.

KEEP 'EM OFF THE BOARD

• The Titan defense has done its part this year holding teams to a school-record 9.32 goals per game, second in the MAAC and 19th in the nation.
• Detroit Mercy has allowed less than 10 goals in four-straight games and 10 goals or less in five of its six MAAC games as well as the semifinals win over Monmouth. 

BALANCED OFFENSE

• The Titans have seen 16 players score a goal this season, with five players at 15 or more and eight registering at least 10 markers.
• The 16 Titans that have scored are the fourth most in school history behind the 20 in 2012, 18 in 2015 and 17 in 2013.
• Meanwhile, the eight double-digit goal scores are the most ever on a Titan squad. 

CANADIAN POWER

• The Titans top two point scorers are both Canadian in junior Matthew Vangalen (49) and freshman Brett Erskine (34).
• When you add in junior Patrick Walsh's 15 goals and 19 points, senior Lucas Ducharme's 13 goals and six assists, Pat Masterson's two goals and an assist and senior Marcus Butters' one marker, Canadians have accounted for 81 goals, 43 assists and 124 points.
• As a team, the Titans have 156 goals, 92 assists and 248 points.

VANTASTIC

• Junior Matthew Vangalen challenged the school record book for points last season and after his five-point performance again Monmouth, he has now tied the record with 49 points on the year. 
• He leads the team with 49 points on a team-best 30 goals and 19 assists and is seventh in the MAAC in points per game (3.27), assists per game (1.27) and goals per game (2.00). 
• He shares the school record with another Canadian Shayne Adams - who had 49 in 2014 - and posted 47 a season ago. 
• Vangalen - a Second Team All-MAAC Selection and was the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week three times this year - just recorded his fifth-straight hat trick ending with three goals and two assists in the semifinals victory over Monmouth.    
• He had a game-high six points on four goals and two assists in the win over Siena and that was after a school record 11 points tying a Titan record with seven goals and four assists at Manhattan. 
• His offensive spurt started with three goals at Canisius and he now has 30 points on 21 goals and nine assists during the Titan five-game winning streak. 
• Vangalen recorded a team-high five points on two goals and three assists at No. 6/6 Notre Dame and also caused a pair of turnovers. He also notched a goal with three assists versus No. 4/6 Ohio State. 
• He is now fourth in school history with 96 points, tied for fifth with 40 assists and sixth tallying 56 goals. 

HAYES JUST A MENACE ON DEFENSE

• Senior captain and short stick midfielder Charlie Hayes - a First Team All-MAAC selection - is playing like an All-American as he already has career highs with 32 caused turnovers, 77 ground balls - both team highs - to go with a career-best 14 points on nine goals and five helpers.  
• He is already third in school history with 68 caused turnovers and sixth picking up 141 ground balls. 
• He leads the MAAC and is tied for fifth in the nation with 2.13 caused turnovers per game, while his  5.13 ground balls per game are tied for fourth in the league and 28th in the nation.  
• In his last five games - all Titan wins - he has five ground balls and a goal in the MAAC semifinals win at Monmouth, four caused turnovers, eight ground balls and two goals against Cleveland State, two caused turnovers and six ground balls against Siena, two caused turnovers, six GB's and an assist at Canisius and three caused turnovers with six ground balls and an assist at Manhattan. 
• He posted three ground balls, a caused turnover and a goal at No. 6/6 Notre Dame. 
• He had a goal and an assist at Mercer, four ground balls and four caused turnovers at Jacksonville and two caused turnovers with four GB's versus Marquette. 
• Hayes was a defensive menace to Bellarmine tallying a career-best six caused turnovers with seven ground balls and scooped up a career-high nine ground balls against Marist.

NO ROOKIE JITTERS

• Redshirt freshman Logan Shamblin showed no signs of being nervous as he earned the start at No. 6 Notre Dame in the season opener. 
• He finished with 11 saves - five in the third period alone - and picked up three ground balls in the tough 10-7 setback. 
• Even in the MAAC Championship semifinals win at Monmouth, he kept the Titans in the game making 11 saves and putting Detroit Mercy in contention for a comeback. 
• He picked up his first win at Mercer allowing just seven goals - one in the second half - with 10 saves in the game. 
• He had a career game with 15 saves and eight ground balls against Siena as he remained undefeated in MAAC play on the season (6-0) winning all five of his regular-season starts plus the MAAC semifinals win. 
• Shamblin made 28 saves at the Midwest Classic with 14 apiece against Bellarmine and No. 4/6 Ohio State and had nine against Marist in the MAAC opener and 11 at Monmouth, at Canisius and at Manhattan. 
• He ranks second in the league in save percentage (.548) and goals-against average (9.07), third in total saves (153) and fifth in saves per game (10.93).
• Nationally, he is 10th in save percentage, 17 in saves per game and 21st in goals-against average. 
• In school history in a single season, he ranks second in GAA and fourth in save percentage.

ERSKINE SHINES

• Brett Erskine continues to make a name for himself as one of the MAAC's top rookies. 
• He just posted his fifth-straight game with two goals ending with two markers and a helper in the MAAC Championship semifinals win. 
• Against Cleveland State in the regular season finale, he had two goals and two assists that was after a season-best five points on two goals and three helpers in the win over Siena.
• He has scored two goals in nine games this season, including four in MAAC regular season play (Canisius, Manhattan, Siena, Marist) and in the conference semifinals. 
• At Mercer, he recorded his first collegiate points on two goals and an assist and all three came in dramatic fashion, earning him the MAAC Co-Rookie of the Week. 
• His assist came on the Titans' sixth goal in a comeback victory at Mercer, while his first goal tied the game at 7-7 with 19 seconds left.
• Erskine's final marker was the game-winner in overtime.
• Erskine is now second on the team with 34 points, 21 goals and 13 assists, second among all MAAC rookies in all three categories.  
• He has also attempted just 46 shots and 38 have been on goal for an .826 shots on goal percentage. 

KAMISH CONNECTION

• Freshman Brennan Kamish - who was named Second Team All-MAAC and to the MAAC Rookie Team - has had a strong start to his collegiate career scoring a goal in 10 of the 15 games on the season.
• He is the first Titan freshman midfielder to be voted All-MAAC as he is tied for fourth on the squad with 17 goals and tied for sixth with 19 points.  
• He posted a career-high three goals in the win over Siena. 
• Kamish tallied his first career marker at No. 6/6 Notre Dame. He also posted two at Mercer, against Bellarmine and No. 4/6 Ohio State, at Monmouth and at Manhattan. 
• At Monmouth in the regular season, he tied the game at 8-8 with six seconds left and then won it in overtime just 46 seconds into the extra period.

LEAVE IT TO AKINS

• Sophomore defender Alex Akins was voted First Team All-MAAC and he showed just why in the semifinals win over Monmouth.
• Akins was the primary defender on Monmouth's leading scorer Bryce Wasserman - who came into the game with 51 points on 34 goals and 17 assists - and held him scoreless. 
• Last year at Quinnipiac, he was the primary defender on the Bobcats' leading goal scorer and All-League attackman Brian Feldman, holding him to just one goal late in the game. 
• He had a strong start to his second season posting a pair of caused turnovers and limiting Notre Dame attackers in the season opener. 
• He is fifth on the squad with 11 caused turnovers, while picking up a career-best 22 ground balls. 
• Akins recorded a career-high three caused turnovers and seven ground balls at Mercer. 
• As a freshman, he earned All-MAAC Second Team and All-Rookie Team recognition after playing in all 16 games with 12 starts and was third on the team with 12 caused turnovers while picking up 15 ground balls.

PAT IN THE TOP 10

• Senior captain and LSM Pat Masterson has registered a caused turnover in all 15 games on the year and is tied for second on the team and fifth in the MAAC with 1.13 caused turnovers on the season as well as second on the Titans with 48 ground balls. 
• He has also scored two goals on the season.
• He had five ground balls versus No. 4/6 Ohio State and a season-high six against Air Force, Quinnipiac and at Canisius. 
• At Canisius, he posted two caused turnovers with those six GB's and even scored his second collegiate goal in the game.  
• Masterson is now top 10 in school history in both categories as he is tied for sixth with 42 caused turnovers and eighth with 122 GB's. 

ALEX THE GREAT 

• Sophomore Alex Jarzembowski was named to the All-MAAC Second Team and he showed just why in the semifinals triumph over Monmouth winning 16-of-24 with six ground balls, including four straight in the fourth as the Titans were making their comeback.
• He has been outstanding in MAAC play - both this year and his career.
• On the season, he is 93-of-163 (57.0%) against MAAC foes and is 121-of-210 (57.4%) against the MAAC since the start of 2017.
• He won 14-of-25 at Canisius with six ground balls. Against Quinnipiac and the MAAC Faceoff Specialist Of The Year Will Vitelli, he was 15-of-25 with four GB's. 
• Against Marist, he tied a school record winning 16-of-25. 
• Overall on the year, he is second in the league winning 51.2 percent. 
• As a rookie, he saw action in 14 games and led the team in faceoff winning percentage at 57.4 percent (74-of-129), a new school record and second in the MAAC. 

DON'T MESS WITH TEX

• Senior Will Kane - earned All-MAAC recognition with his selection to the Second Team - tallied a caused turnover and four ground balls in the semifinals victory over Monmouth.
• He is tied for fourth on the team with 12 caused turnovers and has a career-high 25 ground balls on the season. 
• He had two ground balls in the season opener at No. 6/6 Notre Dame and tied his career high with three caused turnovers at Jacksonville. 
• At Monmouth, he had two caused turnovers and two ground balls.
• He played in all 16 games with 15 starts last season and was second on the team with a career-high 17 caused turnovers and sixth racking up a career-best 22 ground balls.
• He has played in 51 career games and has tallied 36 caused turnovers - eighth in school history - and 68 ground balls.

BIRNEY BOMBS

• Second Team All-MAAC honoree Sean Birney is fifth on the team with a career-tying 21 points on 11 goals and a career-high 10 assists. 
• The senior scored a goal in all six MAAC games - notching a career-high four points on two goals and two assists at Manhattan 
• His lone goal ignited the Titans' 7-0 run in the come-from-behind win over Monmouth and now has a goal in eight-straight games. 
• In his career, he has 40 goals and 28 assists - ninth in school history - for 68 points and is seventh in Titan history with nine man-up goals.
• Last year, he had a career-high 15 goals and 21 points and tied for the team and conference lead with seven man-up goals, which was also tied for sixth in the nation. 

RALLY HISTORY

• With the ferocious rally in the MAAC Championship semifinals, the Titans now have eight fourth-quarter comebacks in their history with four coming this season and another two last year.
• An interesting stat on the comeback wins is that both this years and last year's victories have been on the road, and seven of the eight have been away from home. 
• In the conference semifinals, the Titans were down 9-5 with 8:31 left before finishing the game with seven-straight goals. 
• At Canisius, Detroit Mercy found itself down 5-1 early in the second and 10-7 early in the fourth when the red, white and blue ended the game on a 5-0 run to earn the 12-10 road win over the Golden Griffins. 
• Earlier in the season, the Titans were down 7-2 at Mercer early in the third and 7-3 after 45 minutes when they rallied to knot it at 7-7 and eventually won it in overtime, 8-7. The five-goal comeback is tied for the largest deficit overcome in school history. 
• At Monmouth, Detroit Mercy trailed 8-7 late in the fourth when it scored with six seconds left to tie it and then won in overtime, 9-8. 
• Last year at Siena, Detroit Mercy trailed the Saints 5-0 in the first period and 13-10 in the fourth when the Titans stormed back for a 14-13 victory. Detroit Mercy scored three goals in the last 3:43 and blanked the Saints in the final period, 4-0.
• The Titans had a five-goal rally against Siena in the 2013 MAAC Championship (trailed 8-3 in the second and 9-4 in the third), when Detroit Mercy won 11-10 in overtime. 
• Also against Monmouth in 2015, Detroit Mercy trailed 8-4 heading into the fourth, but came back to defeat the Hawks, 9-8.
• That game marked the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in school history.
• The other two games were in the 2013 MAAC Championship against Siena (down 10-9 and won in overtime, 11-10) and in 2014 against Mercer (down 9-8 and won 11-10).