DETROIT (3/9/2019) -- Junior Seth Mendell tied his career high with six goals and the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team took control early with a 6-0 run en route to a 16-8 road victory at St. Bonaventure on Saturday night. 

With the win, the Titans moved to 4-2 on the season and 1-0 in the MAAC, while the Bonnies fell to 0-4, 0-2 in conference play.

Junior Alex Jarzembowski was 19-of-22 in faceoffs with a game-high 13 ground balls as he set another school record pushing his all-time win total to 340, passing Brandon Davenport's school mark of 334.

Mendell led nine Titan goal scorers with his six goals, tying his career high that he had as a freshman against Bellarmine. Sophomore Ryan Figueiras and freshman AJ Van Voorhis each had two goals and senior Matthew Vangalen picked up three assists.

Detroit Mercy trailed 1-0 before scoring six-straight goals to take a 6-1 lead midway through the second period. The Titans tacked on two more goals and led 8-3 at the break and then had a stretch of scoring five of six goals between the third period and early in the fourth to increase its advantage to 13-5 with 10 minutes left. 

Sophomore Logan Shamblin made 11 saves and sophomores Paul Manuszak and Brett Erskine each posted a goal, an assist, two caused turnovers and three ground balls. 

Junior Alex Akins and redshirt sophomore Sam McClain each registered three caused turnovers, with Akins picking up six ground balls, and senior Brent Lubin picked up a career-best four ground balls.

Detroit Mercy outshot St. Bonaventure, 56-32, and won the battle of ground balls, 50-25. The Titans were also 23-of-25 on clears and saw the Bonnies commit 22 turnovers. 

The Titans will be back in action next Saturday, Mar. 16, when the red, white and blue travel to Quinnipiac for a high Noon contest. 

First Quarter:

• Jarzembowski won the opening faceoff and the Titans had two shots and a caused turnover, but St. Bonaventure got on the board first at the 11:22 mark
• The Titans tied the game at 8:52 as Mendell picked up the ground ball off a shot that hit the post by Voorhis and put one past the keeper
• Detroit Mercy peppered the Bonnies' goalie with a few shots and then went on the man-up as junior Matt Turner fed Figueiras for the strike at 7:22
• The Titans killed off a 30-second penalty of their own with 4:37 left
• Off a caused turnover, Mendell buried his second goal with 1:20 left

Second Quarter:

• The Titan defense held strong and this time Erskine came up with a caused turnover and the Titans would get the ball to Figueiras, who put in his second at the 12:35 mark
• McClain and senior Bo Pickens would get caused turnovers on defense and then Manuszak got into the scoring column as Erskine found the LSM and he riled one past the goalie to make it 5-1 with 10:11 remaining
• The Titans held the Bonnies off of the board on another penalty situation as Shamblin made a key save and then with the man-down, Manuszak hooked up with Erskine and his goal gave the red, white and blue a 6-1 lead midway through the period
• Akins had a caused turnover and Shamblin made another save as the Titans were down a man
• St. Bonaventure would get on the board for its second goal with 4:43 left
• Jarzembowski would keep winning faceoffs and this time, he had the scoop and score as he streaked down the field and beat the goalie
• Nearly a minute later, Mendell got his hat trick as he tickled the twine for an 8-2 advantage with less than four minutes to go
• The Bonnies would get one more goal as the Titans went into the half up 8-3

Third Quarter:

• Both teams had to deal with man-down situations in the period
• St. Bonaventure scored its fourth just a few minutes in
• Detroit Mercy then notched two-straight goals off the crosse of Voorhis in a one-minute span to up its lead to 10-4
• A faceoff win by Jarzembowski led to another marker as sophomore Ollie Nigh was able to fire one past the goal for an 11-4 advantage with just over three minutes to play

Fourth Quarter:

• After firing a flurry of shots early on, the Titans went up 12-4 as junior Connor Bennardo hit the back of the cage at the 10:33 mark
• Jarzembowski's record 14th faceoff win once again led directly to a goal as he picked up the ground ball and passed it to Vangalen, who swung it to Mendell for a score
• The Bonnies used a two-man extra advantage for a goal to make it 13-5 with 8:11 left
• The Titans then used the extra man to their advantage as Vangalen located Mendell for another goal with 6:07 on the clock
• Mendell would tie his career high again on the power play by taking a pass from Vangalen and beating the goalie to give the Titans a 15-6 lead with 4:43 remaining
• The last Titan score came with 1:41 to go as sophomore Jacob Prinz won the faceoff and the ball eventually found its way to freshman Cai Hadaway and he recorded his first collegiate marker

Game Notes:

• St. Bonaventure is in its first year as a program, but its head coach is former Canisius head coach Randy Mearns and the Titans are now 5-5 against him
• The 4-2 start is tied for the best six-game start in school history with the 2015 squad
• The Titans are now 7-3 all-time in MAAC openers and 6-4 all-time in MAAC road openers
• The Titans 16 goals in the game are tied for the fourth-most in school history and the most since netting 18 at Manhattan last year
• Detroit Mercy's 56 shots are second in school history to the 58 it had against Manhattan in 2015
• The 50 ground balls are second in school history to the 55 the Titans had in a road win at Siena in 2011
• The Titans have now seen 13 players score a goal this season
• Vangalen's three assists give him 56 in his career, just eight shy of the school record of 64 by Alex Maini (2011-14)
• Jarzembowski now has 122 career ground balls, 10th in school history and just three away from moving to eighth place 
• Jarzembowski has now won double-digit faceoffs in 19 career games and 16-straight dating back to last season
• Mendell scored six goals against Bellarmine in 2017
• Mendell already has 18 goals on the year, one shy of his career high of 19 he had last season
• Manuszak now has three career goals and picked up his first career assist
• Shamblin is now 6-0 in MAAC regular season games in his career
• Shamblin has now recorded double-digit saves in 15 career games and has allowed less than 10 goals 11 times in 21 career games