DETROIT (4/23/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team already knows it is in the postseason and will now end the regular season with two non-conference games starting with a road trip to Cleveland State on Wednesday.

Game time is set for 7 p.m. at Krenzler Field and will feature live stats and a live webstream on YouTube. 

The Titans enter the game at 8-4 overall and another win would tie the school record, set last season. Detroit Mercy is already assured its second-straight winning season and the third in school history.

Detroit Mercy clinched a spot in the postseason with its win last week at Siena and at 5-2 in the conference, the Titans still have a shot at a share of the MAAC regular-season title if Canisius beats Marist on Friday. With that said due to tiebreakers, the Titans can't claim the top seed in the conference tournament and can either be two, three or four seed.

Offensively, junior Seth Mendell leads the MAAC and is 25th in the country with 2.82 goals per game. His 31 total goals also leads the MAAC as does his seven man-up goals, which is sixth in the nation.

Senior Matthew Vangalen tops the conference with 2.67 assists per game - ninth in the country - and his 4.08 points and 49 total points is second in the MAAC and tied for 32nd in the country. 

Junior Alex Jarzembowski is second in the MAAC and 18th in the country with a .610 faceoff winning percentage. His 5.75 ground balls per game is also second in the MAAC, while sophomore LSM Paul Manuszak is right behind him in fourth scooping up 4.83 per game. 

Defensively, junior Alex Akins is seventh in the MAAC with 1.25 caused turnovers per game, while sophomore goalie Logan Shamblin is among the leaders in saves per game (12.5), save percentage (.530) and. goals-against average (11.08), 

Cleveland State comes into the game at 7-7 overall - its best season in school history - as the Vikings look to record their first-ever winning campaign with this being their final game.

The two teams have split the previous two games as the Titans fell 13-6 at Cleveland State in 2017, but came back to register a 12-6 triumph at home last year.

Following the game, the Titans will head out to Utah to face the first-year Utes on Saturday. 

MAN-UP VS. MAN-DOWN

• Detroit Mercy comes into the game first in the MAAC and 21st in the nation in man-up offense at 41.9 percent (18-43), while Cleveland State is 21st in the nation at 39.2 percent (20-51). 
• Defensively, the Titans rank sixth in the MAAC and 44th in the country on the man-down unit at 37.3 percent (19-51) as a unit and Cleveland State is 20th in the nation killing off 30.4 percent (14-46). 

MAAC PLAYOFFS STILL TBA

• The MAAC Championship already has three of its four participants as Detroit Mercy, Marist and Quinnipiac have all clinched spots and the final piece is still to be determined between Canisius and Siena.
• A Canisius win at Marist on Friday and the Golden Griffins would get in, while a loss would leave the door open for Siena if the Saints were to beat Monmouth at home on Saturday.
• The Titans will have an eye on the scoreboard because if Canisius does win at Marist on Friday, they would share the conference title with the Golden Griffins and Red Foxes as all would end the season at 5-2 in the MAAC, and even in that scenario, add in a Quinnipiac win at Manhattan on Saturday and that would set up a four-way tie for first heading into the postseason. 
• Due to tiebreakers, the red, white and blue could not get the top seed in a three-way or four-way tie and will either be the 2, 3 or 4 seed.
• The MAAC Championships is set for next week, May 2-4, at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. 

VANTASTIC

• Senior Matthew Vangalen set the school record for points last season recording 51 points on a career-high 31 goals with 20 assists and he is on the verge of breaking it with 49 points on the year. 
• His 49 points are on 17 goals and 32 assists, a new school record for helpers and he also holds the school career mark with 73 assists. 
• He has registered 11 points in the last two weeks with five points (1G, 4A) at Siena and that was after a six-point game against Canisius posting two goals and four assists. He also tallied six points on five assists and had the game-winning goal at Marist.
• Vangalen posted a hat trick with four goals and five points at nationally-ranked Notre Dame and followed that up with three goals and a helper in the win at Marquette and six points on three goals and a school-record six assists at Bellarmine. 
• His third goal at Bellarmine was the game-winner with 10 seconds left in a 15-14 contest.
• Vangalen is second in school history with 147 points and third at 74 goals. 
• Vangalen - a preseason All-MAAC selection by the coaches and Inside Lacrosse - was a Second Team All-MAAC honoree last year for the second-straight season.

THE BIG LOGAN

• Logan Shamblin showed no signs of a sophomore slump in the season opener as he tied his career high with 15 saves in the 9-8 victory over Jacksonville.
• He is coming off another monster game with a career-high 21 saves and five ground balls at Siena in a postseason-clinching win. He was named the MAAC Defensive Player of the Week as the Saints posted 56 shots and he stood tall with a .677 save percentage. 
• He stopped a then career-high 17 shots in the come-from-behind win at Marist and that was after posting 15 saves against Monmouth and another then career-best 16 saves at Quinnipiac. He also had a season-high seven ground balls and a career-best three caused turnovers against Monmouth and was tabbed the MAAC's Defensive Player of the Week.
• He has now allowed 10 goals or less in 18 of his 27 games, including 13 contests with less than 10 goals. He has also recorded double-digit saves in 20 career games. 
• He was a member of the MAAC All-Freshman Team last year as he started all 15 games and picked up nine wins, including going 5-0 in the MAAC regular season and ended the year 14th in the nation in save percentage (.544), 18th in saves per game (10.8) and 20th in goals-against average (9.13).

NOTHING BUT JARZ

• Junior Alex Jarzembowski already has his name on top of the Titan record book in every faceoff category for a game, season and career.
• He is coming off another huge game going 18-of-24 with six GB's in the win at Siena. 
• He was 27-of-33 with a program-best 15 ground balls in the victory at Bellarmine, where he won the game's last 13 faceoffs and also scored a goal. 
• The 27 faceoffs are tied for the second most in the nation alongside Marist's Peyton Smith (27 vs. Hartford) and behind only Hobart's Matthew Pedicine's 32 at Siena. 
• At Marquette, he was 19-of-30 with five ground balls and a goal and put together a 19-of-22 effort with 13 GB's and a score at St. Bonaventure. 
• With his 18 wins last week, he has now won double-digit faceoffs in 25 career games and 22-straight dating back to last season. 

ALEX THE GREAT 

• Junior Alex Jarzembowski - a preseason All-MAAC selection by the coaches and Inside Lacrosse - is currently second in the MAAC and 18th in the nation in faceoff percentage winning 61.0 percent (177-of-291). He also leads the team with a career-best 69 ground balls and is second in the league and 27th in the nation with 5.75 ground balls per game.
• He is currently the school-record holder in season winning percentage (61.0 %) and wins (177) as well as career winning percentage (56.5 %) and faceoff wins (414). 
• He started the 2019 season off with a big performance in the win over Jacksonville, winning 15-of-21 faceoffs with five ground balls and scoring his first two collegiate goals.
• Coming into the contest, he had attempted just one shot in his first two seasons. 
• For that effort, he was tabbed the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 4. 
• He has added to his arsenal with six goals on 10 shots so far on the year with five coming by way of directly winning the faceoff and firing at the goalie. 
• Jarzembowski was named to the All-MAAC Second Team in 2018 as he set a then-school record winning 163-of-313 (.521). 

MENDELL ON FIRE

• Junior Seth Mendell continues to be one of the best goal scorers in the country as he posted his seventh hat trick of the season and 10th of his career with four goals at Siena last week.
• The four goals saw him earn MAAC Offensive Player of the Week laurels for the second time this season. 
• On the year, he tops the team with 37 points and 31 goals, both career-highs. 
• He leads the MAAC and is 25th in the country with 2.82 goals per game. His 31 total goals also leads the MAAC as does his seven man-up goals, which is sixth in the nation.
• He had a streak of five-straight hat tricks at one point with three goals at Bellarmine, four goals and two assists at Air Force, six markers at St. Bonaventure and three goals at Quinnipiac and at Marist. 
• In his career, he now has 90 points on 68 goals and 22 assists in 43 games, fourth in goals and sixth in points in school history. 

LUBIN AT THE SSM

• Senior Brent Lubin has had a career senior campaign posting four points on two goals and two assists along with four caused turnovers and 25 ground balls. 

ERSKINE SHINES

• Sophomore Brett Erskine - who missed games at Quinnipiac and against Monmouth with an undisclosed injury -  has looked healthy the last few games with three goals and two assists at Siena, a goal and an assist against Canisius and two goals versus Manhattan. 
• He is now third on the team with 27 points and second with 18 goals and nine assists. 
• Earlier this season, he recorded a career-high five goals and six points in the win at Bellarmine and four goals and five points in the triumph at Marquette. 
• A couple of his goals on the season have been highlight reel acrobatic dives to the net. 
• For his effort against Marquette, he was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career. 
• He earned MAAC All-Rookie Team status last season as he was second on the team in points (35), goals (22) and assists (13).

DIAPER DANDY

• Freshman Cam Kostus was not shy in his collegiate debut firing a team-high 11 shots and finishing with a goal, assist and three ground balls in the win over Jacksonville. 
• At Notre Dame, he scored one goal on three shots and recorded his first collegiate hat trick with three goals in the road win at Marquette. 
• Last week in a key game at Siena, he came up with two goals, an assist and two ground balls and that was after notching two late goals - including the eventual game-winner - against Monmouth and registered the game-tying goal in the comeback win at Marist to go with a pair in the match-up with Canisius. 
• On the year, he is fourth on the team with 19 points and 15 goals and is second in the squad and in the MAAC with 15 man-up scores. 

NO FEAR IN VOORHIS

• Freshman AJ Van Voorhis has had a solid start to his collegiate career with 16 points on seven goals and nine assists. 
• At Marquette Voorhis tallied his first points on a goal and two assists. In the win at Bellarmine, Voorhis had two assists, including setting up Matthew Vangalen's game-winning goal with 10 seconds left in the game. 
• At St. Bonaventure, Voorhis added back-to-back goals in the third to help the Titans pull away from the Bonnies and he just posted two goals and an assist in the win at Siena. 

AKINS LEADS THE D

• Junior defender Alex Akins - a preseason All-MAAC selection by the coaches and Inside Lacrosse - has earned All-MAAC honors in his first two years, including First Team in 2018. 
• Akins had a career day with a career-best four caused turnovers and picking up five ground balls against Canisius. 
• He had two caused turnovers at Quinnipiac and recorded three caused turnovers and picked up six ground balls at St. Bonaventure. 
• A team captain, he was fifth on the squad with 11 caused turnovers and seventh picking up a career-high 23 ground balls in 2018. 
• He was a key cog on the Titan defense that produced  8.56 caused turnovers per game to not only lead the MAAC, but also rank eighth in the country, as well as ranking second in the conference and 19th in the nation in scoring defense at 9.38 goals per game.
• On the year, he leads the team with 15 caused turnovers to go with 24 ground balls and in his career, he has 38 caused turnovers - eighth in school history - and 62 ground balls. 

WHAT A GAME FOR MCCLAIN

• Redshirt junior Sam McClain had a big week on defense for the Titans in the win at Marquette as he helped shut down All-BIG EAST First Team selection John Wagner, holding the Golden Eagles attackman two just two assists and no goals on his 10 shots.
• McClain was credited with a caused turnover and two ground balls in the contest. 
• At St. Bonaventure, he tallied three more caused turnovers and had a takeaway and a team-high four ground balls at Quinnipiac and two caused turnovers against Canisius. 
• On the season, he has 12 caused turnovers and 23 ground balls. 

LEAVE IT TO THE LSM

• Sophomore Paul Manuszak had a fine rookie campaign and has not suffered a sophomore slump at all.
• He is second on the squad with 13 caused turnovers and 58 ground balls to go with three goals and three assists, all career highs. 
• He was a beast again with ground balls picking up a career-best 10 last week at Siena, the most by a Titan other than a faceoff midfielder since Jordan Houtby had 10 against Michigan in 2012. 
• Manuszak had a caused turnover, assist and six GB's against Canisius and tied his career high with three caused turnovers and picked up seven ground balls against Manhattan. 
• He had a big debut in the season-opening victory over Jacksonville as had a career-best three caused turnovers and six ground balls.
• Manuszak was back on his game in the win at Marquette coming up with a caused turnover and six more GB's and picked up five more ground balls at Bellarmine.