DETROIT (4/5/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team will start a two-game homestand this weekend as the red, white and blue get ready for Manhattan on Saturday.

Game time is set for Noon at Titans Field and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

As supplies last, all fans that come out will receive Titan sunglasses.

Detroit Mercy used a big comeback last week to down Marist, 12-11, and is now 6-3 on the season and 3-1 in the MAAC as the Titans are tied for second place.

Manhattan is 5-5 overall and 1-2 in the conference as the Jaspers had a thrilling, 11-10, win last week against NJIT. 

SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINS

• Detroit Mercy won its school-record ninth game in the come-from-behind victory over Monmouth in the MAAC Championship semifinals last year. 
• The previous mark was 8-6 in 2015, which was head coach Chris Kolon's first year at the helm. 
• Detroit Mercy also posted a school-record five-game winning streak in 2018. 
• The Titans are at 6-3 and are looking for their third career winning campaign. 

ALL-TIME VS. MANHATTAN

• Detroit Mercy has won four in a row - three of those by at least six goals - and now leads the all-time series, 6-4. 
• The Titans have won all four previous meetings in Detroit. 

PAYTON EARNS MAAC ROW

• Continuing to shine on the field since the start of MAAC play, University of Detroit Mercy rookie Max Payton was named the conference's Rookie of the Week on Monday.
• Payton tallied two goals and an assist along with a ground ball in the Titans comeback win at Marist to help Detroit Mercy move to 6-3 overall and 3-1 in the MAAC.
• Payton started the Titans game-ending 4-0 run with a goal in the fourth and also had an assist in that span. He started the day scoring a goal in the first quarter. 
• He now has seven goals and two assists in his last three games. 

MAN-UP VS. MAN-DOWN

• Detroit Mercy comes into the game first in the MAAC and 17th in the nation in man-up offense at 40.5 percent (154-37), while Manhattan leads the conference and is second in the NCAA in man-down defense, killing off penalties at 86.4 percent (3-of-22).

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 pace to challenge that mark with 37 total points through nine games. 
• He just tallied six points on five assists and had the game-winning goal in the win at Marist.
• He now 37 points on the season with 13 goals and 24 assists - second in school history and just two away from the single-season mark of 24 by Alex Maini in 2014. He just broke Maini's career assist mark as he now has 65 helpers in his career as a Titan. 
• Vangalen posted his 10th career hat trick with four goals and five points at nationally-ranked Notre Dame and followed that up with his 11th registering three goals and a helper in the win at Marquette and 12th with 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 now third in school history with 135 points and 70 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

• Sophomore 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 stopped a career-high 17 shots in the come-from-behind win at Marist and that was after posting 15 saves against Monmouth and a 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. 
• Following the game, he was tabbed the MAAC's Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. 
• He has now allowed 10 goals or less in 16 of his 24 games, including 12 contests with less than 10 goals. He has also recorded double-digit saves in 18 career games. 
• He was a member of the All-Freshman Team last year as he started all 15 games and picked up nine wins, including going 5-0 in the MAAC during the regular season. 
• Shamblin 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), and his 162 saves was the fifth most in school history, while his goals against average was second and save percentage fourth.

NOTHING BUT JARZ

• Junior Alex Jarzembowski already had his name on top of the Titan record book in faceoff wins as he twice tied a school record with 16, but he now has the mark all to himself, breaking that mark in back-to-back games.
• 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 last week at St. Bonaventure. 
• After winning 12 last week at Marist, he has now won double-digit faceoffs in 22 career games and 19-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 19th in the nation in faceoff percentage winning 59.7 percent (135-of-226). He also leads the team with a career-best 55 ground balls and is second in the league and 25th in the nation with 6.11 ground balls per game.
• He is currently the school-record holder in season winning percentage (59.7%) and wins (163 last season) as well as career winning percentage (55.7 %) and faceoff wins with 372. 
• 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 eights 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 school record winning 163-of-313 (.521). 

MENDELL ON FIRE

• Junior Seth Mendell could not wait for the season to start as he led the Titan offense with three goals and four points in the 9-8 victory over Jacksonville.
• He has not cooled off at all as he is coming off his fifth-straight hat trick with three goals at Marist.
• In his last five games - he missed the game against Monmouth due to injury - he has been unstoppable with 19 goals and 31 points with three markers at Bellarmine and Quinnipiac, four goals and two assists at Air Force and a career-tying six goals at St. Bonaventure, which earned him MAAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in his career. 
• He currently leads the team with 24 goals and is second at 28 points. He also leads the MAAC and is 12th in the nation with 3.00 goals per game. 
• Despite battling an injury, Mendell played in all 16 games with 14 starts last year and finished third on the team with a career-high 27 points, tied for third with a career-best 19 goals and fifth handing out eight assists, tying his rookie mark. 
• In his career, he now has 81 points on 61 goals and 20 assists in 40 games, sixth in goals and ninth in points in school history. 

ALL PAYTON

• Freshman Max Payton made his collegiate debut at St. Bonaventure, but in just his second career game, the rookie got the start and did not disappoint scoring three goals at Quinnipiac. 
• He came back to record two goals and an assist in the win over Monmouth and also had two goals with a helper at Marist to earn the MAAC Rookie of the Week. 

MARKING UP OUR RECORD BOOK

• The Titans' 16 goals at St. Bonaventure is tied for the fourth-most in school history and the most since netting 18 at Manhattan last year.
• The Titans now have three games on the year with at least 15 goals.
• Detroit Mercy's 56 shots against the Bonnies were second in school history to the 58 it had against Manhattan in 2015, while the 50 ground balls are second in school history to the 55 the Titans had in a road win at Siena in 2011. 

BALANCED OFFENSE

• The Titan offense saw six players score in the season-opening win over Jacksonville and now, 15 total have found the back of the net. 

NO FLAGS?

• For the first time in school history - spanning 147 games to that point- the Titans did not have a penalty called against them in their 15-14 win over Bellarmine. 
• Despite that, Detroit Mercy is tied for 18th in the country for the most penalties at 39, second in the MAAC behind Quinnipiac's 41. 

ERSKINE SHINES

• Sophomore Brett Erskine - who missed games at Quinnipiac and against Monmouth with an undisclosed injury -  tallied two-straight hat-trick performances posting 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. 
• Erskine earned MAAC All-Rookie Team recognition last season after he started all 16 games and was second on the team in points (35), goals (22) and assists (13).
• Erskine scored a goal in the last 10 games on the season and had nine multi-goal contests on the year, while picking up 25 ground balls, tying for the team high among attackman.
• He is now third on the team with 18 points and 12 goals. 

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 just recorded his first collegiate hat trick with three goals in the road win at Marquette. 
• He notched two late goals - including the eventual game-winner - against Monmouth and registered the game-tying goal in the comeback win at Marist. 
• On the year, he is fourth on the team with 13 points and 10 goals.