DETROIT (2/3/2020) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team will look for another big road win as the titans make the short trip across state borders to battle the Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday.

Game time is set for 7 p.m. at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and will be streamed live on Big Ten Plus. 

Detroit Mercy will be playing its second game in four days, both on the road, but will enjoy home life after this with just three road games and nine home contests left on the docket. 

The Titans got off to a strong start in 2020, erasing an early 5-0 deficit in the first and 14-11 margin in the fourth to come back and defeat Jacksonville on the road, 15-14. Redshirt freshman Kyle Waters posted five goals and six points in the game, while Brett Erskine had four goals and five points. 

Detroit Mercy is 2-12 all-time against current members of the Big Ten, but one of those wins was against Ohio State, 9-8, back in 2015, the head coaching debut of Chris Kolon '09 (MBA). 

Following the game, the Titans will return home for four-straight starting with Bellarmine on Feb. 18 and Marquette on Feb. 22 at Ultimate Soccer Arenas in Pontiac. 

BORN AND RAISED IN MICHIGAN

• While the Titans do recruit nationally - witnessed by 10 states plus Canada on their 43-man roster - there is no arguing that Detroit Mercy loves to keep players in their home state as 22 of its 43 players (51.1%) hail from the Great Lakes State.
• The next on the list is Minnesota with five (5), Indiana (4), Canada (3), Ohio (2), Texas (2), Illinois (1), Maryland (1), North Carolina (1), Pennsylvania (1) and California (1). 

TITANS TO ENJOY HOME LIFE

• Detroit Mercy will get to enjoy playing in front of its home crowd as the Titans are set to play nine home contests in 2020.  
• After today's game, Detroit Mercy will have just three more road affairs the rest of the regular season. 

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. OHIO STATE

• Detroit Mercy is 1-8 all-time against Ohio State, with the one win coming at home, 9-8, at Ultimate Soccer Arenas in 2015. 
• The Titans are 0-4 all-time when the Buckeyes are ranked. 

 All-Time Results
 Feb. 7, 2009 @ Columbus, OH L, 21-1 
 Feb. 27, 2010 @ Columbus, OH L, 16-7
 Feb. 10, 2011@ Columbus, OH L, 4-3
 Feb. 9, 2012 @ Columbus, OH L, 11-6
 Feb. 9, 2013 @ Columbus, OH L, 14-8 
 Feb. 7, 2015 @ Pontiac, MI W, 9-8
 Feb. 13, 2016 @ Columbus, OH L, 15-6
 Feb. 17, 2017 @ Columbus, OH L, 14-8
 Mar. 4, 2018 @ Pontiac, MI L, 8-7

ALL-TIME VS. RANKED TEAMS

• The Titans are 0-17 all-time against nationally-ranked teams, including 0-9 all-time versus top-10 teams.

TITANS PICKED SECOND BY COACHES AND INSIDE LACROSSE

• The Titans were picked to finish second in the league behind defending champion Marist by Inside Lacrosse.
• Monmouth was selected third, Canisius and Quinnipiac fifth.
• In the MAAC coaches poll, Marist was picked to win the league with 63 votes and seven first-place nods, while the Titans totaled 49 points and one first-place tally. Quinnipiac (42) was slated third, Canisius (41) fourth and Monmouth (37) fifth. Rounding out the poll was Siena (26), Manhattan (22) and St. Bonaventure (8). 

THE BIG LOGAN

• Junior Logan Shamblin is back to lead the Titan defense and the netminder has already earned a couple of preseason accolades, including the Player of the Year by Inside Lacrosse. 
• He is the reigning MAAC Defensive Player of the Year as he started all 15 games in net and recorded his second-straight winning season with eight wins, while finishing third in the MAAC with a career-best 11.47 saves per game, fifth in school history. His 172 saves was also a career-best and fifth in the record books, and he also tallied a .512 save percentage and an 11.93 goals against mark along with six caused turnovers and 32 ground balls, fifth on the squad. 
• He had double-digit saves in 10 games on the year with a career-high 21 saves at Siena in a postseason-clinching win.
• He now has 18 wins, third-most in school history and two away from the top spot. 

NOTHING BUT JARZ

• Senior Alex Jarzembowski already has his name on top of the Titan record book in every faceoff category.
• He owns a career winning percentage of .564 tallying 468 victories - both first in Titan history.
• He has now won double-digit faceoffs in 28 career games, including 10 games with 15 or more faceoffs wins. 
• The two-time All-MAAC Second Team faceoff specialists is coming off a school-record with 213 wins and a 60.0 winning percentage, good for second in the MAAC and 18th in Division I. His 82 ground balls led the Titans and was second in the conference and 29th in Division I as well as 
• third in school history.
• He also added some offense scoring six goals on the year, including four goals on his first four shots of the season. 
• Jarzembowski broke a school-record going 27-of-33 with a program-best 15 ground balls in the victory at Bellarmine, where he won the game's last 13 faceoffs. The 27 wins was tied for first in the MAAC and the fourth most in the country on the year.

READY FOR CAM 2

• Cam Kostus had a great rookie season, earning All-Freshman Team and Second Team All-MAAC honors.
• He started the year with two goals, including one on the man-up giving him eight power-play markers in his career, tied for eighth in school history. 
• He ended last season fourth on the team with 24 points and third with 20 goals and a .256 shot percentage. 
• He proved to be a force on the man-up with seven extra-man markers, tied for the team and conference lead and 12th in the NCAA, and scored a goal in 13 of his 15 games, including nine straight to end the year and recorded two hat tricks with three goals in the win at Marquette and at Utah.

HIGH WATER MARK

• Redshirt freshman Kyle Waters had a collegiate debut to remember tallying five goals and six assists at Jacksonville.
• Not only that, he scored the game-tying goal with five minutes left and the game-winner with 1:45 on the clock
• The five goals and six points were the most ever by a Titan playing in his first game.

ERSKINE SHINES

• Junior Brett Erskine started the year with a bang as he posted four goals and five points in the win at Jacksonville, including the first Titan goal of 2020 and started the game-ending 4-0 run with 8:27 left. 
• He has posted 22 goals in each of his first two seasons and now has 48 goals, 24 assists and 72 points in 30 games.
• He is also one of the most accurate shooters in school history at 44.9 percent, including 73.8 percent on shots on goal. 

FEAR THE LSM

• Junior Paul Manuszak was back to his old tricks in the season opener, coming away with a team-high five ground balls with one caused turnover and firing two shots.
• His caused turnover came at a huge time as he helped the Titans kill off a one-minute man-down penalty with under a minute to go in the game to help seal the triumph.
• Manuszak now has 22 caused turnovers and 94 GB's in his career to go with eight goals and 11 points. 

NO FEAR IN VOORHIS

• Sophomore AJ Van Voorhis had a solid start to his collegiate career and was named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team 
• He saw action in all 15 games with 12 starts and was fifth on the team with 18 points, tied for second handing out 10 assists and sixth with eight goals. Van Voorhis also led the squad with a .658 shots on goal percentage as 25 of his 38 shots were on net. 

WE NEED MORE FIG

• Junior Ryan Figueiras tallied 11 points on nine goals and two assists along with 17 ground balls last season.
• He started the year with a goal on the man-up against Jacksonville and recorded two goals and two ground balls at St. Bonaventure and at Cleveland State.