MILWAUKEE (3/5/2022) -- Sophomore Will Edell posted his first career hat trick and redshirt freshman Jakob Hemme made 15 saves in net, but the Titans could not recover from an early first-half deficit as the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team was downed, 13-7, at Jesuit-rival Marquette on Saturday afternoon. 

Edell also had two ground balls. Junior Luke Majick and freshmen Aidan Bishop, Nolan Graalman and Will Marshall all had goals and graduate senior Brett Erskine handed out two assists.

Graduate senior Paul Manuszak registered three caused turnovers and seven ground balls and sophomore Noah Martin had a caused turnover and a career-high three GB's. 

The Titans (0-4) scored first as Edell beat the keeper off a great look from senior Ryan Figueiras a little more than a minute into the contest.

Bishop would tie the score at 2-2 with an unassisted strike at the 5:32 mark and Edell took a pass from junior Ryan Birney and ticked the twice for a 3-3 game with 4:09 remaining in the first. 

Marquette (2-3) would jump out to a 10-3 lead at the break, but back-to-back goals by Edell and Graalman cut the deficit in half early in the third. The Titans would trail by five again late in the period as a save from Hemme lead to a fast break and Marshall was able to streak down the field and beat the keeper for a 11-6 contest.

The Titans would trail by five again at 12-7 as Erskine set up Majick for a score with just 5:16 left.

The Titans were outshot 46-38, but owned a 26-16 advantage in the second half. The defense also saw Marquette commit 22 turnovers - 11 were caused - and held the Golden Eagles to just 1-of-5 with the extra-man attack.

The red, white and blue will now return home to host VMI next Saturday, March 12, at Noon and the game will be held at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan. 

First Period:

• After a Hemme save, the Titans got on the board first as Figueiras set up Edell for the goal at 13:44
• Manuszak and Dietrich had caused turnovers and Hemme made two saves, but Marquette took a 2-1 lead with 6:22 on the clock
• Bishop knotted it at 2-2 with 5:32 left
• Birney set up Edell and his second tied it at 3-3 with 4:09 left in the period

Second Period:

• Marquette scored two goals in the opening two minutes
• Hemme stopped another shot at the 9:30 mark
• The Golden Eagles scored two more for a 7-3 lead with 7:58 remaining
• Hemme tallied his five save with 3:55 to go 
• Marquette took a 10-3 lead at the break

Third Period:

• Edell tallied his career-high third goal at the 10:40 mark
• The Titans used a man-up situation to get the ball right back and then Erskine was able to find Graalman in front of the net and he beat the keeper to make it 10-5 with 10:05 left
• Senior Kelson Connors and freshman Evan DeVito came up with caused turnovers to keep Marquette off the scoreboard 
• Off a Hemme save, he found Marshall and he was able to run by the defense and beat the goalie for his first career marker with 3:40 left to trim the deficit to 11-6
• Manuszak came up with his second caused turnover of the game with just over two minutes to go and then had another with under a minute left

Fourth Period:

• Hemme registered his 11th save at the 13:10 mark and scored with 12 minutes left
• Hemme made back-to-back stops at 8:59 and 8:45
• Birney had a caused turnover and then Majick took a pass from Erskine and scored to make it a 12-7 game with 5:16 remaining
• Hemme had his 15th save with under a minute to go

Game Notes:

• The Titans are now 1-8 all-time against Marquette, 1-3 on the road, with the lone win two years ago, 15-12, on the road
• The four-straight true road games are the most in a row since the Titans played five-straight in 2012, while the four road games to start the season is tied for the longest span in school history with the four in a row in 2011
• Detroit Mercy is 1-10 all-time against teams from the BIG EAST with the 1-7 mark versus Marquette and 0-1 ledgers against Denver and Georgetown
• Manuszak now has 179 career ground balls for third in school history, 36 in back of second place and his 48 caused turnovers is seventh in school history, four in back of sixth place 
• Erskine has 116 career points for fourth in school history, 30 away from third place
• Hemme has made double-digit saves in all four games this season
• Edell's previous career-high in goals was two last season at Marist and against St. Bonaventure, while the three points tied his career-best that he had at Canisius and against Siena