HAMPTON, Va. (3/7/2025) -- Senior
Chase Mahabir tallied three goals, and the Titans allowed their fewest goals in four seasons as the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team downed Hampton, 11-5, on Friday evening.
The win gave head coach
Charlie Hayes '18 his first victory as head coach at his alma mater.
Mahabir had three goals and an assist for his fourth career hat trick and also came up with two caused turnovers. Senior
Aidan Bishop and freshman
Zach Gleason had two goals, and senior
Harold Skinner and sophomore
Sean Donahue recorded a goal and an assist.
Senior
Ryan Richters made 10 saves to extend his streak to 16 straight with double-digit stops while allowing a career-low five goals. Junior
Kyle Grant had two caused turnovers and a team-high five ground balls, and freshman
Canton Lanham posted a season-best 14-of-20 effort in faceoffs and tied his career-high with four GBs.
The Titans (1-3) started the game with four straight markers and then went on a 3-0 run in the third to seal the win.
UDM outshot Hampton, 49-30, and owned a 28-18 advantage on ground balls. The Titans also recorded a season-high 12 caused turnovers and were 18-of-21 on clears.
Sophomore
Julian Greendeer started a 4-0 spurt with his first collegiate goal, and after a Lanham faceoff win, senior
Ally Don Jean-Francois set up freshman
Andrew Parker, and it was 2-0 at the 12:59 mark. Another faceoff win led to Bishop's first goal, and a turnover by sophomore
Gavin Moore set up the offense as Gleason powered his way inside and beat the keeper for a 4-0 lead with 10:35 on the clock.
Hampton (0-6) got two back, but Mahabir scored his first early in the second and then fed Skinner, who found the back of the net for a 6-2 lead with 10:21 remaining, and UDM had a 6-3 advantage at the break.
Mahabir and Bishop then recorded back-to-back tallies in the third for an 8-3 lead. After a goal from the Pirates, Mahabir started the 3-0 charge with a goal at 6:05, and Gleason and Donahue had strikes in the final 1:38 for an 11-4 lead after three.
Freshman
Ian Greenwell and Moore finished with two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Junior
Zane Hitch had a caused turnover and three GB's and senior Eoghan Mullet and Skinner registered a caused turnover and two ground balls.
Detroit Mercy will be back in action next Saturday, Mar. 15, as the red, white and blue open Northeast Conference play by hosting Robert Morris.
Game Notes:
- This was the first-ever meeting between the two schools
- Detroit Mercy is now 6-6 all-time against current members of the CAA, but that is mostly due to a 6-3 record against former MAAC rival Monmouth
- The 49 shots are tied for the eighth most in school history and the most since attempting 50 against VMI in 2022
- Bishop now has two goals in back-to-back games
- Grant now has 10 caused turnovers and 14 ground balls on the season after posting just five caused turnovers and 19 ground balls in 13 games last season
- Richters now has 239 career saves
- Lanham was 10-of-35 on the season in faceoffs coming into the game
- Lanham's 14 faceoff wins are the most by a Titan freshman since Alex Jarzembowski was 14-of-21 at Robert Morris in 2017
- Mahabir's career-high in points was five on the strength of four goals at Bellarmine last season
