Men's Lacrosse 03.17.26

Detroit Mercy Departs For Key NEC Match In New York

Men's Lacrosse 03.17.26

Detroit Mercy Departs For Key NEC Match In New York

Sophomore Ian Greenwell and the Titans will look to even up its NEC record.

DETROIT (3/17/2026) -- The Titans have had stops in Florida, Pennsylvania, and now New York to start the month of March, as the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team will fly east to battle the Seahawks of Wagner on Saturday.

Game time is set for 11:00 a.m., at Hameline Field in Staten Island, New York, and will be broadcast on NEC Front Row.

Both teams dropped their NEC openers last week and will look to pick up a win to avoid falling behind in the playoff race.

Detroit Mercy fell, 11-6, at Robert Morris in a rematch of last season's conference championship. Redshirt sophomore Marcus Thundercloud, sophomore Andrew Parker, and freshman PJ O'Hanlon each had two goals, while redshirt junior Cooper St. Clair finished with 15 saves and nine ground balls.

St. Clair now has 100 saves on the year and is first in the NEC and second in the nation with 14.1 saves per game, while also ranking third in the league with a .503 save percentage.

Wagner is 2-5 on the year and 0-1 in the NEC after the Seahawks lost 20-6 at LIU. Wagner has wins over Hampton and NJIT this year.

WE COME FROM ALL OVER

The Titans recruit nationally - witnessed by 14 states plus Canada on their 43-man roster.
The most come from Michigan with 13 student-athletes, while Minnesota (5), Ohio (4), Wisconsin (3), California (1), Connecticut (1), Colorado(1), Florida(1), Georgia (1), Illinois (1), Kentucky (1), Nevada (1), North Carolina (1) and Washington(1) all have Titans on the squad.
Internationally, UDM has seven from Canadian provinces in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island.

ACADEMIC PRIDE

Detroit Mercy saw 34 men's lacrosse student-athletes earn their way onto the 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having at least a 3.0 GPA.
In addition, the team posted a 3.34 GPA in the first semester, with 20 garnering at least a 3.5, and three achieving a perfect 4.0.

ALL-TIME SERIES

This is the fourth career meeting between the two schools, who were rivals in the MAAC in 2010.
Detroit Mercy has won the first three meetings, including 15-11 in the Motor City last year.

All-Time Series
May 1, 2010 @ Detroit, MI - W, 14-7
Mar. 8, 2014 @ Staten Island, MI - W, 9-8
Apr. 12, 2025 @ Detroit, MI - W, 15-11

IN NEW YORK

Detroit Mercy is 16-21 all-time in the state of New York, including a victory at Wagner in 2014, a NEC postseason win at Le Moyne last year, and winning the MAC and going to the NCAA Tournament by claiming a conference crown in Buffalo in 2013.

SOME HIGH RANKINGS

The Titans rank first in the NEC and sixth in the nation with 14.1 saves per game.
They are also second in the league in caused turnovers (8.0), and third in clearing (.842), winning faceoffs (.480), ground balls (30.1), man-up offense (.409), and man-down defense (.633).

STARTING THE OFFENSE

Sophomore Canton Lanham continues to make his way into the Titan history books and is now second in school history in faceoff winning percentage (50.8%) and fifth in total wins with 188.
On the year, he is third in the NEC and 32nd in DI with 5.14 ground balls per game and third in the league in winning percentage at 53.0%.
In the NEC opener at Robert Morris, he was 10-of-19 with five ground balls, his fourth game on the year with double-figure victories.
He claimed 13-of-25 and picked up nine ground balls at Jacksonville.
He tallied a 15-of-23 effort with six ground balls against Bellarmine and recorded a career game, taking a career-high 21-of-28 and picking up a career-best 13 ground balls at Hampton.
The GBs are tied for second in school history, while the 21 wins are tied for fourth.
A member of the NEC All-Rookie Team, he ended his rookie year fourth in the NEC with a .493 winning percentage (109-of-221), as his 109 faceoff wins were the second most by a freshman and the fourth most in school history.
He also tied for second on the team with 40 ground balls and tied for ninth in the NEC with 3.08 ground balls per game.
After starting the year, 10-of-35, but won 99-of-186 (53.2%) in the last 10 games.
Lanham claimed 19-of-27 with 11 ground balls against Mercyhurst - the most wins and ground balls by a freshman in school history.

THUNDER STRIKES

Redshirt sophomore Marcus Thundercloud - who has scored a goal in four games and registered a point in five - is currently second on the squad with 14 points, first with seven assists, and third with seven goals.
He had a career performance with seven points on three goals and a career-best four assists at Hampton for his fifth career hat trick.
Last week at Robert Morris, he had two goals and an assist.
He had an outstanding rookie season, earning NEC Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-NEC honors.
Despite missing three games with a hand injury, he was second on the team with 22 goals - 10th in the NEC - and tied for second with 24 points.
Thundercloud scored a goal in eight of his 10 games, with multi-goal games in seven contests and four hat tricks. Also, 19 of his 22 goals were in conference action.
Thundercloud missed his freshman year with a knee injury.

GET BY ME

Senior Kyle Grant has picked up right where he left off last year, tallying a caused turnover in six of the seven games - four with multiple takeaways - as well as at least two ground balls in every contest.
He is first in the NEC and 11th in the country with 2.29 caused turnovers per game, and 10th in the conference with 3.00 ground balls per game.
He was named the NEC Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 16 after registering four takeaways and three GB's at #18 Michigan, and then tying his career-high with six caused turnovers and four more ground balls in the win at Hampton.
At #10 Ohio State, he had four ground balls, two caused turnovers, and his second career goal, added another goal with a caused turnover and three GB's against Bellarmine, and a takeaway and three ground balls at Robert Morris.
Grant is now seventh in school history with 53 caused turnovers, and fourth with 1.20 takeaways per game. He is also approaching 100 career ground balls, standing at 89.
Grant is coming off a great year, culminating in selection to the NEC First Team All-NEC and All-Tournament Team.
Last season, he led the team with 26 caused turnovers - eighth in school history and 15th in DI - and 44 ground balls. He topped the NEC and was fifth in the nation with 2.00 caused turnovers per game, and was seventh in the league and 78th in DI with 3.38 ground balls per game.
He posted a career-high six caused turnovers and seven ground balls at Ohio State last year, tied for the third most in the nation on the year and the second most in school history.

ALL WELL WITH GREEN

Sophomore Ian Greenwell had a standout freshman campaign, earning NEC All-Rookie Team honors, and just had a caused turnover and two ground balls at Robert Morris.
He has caused a turnover in six of the first seven games, with a pair in three of them, as well as at least two ground balls in six of the seven.
He is currently 11th in the NEC with 1.00 takeaways per game.
Greenwell had two caused turnovers and three GB's against Marquette after two caused turnovers and two ground balls against Bellarmine.
He got off to a solid start with three ground balls at #10 Ohio State, two ground balls and two caused turnovers at #18 Michigan, and a takeaway and two GB's at Hampton.
He saw action in all 13 games, with 12 starts, and was second on the team with 15 caused turnovers - eighth in the NEC - and fourth with 34 ground balls.
Greenwell recorded a ground ball in 12 games, with at least three in six, and a caused turnover in nine games, with four multi-takeaway games.
He tallied a season-high three caused turnovers and a season-best six ground balls at VMI and registered two caused turnovers and two ground balls in the NEC semifinals at Le Moyne.

MY MAN PARKER

Sophomore Andrew Parker has scored a goal in 16 of his 18 career games and has at least one in every game this year.
He currently leads the team with 17 points and 13 goals, and stands seventh in the NEC with 1.86 goals per game and 11th with 2.43 points per game.
He found the back of the net twice at Robert Morris last week.
He had a hat trick with three goals at #18 Michigan, posted two goals and two assists at Hampton, and his third career hat trick with three markers and a helper versus Bellarmine.
Last season, he earned NEC All-Rookie Team and All-Tournament Team honors.
He finished the year fourth on the team with 22 points and 14 goals and third with eight assists, to go along with four caused turnovers and 18 ground balls.
Parker scored a goal on his first collegiate shot at Marquette.
He posted his first career hat trick with three goals and an assist versus Wagner and tallied a season-high five points on two goals and a season-best three assists with three ground balls at Cleveland State.
In the postseason, he found the back of the net twice in the semifinals at Le Moyne and had four points on two goals and two assists, along with a ground ball, in the NEC Championship versus Robert Morris.

SHORT STICK BIG DEFENSE

Senior Jackson Ewald's stat sheet might seem light, but the short-stick midfielder is one of the best in the business and was named Second Team All-NEC last year.
He started the year with a takeaway at Ohio State and had a GB at Michigan, against Bellarmine and Marquette, and at Jacksonville.
Last week at RMU, he ended with a takeaway and a GB.
Learning from the best SSDM in school history in head coach Charlie Hayes, Ewald posted a career-high six caused turnovers and 16 ground balls last year.
Ewald recorded a career-best two caused turnovers and a career-high three ground balls in the NEC Championship against Robert Morris.

IN THE NET

The Titans entered the season a little light in goalie experience, but redshirt junior Cooper St. Clair won the starting job and has performed at a high level in the first seven games, registering 100 saves.
He leads the NEC and is second in the nation with 14.1 saves per game, while he is also third in the league with a .503 save percentage.
After stopping 15 shots last week at Robert Morris, he now has double-digit saves in six games.
St. Clair posted a season-high 19 against Marquette, 18 at Jacksonville, 15 versus Bellarmine, 14 saves at #10 Ohio State, 10 more at #18 Michigan - allowing just four goals in the second half.
Coming into the year, he saw action in just two games, both last season.

PEEGE LEAVES HIS MARK

Freshman PJ O'Hanlon was held scoreless in the season opener, but the rookie made his presence known at #18 Michigan, scoring his first two career goals.
He then powered in five at Hampton, and a pair at Jacksonville and at Robert Morris last week.
He is third on the team with 13 points and second with 12 goals.
As a prep, he totaled 242 career points on 202 goals and 42 assists, leaving his high school fourth all-time in points and second in goals.

BERRYLICIOUS

Sophomore Malakhi Berry has picked up right where he left off last year, as he is fourth on the team with 20 ground balls and has two goals from his LSM position.
He had a caused turnover and a career-high six ground balls against Bellarmine, and posted two goals, two caused turnovers, and five ground balls at Hampton.
Berry started the year with three ground balls at nationally-ranked Ohio State and Michigan.
Last season, he saw action in 10 contests and had seven caused turnovers and 15 ground balls with a goal.
Berry tallied a caused turnover and four ground balls against Wagner and Mercyhurst. He had a season-high two caused turnovers in the NEC semifinals at Le Moyne and matched that with two takeaways, a ground ball, and his first collegiate goal in the NEC Championship against Robert Morris.

WE NEED MOORE

Junior Gavin Moore has played in all 32 games as a short-stick defensive midfielder since entering the Motor City.
He had a great game, recording two caused turnovers and tying his career best with four ground balls against Bellarmine, and has picked up a pair of GB's at Jacksonville and at Robert Morris.
Moore scored his third career goal and had a caused turnover at Hampton, and picked up two ground balls at #18 Michigan.
Last season, he had 10 caused turnovers and 14 ground balls, including three ground balls in the NEC Semifinals triumph over Le Moyne.

T SQUARED ON THE TAKE

Freshman Tommy Thompson started his collegiate career with a pair of caused turnovers at #10 Ohio State, en route to the NEC Freshman of the Week.
He was the first SSDM to win a weekly award since head coach Charlie Hayes earned MAAC Defensive Player of the Week honors three times in 2018.
He scored his first collegiate goal with two GB's versus Bellarmine, and had a takeaway and two GB's at Robert Morris.
Last year at The Hill Academy, Thompson was the Co-Defensive Player of the Year after recording a team-high 90 ground balls and 75 caused turnovers.

I WILL TAKE A HENIGE

Graduate senior Sean Henige is back to help provide the Titans with another standout long pole.
He is fifth in the NEC with 1.33 caused turnovers per game.
Henige tied his career high with three caused turnovers at Hampton, and that was after two caused turnovers and four ground balls in the season opener at Ohio State, and another takeaway and GB at Michigan.
He has played in 44 career games, starting 39, and registered 42 caused turnovers - 10th in school history - and 76 ground balls.

MARK US DOWN

A few freshmen have officially entered the NCAA scoring column in the first few games.
DJ Wojciechowski had his first collegiate points at Hampton on a goal and three assists.
Dylan Belliveau had registered his first point with an assist at Ohio State. Since then, he has scored a goal in three straight, with two goals and an assist at Hampton, two helpers and a goal against Bellarmine, and a strike versus Marquette.
Riley Bissett scored his first goal at Hampton, and Luke Zajdel recorded his first point on an assist against the Pirates.

DANTON IS THE KEY

Senior Danton Molotky missed last season with an injury after not seeing any action in 2024, but he scored his first two collegiate goals against Bellarmine, and added another against Marquette.

LEAVE IT UP TO THE CREATOR

Junior Julian Greendeer had his sophomore season cut short due to a hand injury last year.
He ended up playing in eight games, starting seven, recording five points on three goals and two assists.
He scored his first collegiate goal at Hampton and found the back of the net at LIU and at VMI.
Last summer, Greendeer and teammate Marcus Thundercloud played with the Haudenosaunee Nation at the U-20 World Lacrosse Championships.

SHOWING OUR SKIN

Graduate senior Harold Skinner is back to give the Titans more experience at attack and in the midfield.
He had three points on two goals and an assist, plus a ground ball, at Hampton. He began the year with four GB's at Ohio State and posted three points on a goal and two assists at Michigan.
Last season, he was fifth with a career-best 14 points and seven goals, and fourth with a career-high seven assists.
Skinner has a career-high four points on two goals and two assists at LIU, and recorded a career-high three takeaways and six GB's at Cleveland State.

HONOR THY CAPTAIN

For the first time in school history, only one player will don the capital "C" as senior Kyle Grant was named the 2026 team captain.
"As we head into the new season, KG will lead the way as our sole team captain," said head coach Charlie Hayes '18. "Kyle embodies what it means to be a leader and a captain within our program. From the day Kyle arrived on campus, he has embraced the process of getting better. He sets the standard for our program, and his growth as a player and leader makes him an easy choice to lead our team."
In addition, there will be one gameday captain each week who will join Grant at the coin toss and officials meeting. That weekly gameday captain will be selected based on their work ethic, leadership, and performance in practice during that week.

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Players Mentioned

#49 Malakhi Berry: LSM; 6' 3"; Sophomore

#4 Kyle Grant: D; 6' 5"; Senior

#21 Julian Greendeer: A/MF; 5' 10"; Junior

#28 Ian Greenwell: D; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#44 Sean Henige: D; 6' 3"; Graduate Student

#18 Canton Lanham: FO; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#47 Danton Molotky: A/MF; 5' 9"; Senior

#9 Gavin Moore: DM; 6' 2"; Junior

#10 Andrew Parker: MF; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#29 Harold Skinner: A/MF; 6' 2"; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

#49 Malakhi Berry
: 6' 3"; Sophomore
: LSM

#4 Kyle Grant
: 6' 5"; Senior
: D

#21 Julian Greendeer
: 5' 10"; Junior
: A/MF

#28 Ian Greenwell
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: D

#44 Sean Henige
: 6' 3"; Graduate Student
: D

#18 Canton Lanham
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: FO

#47 Danton Molotky
: 5' 9"; Senior
: A/MF

#9 Gavin Moore
: 6' 2"; Junior
: DM

#10 Andrew Parker
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: MF

#29 Harold Skinner
: 6' 2"; Graduate Student
: A/MF