Men's Lacrosse 03.24.26

Men's Lacrosse Returns Home To Face LIU On Saturday

Men's Lacrosse 03.24.26

Men's Lacrosse Returns Home To Face LIU On Saturday

DETROIT (3/25/2026) -- Playing at home for the first time in over a month, the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team will welcome LIU on Saturday.

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

UDM has not played in the Motor City since Feb. 23, when Marquette was in town.

The Titans will look to turn their season around and take down a LIU squad tied for first in the NEC.

Detroit Mercy has started the conference slate with a couple of close road losses at Robert Morris, 11-6, and at Wagner, 9-8.

LIU is 7-1 and 2-0 in league play with victories over Wagner and Le Moyne.

ALL-TIME SERIES

This is just the second career meeting between the two schools as LIU won last year's contest, 14-9, out on the island.

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.

SOME HIGH RANKINGS

The Titans rank first in the NEC and fifth nationally with 14.1 saves per game.
They are also third in clearing (.856), faceoff percentage (.515), ground balls (31.5), man-up offense (.385), and caused turnovers (8.0).

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 (52.6%) and fourth in total wins with 205.
On the year, he is second in the NEC and 21st in DI with 6.00 ground balls per game, and second in the league and 24th in the nation in winning percentage at 56.5%.
He just won 17-of-20 with seven ground balls at Wagner, his fifth game of the year with double-digit victories.
That came after a 10-of-19 effort with five ground balls at Robert Morris.
He claimed 13-of-25 and picked up nine ground balls at Jacksonville and was 15-of-23 with six ground balls against Bellarmine.
He posted 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 six - is currently second on the squad with 17 points, first with 10 assists, and third with seven goals.
He currently ranks fourth in the league with 1.25 assists per game.
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.
To start NEC play, Thundercloud had two goals and an assist at Robert Morris and handed out three assists at Wagner.
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 seven games - four with multiple takeaways - as well as at least two ground balls in every contest.
He is second in the NEC and 13th in the country with 2.13 caused turnovers per game, and 10th in the conference with 3.00 ground balls per game.
Grant has had a caused turnover and three ground balls to start NEC action at Robert Morris and at Wagner.
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, and added another goal with a caused turnover and three GB's against Bellarmine.
Grant is now seventh in school history with 54 caused turnovers. He is also approaching 100 career ground balls, standing at 92.
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.
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

Ian Greenwell had a standout freshman campaign, earning NEC All-Rookie Team honors, and has been solid again as a sophomore.
He has caused a turnover in seven games, with a pair in four of them, as well as at least two ground balls in seven of the first eight games.
He is currently fourth in the NEC with 1.38 takeaways per game.
He just had two caused turnovers and four ground balls at Wagner and a takeaway with two GB's at Robert Morris.
Greenwell had two caused turnovers and three GB's against Marquette, two caused turnovers and two ground balls against Bellarmine, and two ground balls and two caused turnovers at #18 Michigan.
As a rookie, 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 GB's.
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 17 of his 19 career games and has at least one in every game this year.
He currently leads the team with 18 points and 14 goals, and stands tied for ninth in the NEC with 1.75 goals per game and 13th with 2.25 points per game.
He found the back of the net twice at Robert Morris and once at Wagner.
Parker 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.

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 eight games, registering 113 saves.
He leads the NEC and is third in the nation with 14.1 saves per game, while he is also third in the league with a .514 save percentage.
After stopping 13 shots at Wagner last week, he now has double-digit saves in seven of the eight games on the year.
He started NEC play with 15 saves at Robert Morris.
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 has scored a goal in six games, including a great game at Hampton scoring five times.
He is third on the team with 15 points and tied for first with 14 goals. He is also tied for ninth in the NEC with 1.75 goals per game.
O'Hanlon had his first two collegiate goals at #18 Michigan, and netted two at Jacksonville, at Robert Morris, and at Wagner.
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.

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.
In the NEC opener at RMU, he ended with a takeaway and a GB, and had another caused turnover at Wagner.
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.

BERRYLICIOUS

Sophomore Malakhi Berry has picked up right where he left off last year, as he is fourth on the team with 21 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 season-high two caused turnovers in the NEC semifinals at Le Moyne and matched that with two takeaways, a ground ball, and his first goal in the NEC Championship against Robert Morris.

WE NEED MOORE

Junior Gavin Moore has played in all 34 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 eighth in the NEC with 1.14 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 45 career games, starting 39, and registered 42 caused turnovers - 10th in school history - and 77 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 registered his first point with an assist at Ohio State and his first goal with a pair at Hampton.
Riley Bissett scored his first goal at Hampton, and Luke Zajdel recorded his first point on an assist against the Pirates.
Tyler Francis-Renner had his first at Bellarmine, and Whales Racette put in his first at Wagner.

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, but has scored a goal at Hampton and at Wagner.
Last year, he ended up playing in eight games, recording five points on three goals and two assists.
Last summer, Greendeer and teammate Marcus Thundercloud played with the Haudenosaunee Nation at the U-20 World Lacrosse Championships.

3 NAMES FOR OUR LSM

Freshman Tyler Francis-Renner has earned a lot of playing time early on and just returned after missing a few games with an injury.
He had a caused turnover in his collegiate debut at Ohio State and added a takeaway and two ground balls at Michigan.
He picked up three ground balls at Hampton, scored his first collegiate goal versus Bellarmine, and added another caused turnover and GB at Wagner.

SHOWING OUR SKIN

Graduate senior Harold Skinner is back to give the Titans more experience at attack and in the midfield.
He just returned from an injury and had a goal at Wagner.
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, Skinner 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.

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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