DETROIT (3/5/2026) -- The weather is getting a bit warmer here, but the Titans will take their show on the road as the University of Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team travels down south to take on Jacksonville on Saturday.

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

The Titans have had nearly two weeks off after playing two games in three days, falling to Bellarmine and Marquette.

Sophomore Andrew Parker leads the team with 13 points on 10 goals and three assists, while redshirt sophomore Marcus Thundercloud has 11 points on five goals and six assists.

Senior Kyle Grant tops the team with 15 caused turnovers and 16 ground balls, and redshirt junior Cooper St. Clair has 67 saves and 12 ground balls.

Jacksonville is 2-3 on the year, with wins over Le Moyne and High Point and losses to three ranked squads in Rutgers, North Carolina, and Duke.

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

• Detroit Mercy is 4-5 all-time against Jacksonville as the teams were rivals in the MAAC from 2011-13 and in the ASUN from 2022-24.
• UDM is 1-4 all-time on the road, with a 15-14 high-scoring victory in 2020. 

All-Time Series
Mar. 26, 2011 @ Jacksonville, FL - L, 10-8
Apr. 24, 2012 @ Detroit, MI - W, 8-7
Mar. 30, 2013 @ Jacksonville, FL - L, 9-8 (ot)
Feb. 23, 2017 @ Pontiac, MI - W, 12-11
Feb. 20, 2018 @ Jacksonville, FL - L, 15-8
Feb. 2, 2019 @ Washington Twp, MI - W, 9-8
Feb. 1, 2020 @ Jacksonville, FL - W, 15-14
Apr. 12, 2-23 @ Jacksonville, FL - L, 17-7
Apr. 10, 2024 @ Detroit, MI - L, 21-9

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.

STARTING THE OFFENSE

• Sophomore Canton Lanham continues to make his way into the Titan history books, now second in school history in faceoff winning percentage (50.6%) and seventh in total wins with 165. 
• He tallied a 15-of-23 effort with six ground balls against Bellarmine and won nine faceoffs with five GB's versus Marquette.  
• Lanham recorded a career game, winning 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 three games and registered a point in four - had a career performance with seven points on three goals and a career-best four assists at Hampton.
• It was his fifth career hat trick. 
• He had an outstanding rookie season, earning NEC Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-NEC honors.
• He was the first Titan freshman to earn a Rookie of the Year accolade since 2015. 
• 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. His 2.20 goals per game were sixth in the conference and 57th in DI.
• 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 every game - four with multiple takeaways - as well as at least two ground balls.  
• 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. 
• He is now tied for seventh in school history with 52 caused turnovers, and third with 1.24 takeaways per game. He is also approaching 100 career ground balls, standing at 84.
• 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. 
• Grant caused turnover in 10 of the 13 games, including eight with two or more, and corralled at least three ground balls in nine games.
• He started the year with a career-high six caused turnovers and seven ground balls at Ohio State, 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. 
• He has caused a turnover in four of the first five games, with a pair in three of them, as well as at least two ground balls in every game. 
• Greenwell just 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 now scored a goal in 14 of his 16 career games, and has at least one in every game this season.  
• 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.

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. 
• 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.

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 five games, registering 67 saves.
• He posted 14 saves in the season opener at #10 Ohio State, added 10 more at #18 Michigan - allowing just four goals in the second half - and nine more stops at Hampton to pick up his first win. 
• St. Clair recorded 15 against Bellarmine and 19 in the battle with Marquette.
• Coming into the year, he saw action in just two games, both last season, playing 2:39 in net at Bellarmine and then a minute against Le Moyne.

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 versus Marquette.
• 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.

WE NEED MOORE

• Junior Gavin Moore has played in all 31 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.
• 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.

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, and then powered in five at Hampton, and added one against Marquette. 
• 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.

DANTON IS THE KEY

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

I WILL TAKE A HENIGE

• Graduate senior Sean Henige is back to help provide the Titans with another standout long pole.
• He 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 42 career games, starting 39, and registered 42 caused turnovers - 11th in school history - and 75 ground balls. 

BERRYLICIOUS

• Sophomore Malakhi Berry has picked up right where he left off last year, as he is second on the team with 18 ground balls and already has a pair of 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.

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 Belliveauhad 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.

3 NAMES FOR OUR LSM

• Freshman Tyler Francis-Renner has earned a lot of playing time early on.
• He had a caused turnover in his collegiate debut at Ohio State and added a CT and two ground balls at Michigan.
• He picked up three ground balls at Hampton and scored his first collegiate goal versus Bellarmine.