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2021 Men's Lacrosse Roster

21 Alex Jarzembowski

21 Alex Jarzembowski

  • Position:
    Midfield
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    206
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Livonia, Mich.
  • High School:
    Catholic Central

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights
  • 2x All-MAAC Second Team Faceoff Specialist (2018, 2019)
  • MAAC Offensive Player Of The Week (1x)
  • 5x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  • 3x MAAC Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2020, 2021)
  • 2x MAAC All-Academic Team (2019, 2021)

2021
  • Played in all seven games and was the main faceoff specialist winning 59.9-percent (91-of-152) with 33 ground balls, second on the team
  • Ranked third in the MAAC and 14th in the nation in faceoff winning percentage and sixth in the league and 38th in the country with 4.71 ground balls per game
  • Also scored two goals with four of his eight shots on cage
  • Was 15-of-28 in the opener at Marist with five ground balls
  • Won 15-of-21 with four GB's in the win against St. Bonaventure and was 15-of-21 at Manhattan with seven ground balls
  • Tallied 17-of-22 with five ground balls and a goal in the victory over Siena
  • Started slow at Canisius, but won 10 of the final 13 faceoffs to finish 12-of-20 with three GB’s and a goal
  • Ended his career playing in 56 games and etched his name on top of the Titan record book in every faceoff category with a career winning percentage of .575 and 632 victories and is second in school history with 217 ground balls and 3.88 ground balls per game.
  • Won double-digit faceoffs in 37 career games, including 16 games with
  • 15 or more faceoffs wins and five with 20 or more
  • Owns the top to single-game marks with a school-record 27 wins at Bellarmine in 2019

2020
  • Was the main faceoff specialist on the season winning 91-of-151 (60.3%) and was tied for second on the team with 22 ground balls
  • Scored three goals on the year on just eight shots and had a caused turnover
  • Started the year winning 18-of-33 with three ground balls at Jacksonville
  • Was 24-of-31 with seven ground balls and tallied his first career hat trick with three goals against Bellarmine
  • Won 14-of-25 versus Marquette and 21-of-32 with six GB's against Robert Morris
  • Holds every faceoff record in school history with a .571 winning percentage and 541 total wins and is second in school history with 184 ground balls and 3.86 ground balls per game

2019
  • Named Second Team All-MAAC
  • The main faceoff specialist setting a school record with 213 wins and a 60.0 winning percentage, good for second in the MAAC and 18th in Division I
  • His 82 ground balls led the Titans and was second in the conference and 29th in Division I
  • The 82 GB's was also third in school history
  • Second in the league and 25th in the nation scooping up 5.47 ground balls per game, second in the Titan record book
  • Scored six goals on the year, including four goals on his first four shots of the season
  • In MAAC play, he was third in the league winning  61.2 percent with 40 GB's
  • Won double-digit faceoffs in 14 of Detroit Mercy's 15 games 
  • Broke a school-record going 27-of-33 with a program-best 15 ground balls in the victory at Bellarmine, where he won the game's last 13 faceoffs and also scored a goal
  • The 27 wins was tied for first in the MAAC and the fourth most in the country on the year
  • Was 18-of-24 with six ground balls in a win at Siena
  • At Marquette, he was 19-of-30 with five ground balls and a goal and put together a 19-of-22 effort with 13 GB's and a score at St. Bonaventure
  • Started the year winning 15-of-21 against Jacksonville, and also registered a career-best two goals on just two shots to earn MAAC Offensive POW
  • Claimed 13-of-26 faceoffs with nine GB's at Utah
  • Won 21-of-31 with four ground balls versus Quinnipiac in the MAAC Championship semifinals
  • He enters his senior season holding a career winning percentage of .565 tallying 450 victories - both first in Titan history
     
2018
  • The Titan starting faceoff specialist played in 15 games and was 163-of-313 (.521) with a career-best 46 ground balls, third on the team
  • In MAAC play, he boasted a .553 winning percentage (77-of-139) with 27 ground balls
  • The 163 total wins was also a school record as was the 313 face-off attempted
  • Was second in the MAAC in faceoff winning percentage and faceoffs won
  • Started the year 7-of-19 at nationally-ranked Notre Dame
  • Was 13-of-18 with a ground ball versus Air Force
  • Tied a school record going 16-of-25 with four GB’s against Marist and later equaled that feat with a 16-of-24 effort with six ground balls at Monmouth in the MAAC Championship semifinals
  • Won 15-of-25 against Quinnipiac and the MAAC Faceoff Specialist of the Year Will Vitelli
  • Tallied 14-of-25 with six ground balls in the regular season meeting at Canisius and then went 14-of-22 with five GB’s against the Golden Griffins in the MAAC Championship

2017
  • Saw action in 14 games and led the team in faceoff winning percentage at 57.4 percent (74-of-129), a new school record and second in the MAAC
  • Fourth on the team with 34 ground balls
  • Made his collegiate debut going 1-of-3 against Michigan
  • Broke out winning 14-of-21 with seven ground balls at Robert Morris
  • Was 12-of-18 scooping up five ground balls against Bellarmine
  • Won 12-of-17 and tied his season high with seven ground balls at Siena

Prior To Detroit Mercy
  • A three-year letter winner in lacrosse
  • Posted 1,026 wins in his career and tallied a career faceoff winning percentage of over 65.0 percent
  • Helped the Shamrocks to three-straight regional championships as well as three-straight MHSAA Division 1 state runner-up finishes… Earned US Lacrosse All-American, First Team All-State, All-Catholic and team MVP as a junior and senior
  • Tabbed the All-Area Lacrosse Player of the Year in 2016
  • Won over 73.0 percent of his faceoffs, a total of 316 wins, as a senior and that was after recording a 77.0 faceoff winning percentage as a junior
  • Selected First Team All-State, All-League and All-Region as a sophomore tallying a 62.1 percent clip
  • Played club with 1763 Chiefs for five years
  • Took part in The Face-off Club National Face-off Combine, National 175 Best of the Best and Can-Am Showcase
  • A high school teammate of current Titans Sean Birney, Alec Gilhooly and Adam Findlay
  • Involved in the Latin Club, Art Club and Science Club in high school

Personal
  • Son of Julie and Steve Jarzembowski
  • Has two younger siblings
  • Has a cousin who plays lacrosse at Michigan State
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the engineering program and the head coaches
  • An Engineering major
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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    Midfield
    6'2" 187 lbs
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    2018Sophomore

    Midfield
    6'2" 196 lbs
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    2019Junior

    Midfield
    6'2" 196 lbs
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    2020Senior

    Midfield
    6'2" 196 lbs
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    2021Graduate Student

    Midfield
    6'2" 206 lbs
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