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Romeoville, Ill. - The No. 11 Lewis University men's soccer team moved into a first-place tie in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, as the Flyers extended their unbeaten streak to 12 games with the 2-0 GLVC victory over Illinois Springfield at Lewis Stadium on Sunday (Oct. 13) afternoon.

Rockhurst (9-2-1, 8-1-1 GLVC) dropped a 2-1 decision at home against UMSL - setting the stage for the Flyers/Hawks showdown for first place supremacy in the GLVC on Friday (Oct. 11). First kick is set for 7:30 PM at Lewis Stadium.

"We did what we needed to do offensively today and I thought we played well defensively enough to keep a clean sheet," Lewis head men's soccer coach Evan Fiffles said.

With the victory, Lewis moves to 8-0-4 on the season and 7-0-3 in GLVC action, while the Prairie Stars fall to 5-8 on the campaign and 4-6 in conference play.

The Flyers struck quickly in the first half, as junior forward George Thomson (Kilmarnock, Scotland/Reid Kerr College) beat UIS goalkeeper Jack Turanchik at the 3:38 mark. Sophomore defender Isaac Sutton (Carol Stream, Ill./St. Joseph) and freshman midfielder Alexandro Ayala (South Holland, Ill./Thornwood) assisted on the play. 

Lewis added an insurance goal in the 65th minute, as Lenin Roa-Tapia (Schaumburg, Ill./Hoffman Estates) scored his first tally of the season. Senior forward Cristhian Ramirez (Wheeling, Ill./Wheeling) and senior goalkeeper Alec Pickett (Mokena, Ill./Providence ) both contributed to the score.

Pickett earned his sixth solo shutout of the season, as he stopped six UIS shots on the afternoon. Turanchik made four saves in goal for the Prairie Stars.

As a team, Lewis outshot UIS, 9-8, while both teams recorded six shots on goal.