Romeoville, Ill. - The Lewis University men's soccer team scored twice in the final 19 minutes to claim the 2-0 regional victory over Purdue Northwest in the Flyers' season-opener at Lewis Stadium on Thursday (August 31).

Lewis' Floris Blom (Zwolle, Netherlands/Centre for Sports and Education) opened the scoring in the 72nd minute, as he headed in a corner kick from sophomore midfielder John Horstman (Godfrey, Ill./Marquette Catholic).

The Flyers added an insurance goal at the 80:22 mark, when freshman forward Konrad Malinowski (Arlington Heights, Ill./Wheeling) collected a rebound of a Nico Mueller (Braunschweig, Germany/Raabeschule Braunschweig) shot and pounded it past Purdue Northwest goalkeeper Miguel David.

With the win, Lewis improves to 1-0 on the campaign, while Purdue Northwest drops to 0-1 on the season.

Lewis senior goalkeeper Philip Huang (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) picked up the shutout, stopping six Pride shots on the evening, while David turned away five Flyer attempts.

Lewis outshot Purdue Northwest, 14-11, including a 7-6 advantage in shots on goal.

Lewis returns to action on Sunday (Sept. 3), as the Flyers travel to Fayette, Iowa for a 12 PM kickoff against Upper Iowa.