HICKORY, N.C. -- The No. 20 Lewis University men's lacrosse team suffered a 15-5 defeat against No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday (Feb. 25). 

TEAM RECORDS
No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne (3-1) | No. 20 Lewis (2-1)

STAT LEADERS
Goals: Jack Speers (Glenview, IL/) (2)
Assists: Three tied (1)
Ground Balls: Domenic Tarello (Libertyville, IL/) (5) 
Saves: Riah Rathe (Chanhassen, MN/) (17)
Shots: Speers (5)

QUARTER BREAKDOWN
FIRST QUARTER: Lenoir-Rhyne 6, Lewis 0

• Rathe recorded three saves in the period.
• Kevin Blaz (McHenry, IL/) tried to get Lewis on the scoreboard with 4:27 left but his shot was saved.

SECOND QUARTER: Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Lewis 1

• Speers got the Flyers got the scoreboard in the opening minutes of the second quarter to make it 6-1 Bears.
• Lenoir-Rhyne responded with three unanswered goals to go up 9-1 going into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER: Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Lewis 1

• The Bears went up 10-1 to start the second half after scoring with 12:55 left in the third. 
• A minute later, Luke Schroeder (Plymouth, MN/) cut into the deficit with a goal to make it 10-2.
• Lenoir-Rhyne scored the final two goals of the third quarter to grab a 12-2 lead going into the final quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER: Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Lewis 3

• Lenoir-Rhyne quickly made it 13-2 with a goal in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter.
• Speers recorded his second goal of the contest with 6:38 left in the game.
• The Bears made it 15-3 a few minutes later with 4:07 remaining in the match.
• Baden Boyenko (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada/) got in the scoresheet with 3:15 left in the game after receiving the ball from Sam Kern (Delano, MN/).
• Blaz recorded his first goal of the contest a minute later with 2:25 remaining, which made it 15-5.

FINAL SCORE: Lenoir-Rhyne 15, Lewis 5

UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action Saturday, March 4 as the Flyers travel to North Greenville University to take on the Crusaders starting at 2 p.m.