GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Lewis University men's lacrosse team responded with a 17-9 victory on the road in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest against Davenport Tuesday (April 25). 

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 9-5, 2-3 GLVC | Davenport 4-9, 1-3 GLVC 

LEWIS LEADERS
Goals: Evan Clement (San Diego, CA/CCBC-Essex) (3), Nate McLean (Crystal Lake, IL/Crystal Lake Central HS) (3), Paul Ruskoski (Tulsa, OK/Bishop Kelley HS) (3)
Assists: Clement (4) 
Ground Balls: Domenic Tarello (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville HS) (13)
Saves: Riah Rathe (Chanhassen, MN/Chanhassen HS) (5)
Shots: Anthony Mattio (Plainfield, IL/Plainfield North HS) (7), Ruskoski (7)

QUARTER BREAKDOWN
FIRST QUARTER: Lewis 4, Davenport 2

• Davenport scored the first two goals of the contest in the first five minutes. 
• Lewis went on and scored four unanswered. 
• Luke Schroeder (Plymouth, MN/Totino-Grace HS) found Ruskoski less than a minute later to get the Flyers on the board.
• McLean tied the contest up with 6:35 left in the first quarter. 
• Less than a minute later, Lewis took a 3-2 lead after Mattio found the back of the net. 
• Ruskoski scored his second goal of the contest to extend the Lewis lead to 4-2. 

SECOND QUARTER: Lewis 6, Davenport 4

• The Flyers scored in the opening minute of the second quarter after Zach Buddelmeyer (Springboro, OH/Springboro HS) found the back of the net.  
• Davenport recorded the next two goals to cut it down to one (5-4) with 9:51 left in the first half. 
• Clement scored his first goal 35 seconds later to extend its lead to 6-4. 
• Drew Andre (Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada/) found Jack Speers (Glenview, IL/) to give Lewis a 7-4 lead. 
• The Panthers responded with a goal of its own to make it 7-5.
• Andre picked up his third assist of the contest as he found Schroeder to extend the Flyers lead to 8-5.
• Davenport got a goal back before Lewis scored the next two from Dominic Bravata (Portage, MI/Portage Northern HS) and McLean to make it 10-6 at half. 

THIRD QUARTER: Lewis 3, Davenport 1

• The Panthers got the first goal of the third quarter before Lewis got three unanswered. 
• Clement scored his second goal of the game to give the Flyers a 11-7 lead.
• Mattio picked up his second goal of contest to extend it out to 12-7.
• Clement recorded a hat trick with his third goal of the game with 13 seconds left to make it 13-7.

FOURTH QUARTER: Lewis 4, Davenport 2

• Clement found Andre 37 seconds into the fourth quarter to extend the Lewis lead to 14-7.
• Davenport score a goal with 10:28 left in the game.
• Lewis went on and scored three straight goals in a 2:01 span. 
• Buddelmeyer scored the next goal which made it 15-8.
• McLean picked up his third goal of the contest to extend the lead out to 16-8.
• Ruskoski also had his third goal from Clement which made it 17-8.
• The Panthers scored its final goal of game with 2:41 left in the game.

FINAL SCORE: Lewis 17, Davenport 9

UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action for the GLVC Tournament which starts Friday, May 5 with the Flyers opponent TBD.