ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The Lewis University men's lacrosse team took care of business against Thomas More, winning 27-3 Saturday (Feb. 24) at Lewis Stadium in the team's home opener.

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 2-1 | Thomas More 0-2

LEWIS LEADERS
Shots: Baden Boyenko (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada/St. Joseph HS / Genesee Community College) (8), Paul Ruskoski (Tulsa, Oklahoma/Bishop Kelley HS) (7)
Shots on Goal: Ruskoski (5), Layne Kology (Hanover, Minnesota/Buffalo HS) (5)
Goals: Kology (5), Boyenko (4), Ruskoski (4)
Assists: Evan Clement (San Diego, California/Mt. Carmel HS / CCBC-Essex) (3)
Ground Balls: Dylan Kendrick (Chanhassen, Minnesota/Chanhassen HS) (7), Domenic Tarello (Libertyville, Illinois/Libertyville HS) (7)
Saves: Anthony Luczak (Arlington Heights, Illinois/St. Viator HS / Milwaukee School of Engineering) (5)

GAME SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER: Lewis 3, Thomas More 1
Neither team scored in the first five minutes and Thomas More got on the board first with a goal at the 9:58 mark. Lewis evened up the score with a goal by Boyenko off a pass from Michael Matheny at the 6:48 mark.

The Flyers took the lead as Kevin Blaz (McHenry, Illinois/Marian Central Catholic HS) scored unassisted inside the final two minutes of the quarter and increased the lead to 3-1 on Kology's goal with 15 seconds left.

SECOND QUARTER: Lewis 14, Thomas More 0
Lewis flew away in the second, scoring nearly once per minute. Logan Suchy (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota/Simley HS) scored the first goal of his collegiate career to get things started and Clement found Blaz for the next Flyers' goal.

Nolan Dalep (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Claremont Secondary School) made it 6-1 Lewis with a goal at the 11:48 mark and just seven seconds later Clement scored off an assist from Boyenko. Ruskoski then got on the board with the Flyers a player up at the 10:13 mark, assisted by Malikye Good (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic HS).

Boyenko scored at the 7:50 mark, assisted by Clement and then Good scored back-to-back goals with assists from Dalep on the first and Clement on the second, to make it 11-1 Lewis. Matheny and Torello scored just eight seconds apart to bring the lead to 13-1.

Then it was Boyenko scoring twice in under 10 seconds, assisted first by Dalep and then Good and then Good scored a goal of his own just six seconds later as Boyenko picked up the assist. Clement scored the final goal of the first half as the Flyers had the advantage with 1:25 left, assisted by Drew Andre (Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada/Pitt Meadows Secondary School). Riah Rathe (Chanhassen, Minnesota/Chanhassen HS) made a save on the Saints' only shot on goal in the quarter and Lewis led, 17-1, at halftime.

THIRD QUARTER: Lewis 5, Thomas More 2
Just 14 seconds into the third quarter, Ruskoski scored as the Flyers had the advantage and added another goal on the advantage off a pass from Riley Paulus (Eagan, Minnesota/Eagan HS) 16 seconds later. Kology scored again at the 9:39 mark to make it 20-1 Lewis.

Thomas More scored again while up a player with 6:54 left in the quarter but the Flyers came right back with a goal just seven seconds by Kology after the pass from Paulus. The Saints scored its third and final goal with 4:24 left.

Nate McLean (Crystal Lake, Illinois/Crystal Lake Central HS) scored with 23 seconds left to close out the quarter with Lewis ahead, 22-3. Donahue made two saves in the period for the Flyers.

FOURTH QUARTER: Lewis 5, Thomas More 0
Dominic Bravata (Portage, Michigan/Portage Northern HS) scored in the opening minute for Lewis and then neither team scored for the next six minutes. The Flyers struck again at the 8:09 mark as Ruskoski found the back of the net again after the assist from Zach Buddelmeyer (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro HS).

Bravata scored again 29 seconds later, getting the ball from Nick Sheedy (Rosemount, Minnesota/Rosemount HS) on the goal, and Kology scored twice more to finish the scoring in the game.

FINAL SCORE: Lewis 27, Thomas More 3

UP NEXT
Lewis men's lacrosse hosts Tiffin Tuesday (Feb. 27) at 3 p.m. CT at Lewis Stadium.