QUINCY, Ill. - The Lewis University men's lacrosse team won its Great Lakes Valley Conference opener 19-7 over Quincy Saturday (March 30) for its second consecutive win.

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 7-3 overall, 1-0 GLVC | Quincy 5-5, 0-2

LEWIS LEADERS
Goals: Evan Clement (San Diego, California/Mt. Carmel HS / CCBC-Essex) (5), Dominic Bravata (Portage, Michigan/Portage Northern HS) (2), Dylan Kendrick (Chanhassen, Minnesota/Chanhassen HS) (2)
Assists: Drew Andre (Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada/Pitt Meadows Secondary School) (6), Baden Boyenko (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada/St. Joseph HS / Genesee Community College) (5)
Shots: Clement (7), Boyenko (6), Luke Schroeder (Plymouth, Minnesota/Totino-Grace HS) (6), Michael Metheny (Fishers, Indiana/Hamilton Southeastern HS) (6)
Shots on goal: Clement (5)
Ground Balls: Logan Suchy (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota/Simley HS) (6)
Saves: Riah Rathe (Chanhassen, Minnesota/Chanhassen HS) (14), Caden Donahue (Hugo, Minnesota/Mahtomedi HS) (4)

SUMMARY
Lewis exploded right from the start, scoring four goals in the first 2:13. Nate McClean scored in the first minute, while Bravata, Clement and Metheny added goals for the early advantage.

After a Quincy goal, Lewis came back with three more goals to end the first quarter with a 7-1 advantage. Andre, Malikye Good (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic HS) and Nolan Dalep (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Claremont Secondary School) all scored goals.

Lewis also tallied the first three goals of the second quarter as Paul Ruskoski (Tulsa, Oklahoma/Bishop Kelley HS) started off the scoring in the quarter, while Clement scored the next two. Boyenko added a goal sandwiched between two Hawk goals for an 11-3 lead at the half.

Clement scored seven seconds into the third quarter to give Lewis a 12-3 advantage. The teams then traded goals with Bravata scoring for the Flyers. A Quincy goal made it 13-5 before Kendrick scored the final goal of the quarter to make it 14-5. 

The Flyers scored the first five goals of the fourth quarter to pull further away.  Clement, Kendrick, Schroeder, Kalen Borg and John Spaans (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Claremont Secondary School) scored in the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT
Lewis returns home to take on Maryville Saturday (April 6) at 1 p.m.