TIFFIN, Ohio -- The Lewis University men's lacrosse team defeated Tiffin 23-2 at Paradiso Turf Field on Tuesday (Feb. 25). 

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 4-1 | Tiffin 0-1

LEWIS LEADERS
Goals: Nolan Dalep (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Claremont Secondary School) (3), Lance McCann (Elmhurst,Illinois/York Community HS) (3), Malikye Good (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic HS) (3), Paul Ruskoski (Tulsa, Oklahoma/Bishop Kelley HS) (3)
Assists: Good (2), Camden Rappis (Delafield, Wisconsin/Kettle Moraine HS) (2)
Ground Balls: Logan Suchy (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota/Simley HS) (6)
Saves: Caden Donahue (Hugo, Minnesota/Mahtomedi HS) (4), Anthony Luczak (Arlington Heights, Illinois/St. Viator HS / Milwaukee School of Engineering) (3)

GAME SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER: Lewis 9, Tiffin 0
Lewis scored the first nine goals in the contest, including every score in the opening period, to jump to a 9-0 lead. Ruskoski was the first one to find the back of the net to make it 1-0.
 
31 seconds later, McCann found Rappis for an opening to make it 2-0. Rappis was able to locate Good at the 7:22 mark for the goal to extend the lead out to 3-0. 
 
McCann found the back of the net himself after receiving the pass from Dalep for the goal with 6:40 left in the first. Dalep scored himself to with 3:53 remaining, giving the Flyers a 5-0 lead.
 
Domenic Tarello (Libertyville, Illinois/Libertyville HS) made it 6-0 after winning the face-off, took it all the way, and scored six seconds later. Luke Schroeder (Plymouth, Minnesota/Totino-Grace HS) and McCann both took it themselves with the following two goals 28 seconds apart to give Lewis an 8-0 lead. 
 
Michael Metheny (Fishers, Indiana/Hamilton Southeastern HS) found Schroeder in the final 38 seconds as Schroeder found the back of the net for a 9-0 advantage. 
 
SECOND QUARTER: Lewis 7, Tiffin 1
Lewis began the second quarter with the first three goals, bringing the lead to 12-0. In the opening 1:17 of the second quarter, Dalep scored his second tally after receiving Good's pass to make it 10-0. 
 
Xan Hayes (Leonardtown, Maryland/Leonardtown HS) found Good 35 seconds later to extend it to 11-0. Dominic Bravata (Portage, Michigan/Portage Northern HS) entered the stat sheet for the Flyers after passing it into Rappis for his second goal of the contest to make it 12-0.
 
Tiffin got on the scoreboard and scored its first goal at 10:56 in the second. Lewis tacked on four more goals the rest of the second quarter, giving the Flyers a 16-1 lead at halftime.
 
Suchy found Jackson Marindin (White Hall, Maryland/The John Carroll School) 11 seconds later, making it 13-1. Kevin Blaz (McHenry, Illinois/Marian Central Catholic HS) fed it inside to McCann for the score, making it 14-1. 
 
Rappis picked up his second assist of the contest after tossing it into Hayes for the score for a 15-1 lead. Good picked up a hat trick after scoring his third goal in the closing seconds of the first half, which gave Lewis the 16-1 advantage.
 
THIRD QUARTER: Lewis 6, Tiffin 0
Lewis scored all six goals of the third quarter while keeping Tiffin off the scoreboard. Good picked up a point after finding Ruskoski for the score to extend the lead to 17-1. 
 
Leo Dunlap (Omaha, Nebraska/Creighton Preparatory HS) won the ensuing faceoff, took it all the way, and found the back of the net for the goal, making it 18-1. Max Anderson (Prior Lake, Minnesota/Prior Lake HS) recorded the next pair of goals for the Flyers after scoring at the 11:48 and 7:46 marks in the third to make it 20-1. 
 
Lewis extended the lead out to 21-1 after Nick Sheedy (Rosemount, Minnesota/Rosemount HS) located Zach Buddelmeyer (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro HS) for the score with 5:52 remaining in the third.  Ruskoski would throw it into Dalep for the hat trick, giving Lewis a 22-1 lead. 

FOURTH QUARTER: Lewis 1, Tiffin 1
Tiffin scored the fourth quarter's first goal, which made it 22-2 in favor of the Flyers. Titus Chapman (Knoxville, Tennessee/Farragut HS) found Ruskoski with less than a minute remaining in the contest for the goal to make it 23-2-.

FINAL SCORE: Lewis 23, Tiffin 2
 
UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action on Saturday, March 8, as the Flyers host Westminster (Utah) at Lewis Stadium starting at 1 p.m. CT.
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Be sure to join us Wednesday, March 26, as we induct our newest inductees of the Athletics Hall of Fame at the Flyer Red Dinner at Bolingbrook Golf Club starting at 6 p.m. CT. Purchase tickets at https://lewisflyers.com/2025FlyerRedDinner
 
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