ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The No. 10 Lewis University men's lacrosse team won its seven straight contest as the Flyers defeated Quincy 18-4 to open Great Lakes Valley Conference play Tuesday (March 18).

TEAM RECORDS
#10 Lewis 8-1, 1-0 GLVC | Quincy 3-4, 0-1 GLVC

LEWIS LEADERS
Goals: Paul Ruskoski (Tulsa, Oklahoma/Bishop Kelley HS) (5), Malikye Good (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic HS) (4)
Assists: Good (2), Ruskoski (2)
Ground Balls: Dylan Kendrick (Chanhassen, Minnesota/Chanhassen HS) (7), Tyler Davis (Edina, Minnesota/Edina HS) (6)
Saves: Caden Donahue (Hugo, Minnesota/Mahtomedi HS) (10)

GAME SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER: Lewis 4, Quincy 0
Lewis scored the first four goals and the only ones in the opening quarter. Xan Hayes (Leonardtown, Maryland/Leonardtown HS) opened up the scoring with his goal, making it 1-0.
 
Paul Ruskoski (Tulsa, Oklahoma/Bishop Kelley HS) scored the next two goals for the Flyers, giving Lewis a 3-0 advantage. His first goal came 13 seconds later off a pass from Kendrick after obtaining the ground ball from the face-off. 
 
Three-time reigning GLVC Offensive Player of the Week Malikye Good (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic HS) appeared on the stat sheet after assisting Ruskoski for the score.  Good made it 4-0 after receiving the pass from Kevin Blaz (McHenry, Illinois/Marian Central Catholic HS).
 
SECOND QUARTER: Lewis 5, Quincy 2
Lewis started the scoring with the first pair of goals in the second quarter, extending the Flyers lead to 6-0. Logan Suchy (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota/Simley HS) took the ball himself and found the back of the cage, making it 5-0 Lewis.
 
Ruskoski recorded another point in the stat sheet after setting up Good for the score, giving Lewis a 6-0 advantage. Quincy got on the scoreboard after scoring with 7:08 to go in the half. 
 
Lewis scored the next three goals of the contest, giving the Flyers a 9-1 advantage. Luke Schroeder (Plymouth, Minnesota/Totino-Grace HS) found Camden Rappis (Delafield, Wisconsin/Kettle Moraine HS) with 4:08 to play in the first, extending the Lewis lead to 7-1.
 
Nolan Dalep (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Claremont Secondary School) found Ruskoski for an opening to score, giving Lewis a 8-1 lead. Seven seconds later, Ruskoski found Xan Hayes (Leonardtown, Maryland/Leonardtown HS) for the score, making it 9-1.
 
Quincy closed out half with a goal at the 1:09 mark in the second quarter.
 
THIRD QUARTER: Lewis 5, Quincy 1
Lewis scored the first three goals of the second half, as Schroeder and Jackson Marindin (White Hall, Maryland/The John Carroll School) took the initiative to score. Lance McCann (Elmhurst,Illinois/York Community HS) found Good for the goal, extending the Flyers' lead. 
 
Quincy scored the next goal, which was their only score of the quarter with 1:00 remaining cutting the deficit down to 12-3. Lewis responded immediately with the next goal; after winning the face-off Hayes picked up the ground ball and passed it inside to Good for the score, making it 13-3.
 
In the closing seconds of the third, Davis circulated it inside to Ruskoski for a goal, giving Lewis a 14-3 advantage at the end of three.

FOURTH QUARTER: Lewis 4, Quincy 1
Ruskoski netted the next goal to start the final period, extending the lead to 15-3. Quincy scored its last goal of the game with 12:02 remaining, making it 15-4 Lewis. 
 
The Flyers scored the last three goals of the match in the final 11:07 to play. Zach Buddelmeyer (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro HS) logged a point after receiving the ball from Josh Krolik (Plainfield, Illinois/St. Rita of Cascia HS) for the score. 
 
37 seconds later, Nick Sheedy (Rosemount, Minnesota/Rosemount HS) threw the ball into Marindin, who found the back of the net for the goal, giving Lewis a 17-4 advantage. Buddelmeyer capped the scoring after Fritz Whalen (Buford, Georgia/Buford High School) passed it inside to him for the goal, making it 18-4.

FINAL SCORE: Lewis 18, Quincy 4
 
UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action on Saturday, March 22, as the Flyers host Alabama-Huntsville at Lewis Stadium starting at noon CT. 
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Be sure to join us Wednesday, March 26, as we induct our newest members 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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