ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The Lewis University baseball team defeated the UMSL Tritons in both games of a doubleheader again on Saturday giving Head Coach Mike Vuscko his 99th and 100th career wins as a Head Coach. 

Head Coach Mike Vuscko on the series:
"All three phases were clicking this weekend. Offensively the guys were outstanding from inning one on Friday to inning ten on Saturday. They were relentless. On the mound we really competed and threw strikes. We made a lot of big pitches this weekend. We have areas we need to keep improving everyday, but I really like the way we are trending."

GAME 1: Lewis 6, UMSL 3 (7 Innings)

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 18-6, 13-2 GLVC | UMSL 17-15, 7-9 GLVC

SUMMARY
George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) started the show today for the Flyers with a solo shot in the bottom of the first inning. That was followed up by three scoreless innings for both squads.

The Tritons tied the game at one in the top of the fourth with a sac-fly. The Flyers offense came back to life right after with another Bilecki solo home run. Will Bruno (Upton, MA/UNC Pembroke) singled to third and Hunley walked after, both of them would score on a two-run single by Cole Nelson (St. Charles, Ill/Lenoir Rhyne) making it a 4-1 game. 

UMSL had another solo home run in the top of the fifth to cut their deficit down to three. Bruno would add the one run back to the Flyers lead with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth. The Tritons would add one more run to the board in the seven inning game but the Flyers would hold out to take a 6-3 victory. 

GAME 2: Lewis 12, UMSL 11 (10 innings)

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 19-6, 14-2 GLVC | UMSL 17-15, 7-9 GLVC

SUMMARY
Brennan Field was turn into the site of a battle of attrition between the Lewis Flyers and the visiting UMSL Tritons. 

It began with a Jason Krol (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) single to right field, pushing Chris McDevitt (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) to home and Bilecki to third. Bilecki would score on a Cole Headrick sac-fly making it 2-1 Flyers. 

The Tritons took the lead in the top of the second with a pair of two-run home runs making it a 4-2 game. After going quiet in the second, the Flyers tied the game at four with a two-run home run of their own off the bat of Headrick. 

A scoreless fourth inning was met by a another Triton lead with another sac-fly to make it 5-4. The Flyers responded the next half inning with a three-run home run from Nelson to bring home Hunley and Bruno making it 7-5 Flyers.

UMSL took the lead again in the top of the sixth with the runs off of a solo home run and two RBIs. The Flyers once again responded to UMSL in the bottom of the sixth with a McDevitt home run and a Headrick three-run home run to take an 11-8 lead.

The Tritons tied the game at 11 in the top of the eighth and with a deadlock for the ninth, the two squads went into extra innings. 

With Jackson Bruno (Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame Prep) on the mound for the Flyers, the ninth inning went three up three down with a ground out and two strikeouts from Bruno.

Lewis loaded the bases to bring up W. Bruno, who sent a rocket down the third base line which stayed fair, scoring Kocen. Bruno received the water cooler shower and head coach Mike Vuscko achieved his 100th career win as head coach of the Flyers. 

UP NEXT
Lewis will return to Brennan Filed on Tuesday, April 1st for a single game against GLIAC opponent Roosevelt at 3:00 p.m. This marks a rematch for the Flyers after losing the the Lakers earlier this week. 
 
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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