HAMMOND, Ind. -- The No. 13 Lewis University baseball team lost a non-conference contest to Purdue Northwest 11-3 Tuesday (April 15). 

TEAM RECORDS
Purdue Northwest 14-15 | No. 13 Lewis 28-9

SUMMARY
Purdue Northwest jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning after scoring a pair of runs. 
 
Lewis got one right back in the top of the second inning after Cole Nelson (St. Charles, Ill/Lenoir Rhyne) drove home John Henry Russell (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) with an RBI single. 
 
George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) tied the game 2-2 in the third inning after the junior connected on his 17^th home-run of the season on a solo shot.
 
PNW responded with three runs in the bottom of the third, giving the Pride a 5-2 lead. 
 
Nelson got one run back for the Flyers after hitting a solo home run, his eighth of the season, to cut the deficit down to 5-3. That would be the final run for Lewis for the rest of the game. 
 
The Pride scored six unanswered runs, including one in the fourth, two in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh to grab a 11-3 lead. That score would hold as Purdue Northwest won 11-3.
 
UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action for a four-game Great Lakes Valley Conference series against Southwest Baptist starting on Thursday, April 17.
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Be sure to join us Friday, June 13 as host our 45th annual Golf Outing at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club starting at 1 p.m. For more information and to register visit: https://www.alumni.lewisu.edu/2025-athletics-golf-outing

FLYERS ANNUAL FUND
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