ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Davenport men's lacrosse team returned back to conference play after three straight non-conference wins on Wednesday at Lewis. The Flyers won their GLVC opener 12-3 over the Panthers who are now 3-2 overall and 0-2 in the GLVC. Lewis dropped out of the top 25 this week but played strong defense throughout and broke the game open in the third quarter.
Lewis led 3-1 after the first quarter as DU's
James Johnston scored first at 14:06 and then the Flyers responded with nine straight goals. They scored just one in a slow second quarter for a 4-1 lead at halftime.
Dylan Day scored at 4:25 of the third quarter to stop the streak but Lewis led 10-2 after three quarters.
Jordan Caskenette scored at 8:17 of the fourth quarter sandwiched between a pair of Lewis goals.
Davenport had just nine shots on goal and 24 total in the contest. Lewis had 28 shots on goal and 43 total.
Daniel Milano made a season-high 16 saves in the cage for DU. Davenport held a 10-9 edge in face-off wins. Baden Boyenko led Lewis with four goals. Evan Clement and Nolan Dalep each scored three goals for Lewis. Milano also led the team with 10 groundballs.
