#10 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Men’s Lacrosse Wins Eighth Straight; Defeats UAH
Published: March 22, 2025.

The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú men's lacrosse team won its eighth straight contest as the Flyers defeated Alabama-Huntsville 20-5 at ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Stadium Saturday (March 22).
HEAD COACH JOE PERRUZZI
"Today was a great team win for our program. We were clicking on all cylinders, playing with great pace and executing at a high level. We are looking forward to the challenge of some high level competition in the next couple weeks."
TEAM RECORDS
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 9-1 | Alabama-Huntsville 2-9
LEWIS LEADERS
³Ò´Ç²¹±ô²õ: (Tulsa, Oklahoma/Bishop Kelley HS) (5), (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic HS) (4)
Assists: Good (2), (Leonardtown, Maryland/Leonardtown HS) (2)
Ground Balls: (Libertyville, Illinois/Libertyville HS) (8)
Saves: (Hugo, Minnesota/Mahtomedi HS) (5)
GAME SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 5, Alabama-Huntsville 2
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú scored the first pair of goals to start the contest. Ruskoski initiated the scoring after receiving the pass from (McHenry, Illinois/Marian Central Catholic HS), making it 1-0 early.
Good extended the lead to 2-0 after (Elmhurst,Illinois/York Community HS) found him for the score at the 11:14 mark in the first quarter. Alabama-Huntsville got on the board after having a player advantage, making it 2-1.
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú scored the next goal with the advantage after Good found Ruskoski, making it 3-1. The Chargers scored the subsequent goal, cutting it down to 3-2.
The Flyers scored the final pair of goals to end the opening quarter. Collier and Ruskoski both took the ball themselves for the scores, making it 5-2.
SECOND QUARTER: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 4, Alabama-Huntsville 1
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú scored three straight goals to start the second, making it five unanswered for the Flyers. Good passed it inside to Ruskoski in the opening minute of the second quarter extending it to 6-2.
(Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Claremont Secondary School) entered the stat sheet after finding an opening in the defense and hitting the back of the net, making it 7-2 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú. Collier also took it himself for the following goal, giving ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú a 8-2 lead.
Alabama-Huntsville got back on the scoring side after having a man-up with 1:26 to play in the half, cutting it down to 8-3. (Leonardtown, Maryland/Leonardtown HS) found McCann with 23 seconds remaining in the half for another ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú goal, making it 9-3.
THIRD QUARTER: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 5, Alabama-Huntsville 0
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú scored the only five goals in the third quarter, giving them a 14-3 lead after three. (Fishers, Indiana/Hamilton Southeastern HS) found Ruskoski in the opening 90 seconds of the period, making it 10-3.
The Flyers were able to record the next goal after Hayes found Good while being a man-down for the score, taking a 11-3 lead. Tarello took the following face-off and passed it inside to Hayes, as the Flyers were still a man-down and ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú found the back of the cage for a 12-3 advantage.
Blaz took it himself for the next goal with 2:42 remaining in the third, extending it to 14-3. (Simpsonville, Kentucky/Christian Academy of Louisville) recorded his first point of the contest with 37 seconds left, making it 15-3 in favor of the Flyers.
FOURTH QUARTER: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 6, Alabama-Huntsville 2
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú continued its run and scored the first three goals, bringing their total to nine unanswered goals, extending the Flyers lead to 17-3. Dalep found Good in the opening 34 seconds of the period for the score.
(Prior Lake, Minnesota/Prior Lake HS) scored his first goal of the season after taking it himself for the score at the 13:34 mark in the fourth. Ruskoski found another opening, this time it was (Huntley, Illinois/Huntley HS) for the goal.
Alabama-Huntsville scored the next goal to end its scoreless drought, cutting it down to 17-4. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú proceeded to score the next pair of goals after (Rosemount, Minnesota/Rosemount HS)½ý²Ô»å (Delafield, Wisconsin/Kettle Moraine HS) took it themselves within one minute of each other, giving ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú a 19-4 lead.
The Chargers scored their final goal with 3:30 remaining in the game, and ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú was still ahead 19-5. The Flyers scored in the closing seconds of the contest after (Buford, Georgia/Buford High School) found Sheedy for the final goal of the game, making it 20-5.
FINAL SCORE: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 20, Alabama-Huntsville 5
UP NEXT
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú will be back in action on Saturday, March 29, as the Flyers host No. 7 Seton Hill at ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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
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