ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Picking up their second win of the season to get back to .500 tonight was the University of Dubuque men's lacrosse team as they tied a season-high 17 goals in rout to a 17-4 victory of Augustana College (IL) on Wednesday night.
The Spartans wasted no time in the game as
Giovanni Silva scored the first three goals of the game in the first seven minutes of play.
Sam Todd assisted Silva's third goal and with that assist became the all-time career assists leader in program history with 59 career assists and counting. Todd would then follow up with a goal of his own which would be the first of four goals by the junior.
Augustana then cut the lead in half with their first two goals of the night to cut the Spartans lead to 4-2.
Aidan Culligan and Todd added on to the Spartans lead to lead 6-2 after the first quarter. The Spartans blew the game open in the second quarter scoring six straight unanswered goals with
Tyler Johnson,
Tyler Lyons, and
Ryan Doyle getting their first goals of the night along with Lyons and Doyle scoring their first goals of the season. The Spartans would lead by 10 goals the half.
Augustana scored the first goal of the second half before the Spartans scored the final four goals of the game.
Quintten Rangel scored his team-best fifth man-up goal of the season in the fourth quarter tonight. Silva finished the night with a game-high five goals while Todd finished with four. Culligan added four assists.
The Spartans maintained the offensive threat the majority of the night getting off 59 shots compared to only 20 for Augustana. Of the 21 Augustana turnovers, the Spartans were able to force 10 of them with Doyle leading the team with three. The Spartans were perfect on clear attempts (22-22) and won 16-25 on face offs.
The Spartans move to 2-2 overall on the season. After tonight's game Silva is now only two points away from the all-time career leader in points in program history.
Up Next
The Spartans will be back at home on Saturday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m. when they take on Carthage College on Oyen Field.
