Nashville, Tenn. - Opening their season on the road in Nashville with an early morning face-off against Hendrix College, the Illinois Tech men's lacrosse team found themselves trailing 5-4 with 10 minutes remaining in the third quarter. The Scarlet Hawks would respond, however, using a six-goal outburst  to open up a 10-5 lead en route to a 10-6 victory. The Hawks open their 2025 campaign 1-0. The Warriors fall to 0-3 on the season.

Jackson Brass opens his season with a 4-goal performance to lead all players. Diego Sosa added two goals and an assist in the victory. Kyle Johnson recorded 18 saves for the win.

How It Happened

• 1st Quarter - Hendrix 2 - Illinois Tech 0: Hendrix scores two early goals to jump out to a 2-0 lead. The Warriors outshot the Scarlet Hawks 11-6 in the opening frame.
• 2nd Quarter - Hendrix 2 - Illinois Tech 4: After Matthew Parsons on Hendrix scored just over one minute into the second quarter, the Scarlet Hawks would come back, scoring three consecutive goals to tie the game at 3-3. Each team would add one goal in the final minutes of the quarter to head into halftime tied at 4-4. Sosa led the Hawks with two goals.
• 3rd Quarter: Hendrix 1 - Illinois Tech 4: With just under five minutes played in the third quarter, Hendrix would score a go-ahead goal to take a 5-4 lead. The Scarlet Hawks would close out the third quarter with four unanswered goals to take an 8-5 lead into the fourth quarter. Brass led the Hawks with two goals in the quarter.
• 4th Quarter: Hendrix 1 - Illinois Tech 2: The Scarlet Hawks would add on to their lead in the fourth quarter, with Brass tallying his fourth of the match, followed by Marc Rebusi's first career collegiate goal, to give the Hawks a 10-5 lead. The Warriors would score with 13 seconds remaining for the final score tally favoring the Scarlet Hawks, 10-6

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• Jackson Brass with 4 goals on 11 shots, 6 shots on goal, with 1 caused turnover
• Diego Sosa with 2 goals on 11 shots, 3 shots on goal, with 1 assist, for 3 points
• Yano Porter with 1 goal on 4 shots, 2 shots on goal and 2 ground balls
• Alexander Stokrp with 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 ground ball
• Connor Montgomery with his first career collegiate goal
• Marc Rebusi with his first career collegiate goal
• Henry Rankin with 4 ground balls and 3 caused turnovers
• Tomas Shefrin with 2 ground balls and 3-5 on faceoffs
• Duwayne Aikins 5-9 on faceoffs with 1 ground ball
• Altan Brown with 1 assist, 2 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers
• Kyle Johnson recorded 18 saves in the contest for the win

Inside The Box Score

• Klaus Rowan led the Warriors with 2 goals and 1 assist
• Hendrix outshot Illinois Tech 49-43
• Hendrix scored the lone extra-man goal, and was 1-6 with the man advantage; The Hawks were 0-4

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks will take on Transylvania at 10:00am in Nashville on Sunday morning to wrap up their weekend in the Music City Classic.