Rua and the Storm, despite sitting on the outside looking in for the conference tournament, finished the regular season in style with several historical feats of note. LEC played against Fairmont State, Gannon and Malone to finish out the spring.
Rua batted .444 while going 8-for-18 at the plate in five games. He scored eight runs, doubled, tripled and homered, with six RBI.
Lake Erie set a single-game conference record by erupting for 31 runs in the first contest of a doubleheader against Fairmont State. Rua accounted for five of those to tie the single-game record by a player since the start of the league in 2013.
Rua went 3-for-5 with five runs, three RBI in game one against the Falcons. He also walked twice and stole a base. Game two was more of the same production with three more hits, including two in extra-base style with a double and triple.
Rua hit a solo home run in the opener against Malone and went 1-for-3 to close out the weekend against the Pioneers.
Rua is the younger brother of Texas Rangers outfielder and former Lake Erie draft pick Ryan Rua. He started in 34 of the 35 games played for the Storm and batted .272 with 10 doubles and 19 RBI.