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Milwaukee are starting to put some space between themselves and their respective competitors, adding another title to its Midwest Seven Series by taking out the Lakefront 7s with a 28-7 victory over the Chicago Griffins in the final.

Milwaukee got off to a sluggish start, drawing its opening round during pool play against the Griffins, but found enough fluidity to down the Young Bloodz and Chicago 7 to win take the group.

"This is the most competitive tournament we've played in thus far," said Zubowski who skippered Milwaukee at the 84 team event.

"The Griffins had greatly approved from last weekend. Same with the Young Bloodz," he added.

Milwaukee hit its stride during the semifinal, shutting out the visiting Winnipeg Wasps 45-0, though the final proved a lot tougher. Down 7-0 in the first half, hooker Kevin Smythe got the hometown crowd on its feet with an 80-meter run en route to a try to tie it up.

"It's hard to build on our semifinal performance, but Kevin really stepped it up in the final," Zukowski continued.

Milwaukee took that momentum into the second half, stepped up its defense and forcedturnovers that set up three unanswered tries, and Smythe's second five-pointer of the championship.

"I'd like to think there's always room for improvement, but these past two weeks have brought us to a level we'd hoped to be at by this time."

Milwaukee has competed in four Sevens Series tournaments, with three first-place finishes and one third place. The team hasn't decided whether to compete at Grand Rapids, given its series-leading point cushion.

"It'll be interesting to see how this decision evolves," Zukowski said."If we don't compete for seed, we'll take it easy until the MidwestChampionship."