BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Carthage College men's lacrosse team (8-8, 4-0 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin) took the field at Tucci Stadium on Saturday, April 23 to face off against the Illinois Wesleyan University Titans (10-4, 2-1 CCIW).
 
The Red Men took control early in the first quarter and took a 3-0 lead with goals by Andy Szun (12:43), Tanner Thomas (10:52) and Dylan Harris (7:53). The Titans would be unable to respond until late in the first quarter when Evan Mok-Lamme and Will Rossi scored with less than three minutes remaining, closing the gap to 2-3 against the Red Men.
 
The Titans slammed down the gas pedal to start the second quarter as they took a 5-3 lead over Carthage with two goals by James Maibuecher and a solo goal by Tim Smith, his 45^th goal of the season. Carthage's Szun eventually scored with 7:32 remaining the first half to shorten the deficit to 4-5 and tied the game at 5-5 with 4:35 remaining. IWU's Nick Winter and Carthage's Harris would each score a goal in the final two minutes of the half to send the game into the half tied 6-6.
 
The Red Men dominated the third quarter making a 5-1 run against the Titans, expanding Carthage's lead to 11-7. Goal scorers during the third quarter for Carthage included Tanner Thomas (9:39), Billy Lane (8:30 & 3:11), Andy Szun (4:48), and Jared Ferrell (0:36).
 
IWU's Maibuecher and Michael Julius scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter to cut the Titan's deficit in half, 9-11. The Red Men responded quickly with two goals of their own from Lane and Harris to grow the lead to 13-9. With 32-seconds remaining in regulation, Luke Seydel made his 21^st goal of the season to make the score 14-9 in favor of the Red Men. The Titans made a last ditch effort with a Maibuecher goal with 11-seconds left, but would not be able to overtake the Red Men. Carthage won the match 14-9, continuing their perfect CCIW record.
 
Andy Szun led the Red Men in goals with four, closely followed by Billy Lane and Dylan Harris with three apiece, Tanner Thomas with two, and Luke Seydel and Jared Ferrell with one goal each. The Red Men made 40 shots, 24 of which were shots on goal, and 11 saves. Carthage also collected 31 ground balls, 14 face off wins, and were successful on 12-of-15 clear attempts.
 
The Red Men return to play on Saturday, April 30 at 3 p.m. in Rock Island, Ill. As they take on Augustana College at Thorson-Lucken Field. This will be the last regular season match for the Red Men before moving into post-season play.