MEMPHIS, TENN.—The Carthage College men's lacrosse team faced Rhodes College on Sunday afternoon following an eight-day hiatus from competition. Both teams were in pursuit of staying undefeated in the young 2017 campaign.
 
The Red Men either led or tied Rhodes 54:04 out of 61:03 of action in the contest. However, Ryan Fennelly's goal 1:03 into overtime gave Rhodes a 9-8 victory over the Red Men.
 
Ethan Flight, Andy Szun and Andrew Krom each tallied a pair of goals for a Carthage offense that held a 41-30 advantage in shots. Andy Meyers and Matt Curran teamed up to win 13-of-20 faceoffs for the Red Men.
 
Carthage falls to 2-1, 0-0 CCIW while Rhodes improves to 3-0, 0-0 SAA.
 
Rhodes 9, Red Men 8 OT
 
The Red Men mustered one goal in the opening quarter, but held a 10-3 edge in shots throughout the frame. Briefly down 1-0, Andy Szun tallied his sixth goal of the season on the man-up variety at the 7:29 mark of the first quarter to tie the game 1-1.  
 
Fennelly gave Rhodes a brief 2-1 lead with 8:31 left in the second quarter before Carthage capitalized on the man-up once again. This time it was Ethan Flight scoring at the 7:50 mark of the second frame to tie the contest 2-2.
 
Andrew Krom and Billy Lane tallied goals in Carthage's 2-1 run that propelled them to a 4-3 lead at halftime.
 
The third quarter was near déjà vu of the first as the Red Men held a 12-4 lead in shots despite a 1-1 score in the frame. A Fennelly turnover, followed by Carthage's successful clear paved the way for Trevor Thelander's goal with 9:19 remaining in the third quarter to make the score 5-3.
 
Both teams traded goals twice to make the score 7-5 with 11:34 remaining in the fourth quarter. Rhodes responded with three goals within 97 seconds of each other to regain an 8-7 lead at the 8:42 mark of the fourth quarter.
 
Andrew Krom capitalized on Carthage's fourth man-up tally of the contest to tie the game 8-8 with 4:42 remaining in regulation.
 
Rhodes won the opening faceoff in overtime and kept possession until Fennelly's second goal of the contest 1:03 into overtime that gave them a 9-8 victory.

Cameron Laird notched five saves in 61:03 of action in net for Carthage. 
 
The Red Men will return to action on Saturday, February 25 at Beloit College. Opening faceoff is set for 1:00 p.m.