KENOSHA, WIS.—The Carthage College men's lacrosse team hosted a rare doubleheader tilt against Whittier College (Calif.) and North Central College (Ill.). The Red Men registered wins against Northland College (21-5) and Hope College (14-5) in their previous doubleheader on February 10. The wear and tear of two games continued to not faze Carthage as they defeated Whittier College 12-2, and North Central 8-4. Saturday's nightcap also marked the inaugural meeting between Carthage and the first-year Cardinals.
 
The Red Men's win over Whittier was a milestone moment for head coach David Neff, who tallied his 100^th career coaching victory. The doubleheader sweep gives Neff a 101-51 career record.
 
The sweep gives Carthage a 12-3, 4-0 CCIW record. Whittier falls to 7-6 while North Central drops to 9-2, 1-1 CCIW.
 
Red Men 12, Whittier 2
 
Billy Lane tied for a career-high five goals in the contest while Andy Szun contributed a hat trick.
 
Two of Lane's goals gave Carthage a 2-0 advantage at the 9:05 mark of the first quarter, with his second tally coming at the man-up variety. The Red Men racked up two penalties within the next four minutes of play. Whittier capitalized on one of them when Nate Heritage registered a man-up goal with 5:29 left in the opening frame to cut their deficit to 2-1.
 
Szun closed the frame with a pair of goals to push Carthage's advantage to 4-1 heading into the second frame. The dynamic duo of Lane and Szun tallied all four Carthage goals in the second quarter to widen the score to 8-1 at halftime.
 
The Red Men managed two goals in the third quarter despite outshooting Whittier 14-6 in the frame. Those goals came from Luke Seydel and Jordyn Williams to make the score 10-1. Fourth-quarter goals from William Gast and Clayton Smith helped Carthage outscore the Poets 2-1 in the frame and lock up a 12-2 victory.
 
The Red Men out shot Whittier 44-18 while also holding advantages in ground balls (29-14) and face-off wins (11-6) in the contest. Andy Meyers won 11-of-14 attempts from the circle and scooped nine ground balls in the process.

Carthage goalkeeper Ryan Smith made eight saves in the contest.
 
Red Men 8, North Central 4
 
The Red Men out shot North Central 11-3 in the opening frame, but only mustered a pair of goals. Luke Seydel gave Carthage a 1-0 lead at the 8:18 mark of the first quarter. North Central tied the game 1-1 with 6:33 left in the frame before Carthage regained the lead with Lane's goal at the 5:00 mark of the opening quarter.
 
The Cardinals' Danny Boyle notched the second quarter's lone goal with 9:48 remaining to tie the game 2-2.
 
The third quarter was déjà vu from the first as Carthage registered 11 shots. The Red Men managed three goals to the Cardinals' two to take a 5-4 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
 
Red Men goalkeeper Ryan Smith stopped all seven North Central shots in the fourth quarter. He received four goals of offensive support to ice an 8-4 victory over North Central.
 
The Red Men out shot North Central 36-20 in the contest while holding advantages in ground balls (28-15) and faceoffs (14-2). Seydel and Lane each notched two goals for the Carthage offense while Meyers won 14-of-16 faceoffs.

Goalkeeper Smith made 10 saves for the Red Men in the contest.
 
Carthage will return to action on Saturday, April 22 at Benedictine University. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.