CHICAGO—The Carthage College women's soccer team's second road contest over the past 39 days pitted them at the Holmgren Athletic Complex in Chicago for a Wednesday-evening bout against North Park University. Senior defender Taylor Stenmark came through for the Lady Reds as her four-point game propelled the team to a 5-1 victory over North Park.
 
Stenmark had a hand in Carthage's three corner-kick goals in the contest. Two of Stenmark's corner kicks set up goals from Makenzie McCloud and Libby Snyder. Her corner kick in the 58^th minute fooled Vikings goalkeeper Abigial Vandenberg and found the back of the net to make the score 5-0. Morgan Verbeten and Anna McHatton also chipped in goals for a Carthage offense that outshot North Park 26-13.
 
Lady Reds goalkeeper Emily Furmanek notched six saves for the Lady Reds while Theresa Weiss and Vandenberg collectively stopped 11 shots for the Vikings.
 
Carthage's first conference victory gives them a 7-5-3, 1-2-2 CCIW record while North Park drops to 5-8-1, 0-4-1 CCIW.
 
Lady Reds 5, North Park 1
 
Verbeten gave Carthage a quick 1-0 lead in the ninth minute with her second goal of the season. Furmanek proceeded to stop a pair of key shots from CCIW leading scorer Sam Moreno in the 26^th and 41^st minutes to keep Carthage's shutout intact. Stenmark provided more cushion to that scenario in the 44^th minute when her corner kick found McCloud in front of the net, where she buried a shot past Vikings goalkeeper Vandenberg to widen the margin to 2-0.
 
Stenmark's next corner kick resulted in a goal, courtesy of Snyder in the 51^st minute to push Carthage's lead to 3-0. The Lady Reds successfully cleared North Park's corner kick in the 54^th minute, and proceeded to march down the field and make the score 4-0. This time it was Anna McHatton who registered a goal off a feed from Verbeten in the 56th minute. 
 
Stenmark closed out Carthage's scoring when she tallied a goal on her corner kick in the 58^th minute to extend the score to 5-0. The Lady Reds' shutout bid came to an end in the 68^th minute when Nikolet Baxevanakis's goal narrowed North Park's deficit to 5-1.
 
The Lady Reds ended the contest with seven corner kicks while each team was assessed with a yellow card.
 
Carthage will face Millikin University in their home finale on Saturday, October 20 at 5:00 p.m. for senior day.