KENOSHA, WIS.—The #3 Carthage College men's lacrosse team (12-5, 4-2 CCIW) will face #2 Elmhurst College in the 2018 CCIW Men's Lacrosse Tournament Semifinal at Langhorst Field in Elmhurst, Illinois on Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. This will mark Carthage's first road CCIW Tournament Game in their four years in the conference. The Red Men sport a 4-2 all-time record in the CCIW Tournament that's resulted in one championship for them (2016).
 
The CCIW doesn't receive one of the 25 automatic bids given to conference tournament winners. CCIW teams may qualify for two of the pool "B" bids given to teams in conferences without an automatic qualifier, or one of the nine pool "C" at-large slots.
 
ABOUT ELMHURST COLLEGE (13-2, 5-1 CCIW)
 
The Bluejays, in their sixth year of existence, defeated Carthage for the first time ever 9-5 on April 19. Recently named 2018 CCIW Offensive Player of the Year Mac Harden led all players with four goals in the contest for the Bluejays, which included a man-up tally. Elmhurst held Red Men leading scorer and 2018 All-CCIW First Teamer Andy Szun to just one assist in the contest.
 
Harden engineers a high-powered Bluejays offense that ranks 16^th in the country with 24.20 points per game. Individually, Harden is seventh among NCAA Division III players with 3.86 goals per game.
 
Eric Langston commands the Bluejays defense with 35 caused turnovers, while Carter Meyer's 222-340 (.653) face-off winning percentage ranks second in the CCIW.
 
Elmhurst produced seven 2018 All-CCIW First Team selections in Harden (first team), Jacob Delgado (first team), Trent Nyberg (first team), Langston (first team), Meyer (second team), Noah Monahan (second team) and Marcus Yandall (second team). Delgado leads the Bluejays goalies with a 6.41 goals against average and a .596 save percentage over 11 starts.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
 
The winner will face either #1 Illinois Wesleyan or #4 Augustana College (Ill.) in the CCIW Tournament Championship Game on Saturday, May 5 at a site and time yet to be determined.