MEQUON, Wis.  — The Carthage College men's lacrosse team got back in the win column with an 18-12 win over Concordia (Wis.) on their final tune-up before starting conference play on Wednesday afternoon.

• Final score: Carthage 18 - Concordia (Wis.) 12
• Location: Mequon, Wisconsin - Fitting Field 
• Records: Carthage 7-2, Concordia (Wis.) 4-3

 
 

• Carthage opened the game with goals from Andrew Johnson and George Burchfield, taking a 3-1 lead early. 
• The Firebirds closed out the quarter with four more goals heading to the second. 
• Corbin Van Duyne and Johnson added to the Firebirds lead, moving the margin to 9-1. 
• Carthage held a 9-3 score heading to the intermission break. 
• The Firebirds put in six goals in the third, capped off by a goal from Burchfield, scoring his third of the game. 
• Jake Westland got in on the scoring in the fourth as Carthage won 18-12. 

• Colin Poitras continued to lead the Firebirds in scoring as he had five and two assists. 
• Andrew Johnson and George Burchfield each tacked on four goals, while Corbin Van Duyne and Alec Gern had two. 
• Ben Krok recorded four assists during the contest as Sam Wallace and Van Duyne registered five ground balls. 
• Between the pipes, Josiah Gartner stopped 15 shots on 44 shots faced. 

"The guys came out really well in the first quarter, and Concordia (Wis.) really had no answer for us in the first fifteen.  

CUW settled in and played us hard the last 45, and we lost a little bit of our momentum and focus. Coach Fahey does a good job at CUW, and that team will be tough in their conference at the end of the year.  

We need a better effort on ground balls, which hurt us the last three quarters, and we still need to find a way to finish more of our shots. It's always nice to get a road win against a quality opponent. I am proud of our guys; we still have much work to do."


 

• Carthage returns home taking on Elmhurst in their first conference match of the season on Saturday, April 1 starting at 1 p.m.