Casey Aicher

Box Score

Carthage CARTHAGE 2-1

Hope HOPE 2-1

Carthage CARTHAGE

2-1

Final

Mar. 04, 2023

Hope HOPE

2-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Carthage CARTHAGE	2	4	2	3	11
Hope HOPE	2	0	6	5	13

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 3/4/2023 2:49:00 PM

Pair of Late Goals Doom Firebirds at Hope

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HOLLAND, Mich. — In their second game in the state of Michigan, the Carthage College men's lacrosse team fell to Hope in a close contest 13-11 on Saturday afternoon.

Final score: Hope 13 - Carthage 11
Location: Holland, Michigan - Van Andel Soccer Stadium
Records: Hope (2-1), Carthage (2-1)

Hope started the game with two goals in the first quarter before Carthage tied it at two with goals from Andrew Johnson and Colin Poitras.
Four answered goals in the second quarter, coming from Poitras, George Burchfield, and Johnny Lane, saw the Firebirds go into the intermission break ahead 6-2.
Ben Krok got into the scoring column with a goal at the 14:58 mark of the third.
After the home team added a goal, Poitras scored his third goal of the game for an 8-3 score.
Hope retaliated with five consecutive goals tying it at eight heading to the final quarter.
Carthage regained the lead with goals from Burchfield and Poitras with 9:09 left in the game.
The home team rattled off four goals to go in front 13-10.
Though a goal from Andrew Frey shrunk the deficit to two, Hope held on to win the game.

In his season debut, Colin Poitras led the Firebirds in goals with four.
Andrew Frey and George Burchfield added two goals apiece while Ben Krok had a team-best three assists.
In goal, Jake Williamson made 11 saves through 60 minutes played.

"We played great lacrosse at times today, especially that first half just gave up too big a run in the third and couldn't capitalize late when we needed big plays.

The game reminded me a lot of our loss in the CCIW semifinals and how it ended. We had a chance to go up one on a great look and quickly turned to a goal going the other way, then we let the game get away from us in the last three.

There are a lot of learning opportunities here. And if we can value the lessons, the loss will be a positive for us this season.

Hope has been the winningest program in the Midwest the past five seasons, and playing here is tough, so I am proud of the effort we gave, but we also have to get back to work and continue to get better."