Saturday Tilt at North Central Goes Against the Firebirds

Box Score NAPERVILLE, Ill. — On Saturday, the Carthage College men's lacrosse team suffered a 14-7 setback at the hands of North Central (Ill.) in conference action.

Final score: North Central (Ill.) 14 - Carthage 7
Location: Naperville, Illinois -
Records: North Central (Ill.) 9-4 (4-0 CCIW), Carthage 10-4 (2-2 CCIW)

Colin Poitras got the ball rolling for the Firebirds at the 13:55 mark of the first quarter.
North Central (Ill.) tied it at one two minutes later, then took control of the game with three unanswered goals flipping the score to 4-1 heading to the second quarter.
In the second, the Cardinals tacked on a lone goal until two quick goals 25 seconds apart from Andrew Frey, and Poitras made it a two-point game.
The home team responded with two goals nine seconds apart, pushing the lead to four.
A goal from Andrew Johnson changed the margin to 7-4.
North Central (Ill.) ended the half with four-straight goals taking an 11-4 score into the halftime break.
Carthage netted two in the third as Frey and Alec Gern scored two.
The Cardinals added another goal in the fourth, but Carthage got it back as Gern netted another.
Though Poitras scored late, North Central (Ill.) won the game 14-8.

Colin Poitras had a hat trick on the day, scoring three, followed by Alec Gern and Andrew Frey with two.
Ben Krok tallied five ground balls in the contest.
Andrew Johnson was the team's top assist leader collecting two in the game.

"We were just not sharp today. We need a better effort and execution across the board.

We didn't move well on offense or take care of the ball and settled for shots that haven't been typical for us. Their goalie made the saves he needed to and hurt us with his bigger stops early in the game. We didn't have composure on offense in the second half and made some poor decisions and plays that prevented us from getting back in the game.

We also struggled at the X against a team that was below fifty percent all season, and that really prevented us from gaining any traction.

It's difficult because we shut down the guys we wanted to on the defensive side, but their middies who had the SS just hammered us in the 1vs1 matchups in the first half. The bright side is I thought our close guys had a pretty solid day, but we needed better from the other guys on defense."

The Firebirds return home to play Carroll (Wis.) for Senior Day on Wednesday, April 26, at 7 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#45 Andrew Frey: M; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#40 Alec Gern: A; 6' 1"; Junior

#1 Andrew Johnson: A; 5' 9"; Junior

#30 Ben Krok: M; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#41 Colin Poitras: A/M; 5' 8"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#45 Andrew Frey
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: M

#40 Alec Gern
: 6' 1"; Junior
: A

#1 Andrew Johnson
: 5' 9"; Junior
: A

#30 Ben Krok
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: M

#41 Colin Poitras
: 5' 8"; Senior
: A/M