Kayleigh Wieska

Box Score

Aurora AURORA 3-5, 0-0

CARTHAGE COLLEGE CARTHAGE 5-2, 0-0

Aurora AURORA

3-5, 0-0

Final

Mar. 23, 2024

CARTHAGE COLLEGE CARTHAGE

5-2, 0-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	OT	F
Aurora AURORA	3	1	3	3	0	10
CARTHAGE COLLEGE CARTHAGE	1	5	1	3	1	11

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 3/23/2024 7:58:00 PM

Career Day for Claridge Elevates Firebirds to Win in Overtime Thriller

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Lake Forest College

3/26/2024 | 7 p.m.

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Carthage 11, Aurora 10 (F/OT)
KENOSHA, Wis. - The Carthage women's lacrosse team faced off against the Aurora Spartans on Saturday afternoon at Art Keller Field. The game was a back and forth battle for the entire 60 minutes of play, and needed an overtime period to decide the winner. The Firebirds came away with the victory, as a freshman student-athlete played hero in the overtime win.

First Quarter:

Aurora was the first to find the back of the net, scoring a goal 2:11 into the contest
The Firebirds quickly retaliated with a goal by Hannah Kim, which was assisted by Kyleigh Higgins
The opposing team went on a 2-0 run with back to back goals, making the score 3-1 at the end of the first quarter

Second Quarter:

After a slow start to the second quarter, the Firebirds tied the score with back-to-back goals from August Claridge, one of which was assisted by Shannon Heitschmidt
The Firebirds pushed ahead with a goal scored by Heitschmidt, with the assist being credited to Emma McDonald
Just 18 seconds after, Claridge scored her third goal of the contest to earn the hat trick
Carthage went on a 5-0 run with another goal from Claridge after a free position attempt
The Spartans lessened the deficit with a goal, making the score 6-4 to finish the half

Third Quarter:

Claridge continued her scoring spree with a goal assisted by McDonald to start off the second half
With 2:10 left in the third quarter, Aurora came back with three straight goals, tying the score at 7-7 heading into the fourth quarter

Fourth Quarter:

The Spartans started off the last quarter with three goals, jumping out to a 10-7 lead
Heitschmidt responded with her second goal of the contest, with McDonald earning another assist
Shortly after, Higgins followed suit with a goal assisted by Claridge, closing the deficit to one goal with a score of 10-9
With 1:36 left to play, Claridge notched her sixth goal of the game on a free position shot to tie the score at 10-10
The Firebird defense held strong in the final 90 seconds to force overtime.

Overtime:

Claridge scored the final goal less than a minute into the period. This was her seventh goal of the contest, setting a new career high

Claridge scored seven goals with one assist and four ground balls, including the game winning goal in overtime
Heitschmidt ended the day with a pair of goals and a pair of assists
McDonald earned three assists in the game

"A phenomenal team win," said Head Coach Rebecca Congel. "I am so proud of every single athlete on this team and how they came together from a deficit in the last few minutes of the game to send us into overtime and finish the job in the final minutes. Our draw was very integral today to the success of the team. Piper LeFevre did a great job on the draw, as well as Hannah Kim and Kylie [Higgins]. They came up in a lot of big ways for us there. Defensively, we had really strong leadership with Sydney Kuyava down there and Alessandra Almendarez came up with some really big saves in the last few minutes. On the attack, Augie [Claridge] really stepped up and put seven goals away with one assist, a huge day for her and for her to put it away in overtime was really the cherry on top. I'm super proud of the girls and looking forward to our next competition against Lake Forest."

The Firebirds (5-2) return to Art Keller Field on March 26 as Carthage hosts Lake Forest at 7 p.m. For more information, visit athletics.carthage.edu.