Kayleigh Wieska

Box Score

DePauw DEPAUW 0-1

CARTHAGE CARTHAGE 1-0

DePauw DEPAUW

0-1

Final

Feb. 15, 2025

CARTHAGE CARTHAGE

1-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
DePauw DEPAUW	1	1	3	3	8
CARTHAGE CARTHAGE	4	5	3	5	17

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 2/15/2025 6:43:00 PM

Berni Earns First Career Coaching Win with 17-8 Victory Over DePauw

Next Game:

at Marian University

2/23/2025 | 12 p.m.

Next Game

Full Schedule

Feb. 23 (Sun) / 12 p.m.

at Marian University

History

Recap
Roster

Carthage 17, DePauw 8
KENOSHA - The Carthage women's lacrosse team opened the 2025 season on Saturday with a game against the DePauw Tigers at Art Keller Field. On a cold and snowy day, the Firebirds offense got off to a hot start and earned the first career win for Head Coach Maddie Berni.

FIRST QUARTER

August Claridge got the Firebirds on the board with a goal with just over a minute gone in the opening quarter. Bailey Koestel extended the lead with a goal nearly two minutes later.
The Tigers found the scoreboard at the 6:11 mark with a goal from Caleigh Claar, cutting the deficit to 2-1.
The Firebirds ended the quarter with a pair of goals from Rosie Nolan (2:36) and Kyleigh Higgins (1:52), extending the Firebirds lead to 4-1.

SECOND QUARTER

The Firebirds opened the quarter on a 4-0 run with goals from Nolan (12:32), Claridge (10:48), Piper LeFevre (10:00), and Shannon Heitschmidt (6:05) to push the lead to 8-1.
An own goal from the Firebirds gifted the Tigers a goal to cut the lead to 8-2 with 4:18 to play in the first half.
LeFevre answered back with a goal (2:57) to end the half with a 9-2 lead.

THIRD QUARTER

Both teams struggled offensively to start the second half, as the first goal of the quarter came at the 6:00 mark from Kaitlyn Goff in an advantage situation.
A goal from Kate Sullivan cut the Tigers deficit to 10-2 with 5:38 remaining in the quarter.
Claridge found the back of the net with back-to-back goals (4:16 and 3:44) to extend the Firebirds lead to nine points.
Back-to-back scores from Mary Mason (0:54 and 0:18) cut the lead to 12-5 to end the third quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER

Goff scored a goal in the opening minute to bring the Firebirds back up by eight. A Tigers goal from Kate Leone brought the lead back to seven with 13 minutes to play.
The Firebirds used three straight goals from Claridge (8:45), Higgins (8:18), and Nolan (7:20) to boost the Carthage lead to 10 points.
The Tigers scored two goals in the final five minutes, while the Firebirds scored one off the stick of Heitschmidt (2:04) to end the game at 17-8.

Claridge led the way with five goals and eight shots on goal.
Nolan ended with three goals and four shots on goal.
Higgins finished with two goals and two assists.
Kara Jaynes registered 15 saves in goal on the way to a victory.

"We came out and played our game and executed the scout and had a lot of fun doing it," said Berni. "Kara [Jaynes] really stepped up in goal and had some great saves for us. Isabella Kuyava had awesome stops on defense. We really played as a team, I couldn't have asked for a better first win!"

The Firebirds (1-0) return to action on Sunday, Feb. 23 as the team travels to Fond du Lac, Wis. to take on Marian at 1 p.m. Carthage women's lacrosse returns to Art Keller Field on Wednesday, March 19 against Concordia Wisconsin. For more information, visit athletics.carthage.edu.