Kayleigh Wieska

Box Score

Emerson EMERSON 3-1, 0-0

CARTHAGE CARTHAGE 6-0, 0-0

Emerson EMERSON

3-1, 0-0

Final

Mar. 12, 2025

CARTHAGE CARTHAGE

6-0, 0-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Emerson EMERSON	3	1	4	1	9
CARTHAGE CARTHAGE	7	0	5	7	19

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 3/12/2025 6:34:00 PM

Women's Lacrosse Improves to 6-0 with Neutral Site Win Over Emerson

Next Game:

at Southwestern University

3/14/2025 | 4 p.m.

Next Game

Full Schedule

Mar. 14 (Fri) / 4 p.m.

at Southwestern University

History

Recap
Roster

Carthage 19, Emerson 9
GEORGETOWN - The Carthage women's lacrosse team traveled to Texas for the week to compete against a pair of teams over spring break. The Firebirds first game of the week came on Wednesday afternoon as Carthage faced off against the Emerson Lions. It was a battle of two undefeated teams as the Firebirds came into the game with a record of 5-0 and the Lions held a 3-0 record before the contest. It was a close game for the first three quarters, before the Firebirds offense took charge and pulled away for a convincing victory.

FIRST QUARTER

The Firebirds offense got to work quickly with a pair of goals from Shannon Heitschmidt (14:19) and August Claridge (13:22).
The Lions found the scoreboard with an advantage goal from Callie Krosin (8:02). However, the Firebirds responded right back with a free position goal from Kyleigh Higgins (4:42) to give the Firebirds a 3-1 lead.
The Lions scored on a free position goal from Ava Selby (4:08) to cut the deficit to one goal.
A 3-0 run by the Firebirds, powered by two goals from Claridge (3:13; 2:36) and a goal from Rosie Nolan (2:20) boosted Carthage out to a 6-2 lead.
A goal for the Lions from Stella Huberlie (1:48) and a goal for the Firebirds by Nolan (0:28) would end the quarter with Carthage holding a 7-3 lead.

SECOND QUARTER

Both offenses skidded to a halt in the second quarter, with the only goal in the period coming from Emerson's Ava Dellicompagni (8:15).
The Firebirds entered halftime with a 7-4 lead.

THIRD QUARTER

Emerson's Laura Lovell got the scoring started in the third quarter (10:54), and the goal was followed by another advantage score from Callie Krosin (8:21) to bring the Carthage lead down to 7-6.
Piper LeFevre ended the Firebirds' scoring drought with a goal (6:45) before Nolan found the back of the net (5:06) to extend the lead back to three goals.
The Lions responded with goals from Krosin (4:46) and Laina Gustafson (4:09) to bring the deficit back to one.
The Firebirds ended the quarter with a 3-0 run from LeFevre (2:24), Heitschmidt (1:57), and Claridge (1:27) to boost the lead to 12-8 heading into the fourth quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER

Higgins started the scoring for the Firebirds (14:08) in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to five.
Dellicompagni scored the lone goal (12:21) for the Lions in the fourth quarter.
The Firebirds went on a 6-0 run to end the game with goals from Bailey Koestel (7:25), Heitschmidt (6:12; 4:37, 0:06), Claridge (5:15), and Kaitlyn Goff (2:58).

Claridge finished with five goals, one assist, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers.
Heitschmidt finished with five goals, one caused turnover, and one ground ball.
Nolan finished with three goals, three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Kara Jaynes finished with 11 saves in goal for the firebirds.

"Great start to the trip," said Head Coach Maddie Berni. "[We] had some trouble with the draw in the beginning but fought our way back. Kara [Jaynes] was great in goal for us today with 11 saves. Proud of everyone and how they played!"

The Firebirds (6-0) return to action on Friday, March 14 against Southwestern in Georgetown, Tex. at 4 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.