MEQUON  — Saturday afternoon saw the Carthage College men's lacrosse team collect their eighth win of the year as the Firebirds defeated Concordia (Wis.) 17-11 in non-conference action. 

• Final score: Carthage 17 - Concordia (Wis.) 11
• Location: Mequon, Wisconsin - Fitting Field
• Records: Carthage 8-1, Concordia (Wis.) 1-4

 

• After Concordia (Wis.) opened with three straight goals, Carthage responded with six unanswered to take a 6-3 lead into the second quarter.
• The teams traded goals throughout the second, with the Firebirds maintaining a 9-7 advantage at halftime.
• Andrew Johnson tallied two more goals, extending Carthage's lead to 11-7.
• The Falcons struck once, but Alec Gern answered to keep the margin at four.
• Jake Westland found the net before Concordia (Wis.) added one of its own at the 2:25 mark. Carthage entered the final quarter up 13-10.
• Gern opened the fourth with back-to-back goals, forcing a Falcons timeout.
• Jacob Cameron added two more goals as the Firebirds secured a 17-11 victory.

• Andrew Johnson and Alec Gern led the Firebirds with four goals each.
• Jacob Cameron and Andrew Frey contributed three goals apiece, while Johnson also tallied five assists.
• Chad Kohlmann collected seven ground balls, with Rocco Paddack close behind at six.
• Goalkeeper Jake Williamson recorded 12 saves.

"We got off to a slow start again on the defensive side. Williamson kept us around with a lot of big saves but we are just not playing well in sixes early in games. I thought the guys really picked it up in fourth though. Will need to take a look at film and figure it out. Offense was great today. We could have been better at finishing and probably could have had five or six more goals on the board but they had great looks all game and not a lot of TOs. Thought we fought all game at the X and both Kohlmann and the wing guys helped us get some runs going that were enough to allow the offense to out pace them."

• The Firebirds play Northland at home on Wednesday, March 19 at 2 p.m.