Kayleigh Wieska

Box Score

CARTHAGE CARTHAGE 5-0, 0-0

MSOE MSOE 0-2

CARTHAGE CARTHAGE

5-0, 0-0

Final

Mar. 05, 2025

MSOE MSOE

0-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
CARTHAGE CARTHAGE	5	7	2	2	16
MSOE MSOE	0	0	0	0	0

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 3/5/2025 9:34:00 PM

Women's Lacrosse Improves to Historic 5-0 with Win Over MSOE

Next Game:

vs. Emerson College

3/12/2025 | 1 p.m.

Next Game

Full Schedule

Mar. 12 (Wed) / 1 p.m.

vs. Emerson College

History

Recap
Roster

Carthage 16, MSOE 0
MILWAUKEE - The Carthage women's lacrosse team traveled to Milwaukee, Wis. on Wednesday evening to take on the MSOE Raiders. The Firebirds built a big lead early in the game and used it to earn their fifth straight victory to open the 2025 campaign. The 5-0 start for Head Coach Maddie Berni and the Firebirds marks the best start in program history, surpassing the 2018 season when Carthage opened with a 4-0 record under Head Coach Lauren Hein.

FIRST QUARTER

Piper LeFevre got the scoring started for the Firebirds in the opening minute of the game (14:11).
August Claridge (12:44) and Bailey Koestel (12:01) added on to the scoring to boost the Firebirds out to a 3-0 lead.
LeFevre registered another goal (10:10) before Rosie Nolan scored a short-handed goal to give the Firebirds a 5-0 lead to end the quarter.

SECOND QUARTER

LeFevre completed the hat trick with a third goal on the night in the opening minute of the second quarter (14:07). Kyleigh Higgins scored just over a minute later (13:02) to give Carthage a 7-0 advantage.
Back-to-back goals from Claridge (10:21, 9:21 (free position)) extended the lead to 9-0.
Bailey Koestel found the back of the net with 6:15 to play, boosting the lead to double digits and enforcing the running clock rule.
Claridge registered two more goals (3:20, 0:52) to extend the Firebirds lead to 12-0 to end the first half.

THIRD QUARTER

LeFevre once again started the offense for the Firebirds with a goal at 13:17.
Karlie Young recorded a goal with 4:48 to play in the quarter. It was Young's first career goal with the Firebirds.

FOURTH QUARTER

LeFevre earned the monopoly on scoring the first goal of the quarter, finding the back of the net with 10:45 to play to extend the Carthage lead to 15-0.
Claridge scored the final goal of the night with 49 seconds left in the game.

Claridge, the reigning CCIW Women's Lacrosse Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week, led the Firebirds with six goals and two assists in the contest, while also tallying seven ground balls.
LeFevre registered five goals and two ground balls.
Koestel scored a pair of goals.

"Definitely had to battle the elements but really proud of how we played," expressed Berni. "Had a lot of great moments!"

The Firebirds (5-0) return to action on Wednesday, March 12 as the squad heads to Georgetown, Tex. to take on Emerson College 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.