Kayleigh Wieska

Box Score

CARTHAGE CARTHAGE 10-3, 2-1 CCIW

Ill. Wesleyan IWU 7-8, 2-2 CCIW

CARTHAGE CARTHAGE

10-3, 2-1 CCIW

Final

Apr. 19, 2025

Ill. Wesleyan IWU

7-8, 2-2 CCIW

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
CARTHAGE CARTHAGE	5	4	0	1	10
Ill. Wesleyan IWU	1	2	4	1	8

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 4/19/2025 4:11:00 PM

Firebirds Hold Off Titans for Road Victory

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Elmhurst University

4/23/2025 | 7 p.m.

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Carthage 10, Illinois Wesleyan 8
BLOOMINGTON - The Carthage women's lacrosse team hit the road on Saturday for an afternoon contest against the Illinois Wesleyan Titans. After a strong opening quarter, the Firebirds held on to the lead the rest of the way to earn a conference win over the Titans.

FIRST QUARTER

Hannah Kim got the Firebirds started with a goal (13:13) on a free position shot, which was quickly followed by a score from Shannon Heitschmidt (11:34) to give the Firebirds a 2-0 advantage.
Back to back goals for Piper LeFevre (8:23; 6:38) extended the lead to 4-0.
The Titans found the scoreboard with 5:18 to play in the opening quarter with a goal from Mia Fiandaca and cut the deficit to 4-1.
Bailey Koestel scored (0:50) to give the Firebirds a 5-1 lead at the end of the first.

SECOND QUARTER

Fiandaca found the back of the net again (10:40), cutting the Titans deficit to three goals.
Koestel once again answered Fiandaca's goal with another for the Firebirds (9:01). Rosie Nolan then scored (4:00) to give Carthage a 7-2 lead.
The Titans cut the lead down to five with a goal from Maddie Gibson (1:57).
LeFevre retaliated with another pair of goals (0:55; 0:20) and extended the Firebirds lead to 9-3 to end the first half.

THIRD QUARTER

The Titans opened the third quarter with three goals from Avery Setzler (14:09, Fiandaca (13:54), and Carleigh Fountain (11:22) to cut the Carthage lead down to three goals.
Another goal from Setzler (5:02) cut the deficit to 9-7 heading into the fourth quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER

The Titans, after being down 9-3 at halftime, brought themselves back within a goal of tying the game with a score from Sadie Newton (9:12).
The Titans tried to find the equalizer but a pair of saves for Xochitl Delvale-Vera in the closing minutes and an insurance goal from Emma McDonald (027) secured the win for the Firebirds.

LeFevre led the team in scoring with four goals and two assists.
Koestel finished with two goals.
Sydney Kuyava led the squad on the defensive end with five ground balls and three caused turnovers.
Delvale-Vera earned the win in goal with 15 saves on the day.

"Had a great start to the game," said Head Coach Maddie Berni. "We slowed down in the second half, but Xochitl kept us in the game with some key saves. I am proud that we had a lot of people step up today!"

The Firebirds (10-3) return to Art Keller Field on Wednesday, April 23 as Carthage will host Elmhurst at 7 p.m. For more information, visit athletics.carthage.edu.