Griffins fall at Carthage despite Meurer's outstanding performance

Fontbonne

8-5, 4-3 MLC

Carthage

10-2, 5-0 MLC

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Fontbonne (8-5, 4-3 MLC)	1	0	1	1	3
Carthage (10-2, 5-0 MLC)	4	3	7	2	16

Griffins fall at Carthage despite Meurer's outstanding performance

Game Leaders

Fontbonne

G: 3 Players (#3, #23, #27) - 1

A: 3 Players (#3, #12, #23) - 1

Sv: Chad Meurer - 20

GB: Peter Travis - 6

Carthage

G: Morse, Danny - 5

A: 2 Players (#10, #23) - 3

Sv: Fleming, James - 12

GB: Douglas, Hunter - 15

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Fontbonne	Carthage
Shots	29	53
Ground Balls	30	54
Saves	20	12
Clears	15-27	22-27
Turnovers	23	13
Face Offs Won	4	19
Man Up	0-3	1-3

Full stats

April 13, 2013

The Fontbonne University men's lacrosse team lost 16-3 this weekend to Carthage College to fall to 8-5 overall and 4-3 in the Midwest Lacrosse Conference (MLC).

Carthage (10-2 overall and 5-0 MLC) scored 12 unanswered goals to break a 1-1 game wide open. The Griffins got a first quarter goal from Thomas Carroll but Carthage's defense shut them out the rest of the first half. Fontbonne trailed 7-1 at halftime.

In the third quarter, Carthage broke the game wide open outscoring Fontbonne 7-1. The lone Griffin goal came from senior Peter Travis. Samuel Nickols scored Fontbonne's last goal in the fourth quarter.

Senior goalie Chad Meurer recorded 20 saves in defeat setting a new school record for most saves in a game. Carthage outshot Fontbonne 53-29.

Fontbonne returns to the field Tuesday night playing at Augustana College at 4:30 pm.