Lake Forest, Ill. – The Carroll University men's lacrosse team fell in its season opener to Lake Forest College. The Pioneers lost 2-19 on opening day. Freshman Brady Revnew and Anthony Defilippis led the Pioneers in scoring each with one goal apiece.

The Pioneers (0-1) got up 21 shots during the game but were only capitalized on two of the shot attempts. Jake Gehl faced 58 shots throughout the game, with 32 shots on target. Gehl was able to make 16, and Goalie Matthew Hehr faced three shots himself. Spencer Lautner led the team in ground balls and caused turnovers, as Carroll grabbed 42 ground balls and forced five turnovers.

Carroll won the opening face up but would quickly turn the ball over leading to a goal by Lake Forest two minutes into the game. Carroll would struggle to get an offensive rhythm going for the majority of the first and second periods. Until, Revnew scored the first goal of the men's lacrosse 2023 season, with 25 seconds to go in the second period.  As the Pioneers found themselves down 1-14 at the half. Carroll would hope to come out of the second half with a little more firepower but would find themselves still struggling to get going offensively. However, with 1:28 left in the third period, Defilippis would score to make it a 2-17 game going into the final period. Carroll was unable to find the back of the net in the fourth but would hold Lake Forest to just two goals in the final period.

The Pioneers welcome Edgewood College to town, as Carroll looks to bounce back as they have their first home game on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Schneider Stadium.