KENOSHA, Wis. – The Augustana Vikings women's lacrosse team dropped their first road game of the season to Carthage on Saturday, falling 23-7 to the Firebirds. 

Carthage leaped to a 3-0 lead early in the opening quarter before Kyla Painter halted the spree with an unassisted strike at the 9:12 mark to cut the deficit to two. Following three more Carthage scores, Madison Langewisch nabbed a goal at 5:30 for the Vikings' final score of the frame. Cassidy Petrie scored a woman-up goal at 6:25 in the second after seven straight scores from the Firebirds to put the score at 13-3 before Carthage added two more to go ahead by 12 at the break. 

The Firebirds tacked on two goals out of the intermission prior to Petrie's second score with 9:02 left in the third to move the score to 17-4. Carthage continued to attack, scoring three more times in the third before Augie opened the fourth quarter with two goals, one from Painter and one from Claire Kim. Langewisch tacked on a last-second strike following three more Carthage tallies to bring the score to its 23-7 final.

Painter, Langewisch, and Petrie each had two goals to lead the Augie attack. In goal, Rachel Forman recorded nine saves in 60 minutes of action.

The Vikings move to 5-5 with the loss, 0-2 in conference. The team will return home for their next game against the No. 16 ranked Chicago Maroons on Wednesday, April 19. Start time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. from Thorson-Lucken Field.