NAPERVILLE, Ill. – MSOE lacrosse continued their long season opening road trip today when they took on the Cardinals of North Central. The defense did all they could but the Raiders offense just couldn't keep up in the eight goal defeat.

RESULT
MSOE RAIDERS – 5
North Central (Ill.) – 13  

HOW IT HAPPENED
MSOE (0-3, 0-0 NACC) played the role of road warriors once again this afternoon, taking part in their third straight away game to start the 2021 season. Unfortunately, today ended with the same result as the first two. The Raiders were put in a hole early by North Central (1-0, 0-0 CCIW) as the Cardinals scored the first four goals of the contest. Kyle Krueger finally got the Red & White on the board with the first of his two goals in the afternoon with about four minutes expired in the second quarter, but the Raiders were unable to string back-to-back goals together the entire contest. Erik Nelson added a pair of goals to help out the offensive attack and Liam Brown tallied assists on two of the five Raider scores, but they just couldn't stop a North Central team that outshot them 49-20 in a 13-5 loss.

MSOE STAT TRACKER
Goals – Kyle Krueger & Erik Nelson (2)
Assists – Liam Brown (2)
Shots – Kyle Krueger (6)
Ground Balls – Jacob Killian (4)
Caused Turnovers – Jacob Killian (3)
Saves – Sean Finneran (13)

WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will finally open up their season at home when they take on Carthage on Wednesday night. Opening faceoff from Viets Field is slated for 7:00 pm.

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