The Lake Forest College men's lacrosse team scored five times in the first four minutes and eventually prevailed 19-6 at Lawrence University on Saturday.

The visitors led 7-2 after the first quarter, 12-4 at halftime, and 17-5 entering the final period.

Four Foresters finished with at least four points, led by junior Brendan Herbert, who scored three goals and assisted on three more in the game's first three quarters.

Fellow junior Ryan Dousevicz and senior John Casey also had hat tricks and Dousevicz added two assists and Casey one to their stat lines for the day.

Forester freshman John Shannon scored twice and had two assists and additional two-goal performances were turned in by senior Trip Gaston, sophomore Macklin Thomas, and freshman Aidan Wigton. Senior Bode Rubright and sophomore Carson Pagel chipped in with one goal apiece.

Lake Forest accounted for 41 of the game's 70 ground balls with senior Cannor Tartaglione leading the way with six and junior Gabe Boston and sophomore Judson Norris finishing with four apiece.

Boston was also the team's top performer on face-offs with nine victories in 13 trips to the dot.

The Foresters improved to 7-5 overall and 6-1 in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference play this season while the Vikings fell to 3-8 overall and 1-5 in the league during the program's inaugural season.

Lake Forest will host the University of Dubuque next Saturday at 2:00 p.m.