The Forester men's lacrosse team hosted and defeated Beloit College 20-3 on Saturday.

The first goal of the season by Lake Forest junior Judson Norris started the home team's scoring barrage at the 11:43 mark of the opening period. Beloit answered just 38 seconds later but the Foresters rattled off eight consecutive goals, including two each from junior Macklin Thomas and sophomore Aidan Wigton.

The Buccaneers struck twice late in the second quarter to make the halftime score 9-3.

Sophomore Liam Smith netted one of Lake Forest's goals in the second quarter before scoring two more times and assisting on six tallies in the second half. His assist total on the day was just one shy of the program's single-game record while his nine points matched the ninth-highest mark in team history.

Five of Smith's assists set up the first career scores for freshman Kyle Katzbek and sophomores Mateo Trimble, Angelo Lewis, and Connor Cattabriga. Sophomore Rob Anderson also netted his first goal as the home team continued to pull away.

Sophomore Wells Roney and senior Brant Schuckman joined Thomas and Wigton with two-goal performances on the day.

Each of Lake Forest's four goalies played a quarter and they combined for 11 saves. Senior Jacob Lipson started, made a pair of saves, and was credited with the victory. Freshman Henry Morgan had two saves in the second quarter, sophomore Billy Draper made one in the third in his first appearance of the season, and freshman Griffin Niedzielski's collegiate debut featured six saves in the final 15 minutes.

Sophomore Cory Cummins led the team with four ground balls and three different Foresters registered two caused turnovers. Senior Gabe Boston led the squad's faceoff specialists with a 5-2 record at the dot.

The victory raised Lake Forest's overall record this season to 4-3 and Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference mark to 3-0. Beloit fell to 3-3 overall and 0-2 in the league.

The Foresters will continue conference play at Milwaukee School of Engineering Wednesday night at 7:00.