Lake Forest College men's lacrosse player Carson Pagel was named Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Wednesday for his performance in a pair of victories last week.

Pagel scored three goals and assisted on three more in Wednesday's 15-10 victory at Illinois Institute of Technology that secured home field advantage for the Foresters in the quarterfinals of the NACC Tournament. After striking twice in the first quarter to help his team jump out to a 7-0 lead, the junior midfielder assisted on goals in the second and third, completed in hat trick last in the period, and registered his third assist of the night early in the fourth.

Lake Forest hosted and defeated Milwaukee School of Engineering 13-8 on Saturday and Pagel matched his career highs with five goals and six points in the contest. He set up one score and netted one of his own to help the Foresters take a 5-3 halftime lead. The score was 6-3 before he rattled off three consecutive goals to lead the charge as his team pulled away to victory.

Pagel leads the 2026 Foresters with a dozen assists and ranks second on the squad with 23 goals and 35 points. He is also among the top 10 in program history with 51 goals, 42 assists, and 93 points in his career.

NACC Players of the Week are selected by a committee of sports information directors within the league.