WAUKESHA, Wis. – Cornell's men's lacrosse team rallied for five fourth-period goals, although came up short in a 7-5 season-opening loss to Carroll at Schneider Stadium.
 
The Rams trailed 5-0 to start the fourth period. Cornell scored the first four goals of the final period to pull within 5-4 of Carroll with 11:29 to go in the game.
 
Ash Hoelscher started the scoring run for Cornell. Hoelscher's goal came 23 seconds into the period on assist from Brandon Warnke. Charley Kobets followed that with back-to-back scores and Torii Greiskalns ended the surge with a goal and plenty of time left in regulation.
 
Following Cornell's rally, Carroll (1-0) answered with two goals. Tyler Foster finished off the scoring for the Rams with 2:37 remaining.
 
Cornell (0-1) was led in scoring with two goals from Kobets, the team's top scorer a year ago. Greiskalns had a strong game with seven ground balls and three caused turnovers. 
 
Cornell held a 38-25 advantage in ground balls. Caden Lynch, Tyler Foster, Aron Rodriguez and Kayden Kuan each picked up four ground balls.
 
Thomas Cook had 12 saves, with Carroll taking 19 shots on goal. Cornell had 11 shots on goal.
 
Coming up – The Rams face Augustana (IL) at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Van Metre Field at Ash Park.