The Carthage baseball team bounced back from a season-opening loss to post two victories over the weekend.

After losing to eighth-ranked Heidelberg (Ohio) on Saturday, the ninth-ranked Red Men rebounded with a 10-6 victory over Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday night and a 16-2 victory over Medaille (N.Y.) College on Sunday afternoon.

Both games were played at Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Fla.

In the victory over Ohio Wesleyan, Matt Soderlund went 3-for-5 with three RBI and Will Hodges went 2-for-4 with a solo home run. Joey Aiello and Tyler Eickmeyer also had two hits apiece.

Starter Scott Danly picked up the win. Nic Jensen pitched in relief.

In the victory over Medaille, Aiello led the offensive outburst by going 4-for-5 with three RBI. Other offensive leaders were Tim Hansen Jr. (home run, two doubles), Hodges (two hits, RBI) and Zach Kozlowski (two doubles).

Starter Bryan Kieffer picked up the win, while Billy Montemayor and Central graduate Dan Weber pitched in relief.

Carthage takes on No. 2 College of Wooster 1 p.m. today at North Charlotte Regional Park.

The Carthage men’s volleyball team won three of five matches over the weekend in Massachusetts.

On Friday, the fifth-ranked Red Men swept a non-conference match from Emerson College, 30-17, 30-17, 30-20, at the Brown & Plofker Gym in Boston.

Tim Walker tied a Carthage match record with a 1.000 attack percentage (11 kills, 0 errors, 11 attempts). That record was originally set by teammate Tyler Frings earlier this season against the College of Mount St. Joseph. Randy Hansen and Alex Mendez added nine and eight kills, respectively.

On Saturday and Sunday, Carthage participated in the eight-team Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tournament at the duPont Athletic Center in Cambridge, Mass.

The Red Men (15-7) placed fourth with a 2-2 record and Hansen was named to the All-Tournament team.

On Saturday, Carthage defeated Lassell (Mass.) College, 30-26, 18-30, 30-18, 30-27, and Division II New Haven (Conn.) , 30-22, 30-22, 30-17.

On Sunday, No. 19 Emmanuel (Mass.) College defeated Carthage, 37-35, 31-29, 30-32, 30-27, and No. 17 M.I.T. downed the Red Men, 28-30, 30-19, 30-25, 30-22.

Hansen had 16 kills vs. Lassell and shared team-high honors with Mendez vs. M.I.T. with 11.

The Carthage softball team opened its season with two losses Sunday in Kissimmee, Fla.

In Game 1, a 6-5 Benedictine win, Carthage’s Kari Peterson hit a two-run home run in the second inning and Alyssa Schrader added a three-run shot in the sixth to give the Reds a 5-4 lead.

But Benedictine scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and held on for the victory as Carthage reliever Krystina Leazer took the loss.

In Game 2, a 6-2 Aurora victory, Peterson prevented a shutout with another two-run homer.

The Reds (0-2) committed a total of five errors in the two games.

“We had couple errors in each game and instead of getting out of the inning it kind of snowballed,” Carthage coach Amy Gillmore said. “It wasn’t the way we wanted to start, but we’re a good team. We just didn’t show it today.”

The Carthage men’s lacrosse team crushed Southwestern University 19-3 on Friday night at Christian Brothers High School in St. Louis on Friday night.

The Red Men (3-0) found itself trailing 1-0 until Kyle Honn got things started with an unassisted goal at 5:17. The Red Men rallied for three more goals to close out the first quarter and took a 10-2 halftime lead.

Sophomore Dan Hurst collected his third win of the season with five saves. Freshman Nick Condon, a Christian Brothers graduate, returned to his home field and scored his first collegiate hat trick, including the game-winning score in the first period. Sophomore Keegan Bowman had six goals and two assists, while freshman Peter Slefinger had two goals and three assists.

Compiled by Andrew Horschak and Jeremy Reeves