It was an overall successful weekend for the Nipissing Lakers lacrosse team, despite going 1-1 on the road.

The Lakers fought hard and battled one of the top teams in CUFLA, falling 13-12 in overtime to the McGill Redmen Saturday, before bouncing back with a big 18-10 victory over the Carleton Ravens Sunday.

On Saturday, the Lakers trailed 9-4 at halftime, but outscored McGill 7-2 in the second half to tie things up and send the game to overtime.

In the extra period, the Redmen edged Nipissing 2-1, claiming the win.

Tanner Poole and Will Craig led the way with hat-tricks, while Scott Dominey, Sam Rooney and Riley Sloan all added two goals.

Poole, Craig and Dominey all had four points, as well.

Andrew Wood was tagged with the loss in net.

In the second game of the weekend, the Lakers got off to a great start, setting the tone early and never looking back.

Nipissing led 7-3 after the first quarter and 10-5 at halftime.

They added to that lead in the second half, as well, going up 15-8 after three before sealing the win in the final grame.

Dominey had a monster game, piling up seven goals and 14 points, Craig had five goals and nine points, Poole added a hatr-trick and six points, while Tyler Goodchild, Rooney and Ty Steel all added singles in the win.

Wood and David Wallace split time in net, helping their team to the first victory of the young season.

Lakers head coach Jason Rudge liked what he saw all weekend and excited for the rest of the season.

"Coming off a great training camp and week of practice the team was ready to go. Forcing McGill to OT is a game changer for our program and is setting the tone to the league that Nipissing Lacrosse is a program to watch out for," he said.

The Lakers have just one game this weekend as they travel to Peterborough to face the Trent Excalibur Sunday afternoon.

Trent didn't play in the first week and will face Bishop's Saturday before entertaining Nipissing.