WALTHAM, Mass. - The Albertus Magnus College men's soccer team closed out the 2021 fall regular season with a 2-0 road victory over Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) foe the Lasers of Lasell University on Tuesday afternoon at Gordon Field on the campus of Brandeis University.
Freshman Arian Bobi (Amity, Conn.) led the Falcons' attack with three points behind one goal and an assist, while Jackson Miner (Canton, Conn.) netted his first goal of the season. Netminder Jared Brennan (North Haven, Conn.) earned his first "W" of the season after stopping four shots over 90 minutes of play.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Albertus Magnus 2 | Lasell 0
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (10-4-1, 8-2-1 GNAC) | Lasell (2-14-1, 1-10-1 GNAC)
BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED
Neither team could get anything going early on in the first stanza despite Albertus outshooting Lasell, 8-3.
Lasell saw two prime opportunities though during the first 10 minutes of play. The Lasers' Johnny Leone witnessed his shot attempt go wide left, while an Edson Silva shot was thwarted away by Brennan.
Two minutes later, Albertus had an opportunity of its own as EJ Gonzalez (Cheshire, Conn.) tried capitalizing on a header, but his shot was deflected out by Lasell's netminder Zack Laware.
The Falcons' backline kept the Lasers at bay for the remainder of the half, while the offense continued to strike. Albertus rattled off six shot attempts, including a shot on goal each from Bobi and Kelvin Cortez (Meriden, Conn.), but Albertus was unable to find the back of the net and the score remained at 0-0 heading into halftime.
After a scoreless first frame, Lasell came out determined and kept the Falcons' netminder on his toes, peppering Brennan with numerous shots.
A goal finally came in the 68th minute as Bobi netted his fourth of the season on a pass from Cortez to give the visitors the 1-0 advantage. The Falcons iced the bout in the 78th minute when Bobi connected with Miner for the freshman's first-career goal to put the visitors up 2-0.
Over the final 12 minutes, the Lasers tallied one more chance, but it wasn't enough to stop Albertus from picking up the critical GNAC victory.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Jared Brennan (W, 1-0): 4 Shots on Goal | 0 Goal-Against | 4 Saves
Lasell: Zack Laware (L, 1-7-1): 5 Shots on Goal | 2 Goals-Against | 3 Saves | 81:18 Minutes
Lasell: Gabriel Bazikas: 1 Shot on Goal | 0 Goal-Against | 1 Saves | 8:42 Minutes
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Albertus held a 12-9 edge in shots.
- Lasell and Albertus each registered two corner kicks.
- Both teams finished with four saves.
- Albertus registered nine fouls, compared to Lasell's seven.
- Lasell was led by Alexander Tavitian, who finished the evening with four shots, while Jake Ouellette added two to the team total.
- Albertus had at least nine players register a shot, including three from Bobi and two from Cortez and Fillipe Mouroa (Milford, Conn.).
NOTEWORTHY
- Today's contest was the 15th all-time meeting between the Falcons and Lasers.
- Albertus improves to 8-6-1 all-time against Lasell.
- Following today's goal, Bobi finishes the regular season with four goals and four assists for 12 points.
- Cortez's assist was his third of the season.
- Miner's goal was the first goal of his collegiate career.
- Following today's win in goal, Brennan improves his career record to 4-3.
UP NEXT
Following tonight's win, the Albertus men's soccer team has clinched a home game for the first round of the upcoming 2021 GNAC Tournament, which is slated to begin on Saturday, Oct. 30. More information will become available on who the Falcons will be facing once the remaining GNAC men's soccer teams wrap up play on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
