NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College men's soccer team erupted for five goals in the first half, taking down Mitchell College, 5-0 in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match on Wednesday evening at Celentano Field.

Three players had a goal and an assist for the Falcons as Aiden Coelho (Naugatuck, Conn.), Lorenzo Lauria (New Haven, Conn.) and Roger Baldwin (New Haven, Conn.) each notched three points. Joao Oliveira (Middletown, Conn.) and Matheus Pimenta (Branford, Conn.) each had a goal.

It was the seventh shutout of the season for Albertus. David Lucero (East Haven, Conn.) and Luke Tomas (Stamford, Conn.) combined for five saves.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus Magnus 5 | Mitchell College 1

RECORDS: Albertus (8-4-4, 8-1-3 GNAC) | Mitchell (2-13-1, 2-10-0 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• It did not take long for the Falcons to get on the board Baldwin slid a pass across the box just 89 seconds into the game between two defenders to Coelho who scored his third goal of the season to put the Falcons up 1-0 early.
• The Falcons continued to dominate possession and remained on the offensive attack and scored three goals in a six minute stretch. In the 28th minute, Joao Oliveiro stood 20 yards behind the penalty area and charged towards the net on a low groundball corner kick from Coelho while the remaining field players were in the box and had a clean look and fired a shot to the left corner past a diving attempt by Mitchell goalkeeper Jesse Jenkins to make it a 2-0 game.
• Just 95 seconds after Oliveira's goal, Baldwin played a ball back to the middle of the field and took a strike so hard it got stuck in the back of the net to make it a 3-0 game in the 29th minute.
• In the 34th minute, Lauria scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season after a pass he made was deflected back to him by a Mitchell defender. He then took a shot from the just outside of the top of the box and put it in the top right side of the net putting Albertus up, 4-0.
• Pimenta scored the final goal for the Falcons in the 40th minute which was his second of the season. On the goal, Julius McNeill (East Hartford, Conn.) dribbled into the box and found Pimenta just in front of the goal. Pimenta then spun on his defender to get a clean shot off and put it past Jenkins, giving Albertus the five-goal lead.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

David Lucero (W, 6-3-4) 4 Shots on Goal | 4 Saves | 0 Goals Allowed

Luke Tomas 1 Shot on Goal | 1 Save | 0 Goals Allowed

Mitchell

Jesse Jenkins (L, 2-9-1) 9 Shots on Goal | 4 Saves | 5 Goals Allowed

Dylan Kinsella 0 Shots | 0 Saves | 0 Goals Allowed

BY THE NUMBERS

SHOTS: Albertus 17 | Mitchell 8

SAVES: Albertus 5 | Mitchell 4

CORNER KICKS: Albertus 10 | Mitchell 3

FOULS: Albertus 8 | Mitchell 8

NOTEWORTHY

The Falcons are undefeated at home and are 5-0-2 at Celentano Field.

The five goals in the first half were the most in any half for the Falcons since scoring six in the second half against Anna Maria in 2019 in an 8-0 win.

Albertus is now 13-2-2 all-time against Mitchell.

UP NEXT

It will be senior day for the Falcons as they host Lasell for their home regular season finale on Saturday, October 26 at 1 p.m. at Celentano Field