NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Lorenzo Lauria (New Haven, Conn.) scored a hat trick as the Albertus Magnus College men's soccer team defeated Lasell University, 3-1 in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match on Saturday afternoon during senior day.

Lauria scored two goals in the first half, both on assists from Elijah French (Tallahassee, Fla.) and scored his final goal with under a minute remaining.

Four seniors were honored prior to the game, including French, goalkeeper Luke Tomas (Stamford, Conn.), Erik Dahlgard  (Merrimac, Mass.) and EJ Gonzalez (Cheshire, Conn.).

The hat trick was the first for an Albertus player since Yahya Kardad acheived the feat against Anna Maria in 2022.

The Falcons are now tied for second place with the University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) in the GNAC.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus Magnus 3 | Lasell 1

RECORDS: Albertus (9-4-4, 9-1-3 GNAC) | Lasell (3-10-4, 3-6-4 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Lauria and French connected for the first goal of the game as French stole the ball from Lasell, fed a pass into the box and Lauria out ran and shielded off a defender on the far side of the net and put the shot past Lasell goalkeeper, Antonio Centracchio to make it a 1-0 game in the 10th minute.
• In the 23rd minute, French made a touch pass to Lauria just outside the top of the box and Lauria curled a shot around two defenders into the top right corner of the net out of reach of the outstretched arms of Centracchio to make it a 2-0 game.
• The second half remained scoreless until the 77th minute when Lasell's Shane Previti took a shot just outside the top of the box into the right corner after a pass from Michael Guzzone, cutting its deficit in half.
• With 58 seconds left in the match, Roger Baldwin (New Haven, Conn.) lofted a pass across midfield to Lauria who was all alone with his defender. Lauria tapped the ball to himself leaving him one-on-one with Centracchio who came 10 yards out of the net. Lauria took a shot with his left foot and the ball rolled to the back of the net to secure the hat trick.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

Luke Tomas (W, 2-1-0) 1 Shot on Goal | 1 Save | 0 Goals Allowed

David Lucero 2 Shots on Goal | 1 Save | 1 Goal Allowed

Lasell

Antonio Centracchio (L, 2-5-3) 5 Shots on Goal | 3 Saves | 2 Goals Allowed

Cameron McDonough 1 Shot on Goal | 0 Saves | 1 Goal Allowed

BY THE NUMBERS

SHOTS: Albertus 17 | Lasell 7

SAVES: Lasell 3 | Albertus 2

CORNER KICKS: Albertus 6 | Lasell 5

FOULS: Albertus 13 | Lasell 9

NOTEWORTHY

• It is the first multi-assist game for French in his career and the third two-point performance of the season.
• The Falcons are now 10-6-2 all-time against Lasell and are 8-0-1 over the last nine matches against the Lasers.
• Lauria now has three game-winning goals on the season.
• It was the fifth time this season the Falcons have scored a goal within the first ten minutes of a game.

UP NEXT

The Falcons wrap up their regular season at Dean in a GNAC match at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29.