NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College men's soccer team held an early two-goal lead but lost, 3-2 in double overtime to Johnson and Wales University (JWU) in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) semifinals on Wednesday night at Celentano Field.

Julius McNeill (East Hartford, Conn.) scored in the first half and Aiden Coelho (Naugatuck, Conn.) scored in the second half for the Falcons who had reached their first GNAC semifinals game since 2015.

The Falcons - seeded second in the GNAC tournament - finish their season with 11 wins, the most since 2014-2015 when they had 11 wins in back-to-back seasons.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Johnson and Wales 3 | Albertus Magnus 2 (2OT)

RECORDS: Albertus (11-5-4) | JWU (15-2-3)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A high-tempo first half featured multiple near misses by both teams, who had quality opportunities at the net early on but were just off target.
• The Falcons eventually got on the board in the 42nd minute as McNeill took the ball down the right side of the field, broke towards the goal as JWU goalkeeper Sean Furtek came out of the net. Furtek dove to try to prevent McNeill from getting a shot off, but McNeill made a move to his left and kicked the ball into a wide open net to make it a 1-0 game.
• Albertus outshot JWU 9-4 in the first half.
• In the second half JWU had seven shots in the first 22 minutes, but just two on target as Albertus goalkeeper David Lucero (East Haven, Conn.) stopped both shots on net. 
• The Falcons nearly scored in the 62nd minute, but a shot from Lorenzo Lauria (East Hartford, Conn.) went off the far post keeping it a 1-0 game. However, seven minutes later, a yellow card was issued on JWU's Brian Miller for tugging on a jersey in the box, leading to a penalty kick for Coelho, which he converted to give Albertus the 2-0 lead. 
• JWU would get a penalty kick of its own in the 81st minute as Aidan Bagley converted to make it a 2-1 game. 
• Shortly after the goal, in the 82nd minute, Gabriel Paglia (Amity, Conn.) received a second yellow card of the game, forcing Albertus to play with 10 players. In the 86th minute, Carlos Andrade was the recipient of a deflected shot from Connr Elliott in front of the net and scored to make it a 2-2 game, eventually sending the game into OT.
• After a scoreless first overtime, the No. 3 Wildcats had a corner kick in the 105th minute and Chad Parente was able to bend the shot into the short top corner of the net to give JWU the win.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

David Lucero (L, 9-4-4) 9 Shots on Goal | 6 Saves | 3 Goals Allowed

JWU

Sean Furtek (W, 5-0-0) 3 Shots on Goal | 1 Save | 2 Goals Allowed

BY THE NUMBERS

SHOTS: JWU 23 | Albertus 13

SAVES: Albertus 6 | JWU 2

CORNER KICKS: JWU 7 | Albertus 3

FOULS: Albertus 16 | JWU 16

NOTEWORTHY

There were 10 yellow cards and three red cards assessed the game.