PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior O'Kyle Corridon (Selden, N.Y.) scored a pair of goals to lead the Johnson & Wales University men's soccer team to a thrilling 2-1 victory against Lasell in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletics Complex on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats improved to 10-0-3 the best start in school history and 3-0-2 in the league, while Lasell dropped to 9-3-0 overall and 4-1 in GNAC action.
Mike Skelton (Conway, N.H.) scored his 10th goal of the season, catapulting himself further up the Lasell record books. The goal gave Skelton 101 points for his Lasell career, becoming only the second player in the 17 year history of the program to reach the 100 point mark. He trail only Zach Gagne '09 in the career points list as Gagne finished his career with 123 points in his four seasons.
Johnson & Wales struck first when junior Kyle Metz (St. James, N.Y.) fed Corridon on a breakaway down the right side of the field. Corridon then blasted in a shot from 15 yards out to give the Wildcats the 1-0 advantage at the 28:48 mark. JWU took the one goal lead heading into the locker room at halftime with a 7-6 advantage in shots for the stanza.
The visiting Lasers wasted no time knotting up the score early in the second half when senior Mike Skelton scored on a pass from Nery Guerra (Guatemala City, Guatemala) just 4:37 into the stanza. After Lasell was whistled for a hand ball in the box at the 60:12 mark, Corridon converted the ensuing penalty kick to put the Wildcats ahead 2-1. JWU then held on for the 2-1 victory.
JWU junior keeper Ryan Dzierzawski (Oakland, Mich.) had four saves in the victory for the Wildcats while sophomore Miguel Colmenares (Doral, Fla.) tallied three stops for Lasell in the loss.
Lasell will travel to GNAC foe Norwich University on Monday October 14th for a 3:00 p.m. tilt. The Wildcats will return to action on Monday, October 14th when they travel to Mount Ida for a GNAC contest at 2:00 p.m.