NEWTON, Mass. (10/18/14) – The Lasell College men's soccer team used a fast start to win a key match-up 4-2 against Mount Ida in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play on Saturday afternoon at Taylor Field. The win pushed the Lasers record to 7-7 on the year and 4-3 overall while the Mustangs slipped to 6-7-1 on the season an 2-4-1 in GNAC play.

Nick Liquori scored two goals for Lasell, Yaw Bediako and Conor Fitzgerald each tallied for the Lasers and Jon Sutton tallied a pair of assists in the victory for the Lasers. Miguel Colmenares made one save in the win for Lasell, and Alex Serrazina stopped a pair of shots in relief for Lasell.

Cody Burdick and Carlos Martinez each scored for the Mustangs while Nick Rivas-Vasquez and Robert McClafferty added assists in the contest, and Riley Ford took the loss in goal for Mount Ida.

Liquori got Lasell on the board in the 8^th minute when his beautiful strike from the right side of the 18-yard box found the top left corner of the net over Ford outstretched hands to make it 1-0. Lasell made it 2-0 less than two minutes later when a service from Sutton found Liquori on the back post and the junior headed home for his second goal of the match. Bediako scored in the 36^th minute for the hosts when he fired a loose ball in the box past Ford to make it 3-0. Sutton then setup Fitzgerald with a neatly placed through ball that Fitzgerald flicked past a closing Ford and then finished into the empty net, sending Lasell into the half with a 4-0 advantage.

The Mustangs would continue to battle back, pulling back a goal in the 75^th minute when Cody Burdick finished a service from Rivas-Vazquez past Serrazina and the visitors made it a 4-2 score in the 87^th minute when Serrazina was unable to corral a driven ball into the box off the foot of McClafferty which Martinez tapped home. The Mustangs continued to press, but were unable to get any closer, falling 4-2.

Lasell will travel to Suffolk on Tuesday October 22^nd when they kick-off against the Rams at 8:00 p.m.