NEWTON, Mass. (11/1/14) – The third-seeded Lasell College men's soccer team advanced to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference semifinals with a 5-3 victory over sixth-seeded Emmanuel College on Saturday afternoon at Taylor Field. Lasell improved to 9-8-1 overall with the win while Emmanuel slipped to 5-10-2 with the loss.

Five different players scored for Lasell, led by Nick Rudovic (Yonkers, N.Y.) with a goal and an assist, Jonathon Hislop (Arlington, Mass.), Manny Alves (Pawtucket, R.I.), Nick Liquori (Westfield, Mass.) and Servi Barrientos (Providence, R.I.) also scored for Lasell and Jonathon Sutton (Orange, Conn.) added two assists for the Lasers. Miguel Colmenares (Caracas, Venezuela) made three saves in net to collect the win.

Cameron Messier (Belchertown, Mass.) and James Carroll (Guilford, Conn.) each tallied a goal and an assist for Emmanuel, and Jordan Mauer (Florence, Mass.) scored as well for the Saints. Garrett Charette (West Springfield, Mass.) stopped three shots in goal while taking the loss for Emmanuel.

The Saints got out to an early lead when Cameron's diagonal ball sprung Messier and the freshmen struck a low ball past a diving Colmenares just inside the back post to take a 1-0 lead in the 13^th minute of play. Emmanuel added second goal in the 15^th minute when Carroll beat a defender down the left flank and drove a low ball just inside the far post to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.

Lasell pulled back a goal in the 17^th minute when Jonathon Hislop found a seam at the top of the six yard box and flicked home a corner kick delivered by Nick Rudovic to make it 2-1. Rudovic tied the match at 2-2 in the 36^th minute when he took a cross field ball down from Jonathon Sutton and curled a shot into the top left corner of the goal from 35 yards out to knot the score. Lasell went in front in the final minute of the opening half when a Sutton service from the left flank found an unmarked Manny Alves in the box and the senior midfielder headed home to make it a 3-2 scoreline at intermission.

Lasell scored their fourth straight goal in the 49^th minute when Newton Jordao (Hyannis, Mass.) flicked a header into the box and Nick Liquori finished it inside the back post to put the hosts on top 4-2. Lasell won a corner in the 63^rd minute which Servi Barrientos bent into the back of the net to give Lasell a three-goal cushion at 5-2.

A service from Emmanuel's Messier was settled by Jordan Mauer at the top roght corner of the 18 yard box and the sophomore forward wasn't closed down quickly enough by the Lasers defense and Mauer's strike went just under the bar in the top left corner of the net to make it 5-3. Lasell held on for the 5-3 victory to advance to the semifinals where they will face the winner of #7 Suffolk and #2 Norwich on Tuesday afternoon.