Men's Soccer Falls to Cadets in GNAC Semifinal 4-2

Scoring Summary

1st - 4:05 - Conor Fitzgerald (Lasell)
1st - 15:10 - Chris Bristol (Norwich)
1st - 26:53 - DJ Spears (Norwich)
1st - 35:43 - Bryan Mazzola (Norwich)
2nd - 55:03 - Jacob Zimmerman (Norwich)
2nd - 70:56 - Conor Fitzgerald (Lasell)

Game Leaders

Lasell
G: Conor Fitzgerald - 2
A: N/A
Sh: Conor Fitzgerald - 5
Sv: Miguel Colmenares - 7
Norwich
G: 4 Players (#8, #13, #16, #25) - 1
A: 3 Players (#9, #13, #25) - 1
Sh: Chris Bristol - 3
Sv: Christian Hallstrom - 6

Team Stats

Lasell
Norwich

Shots (on goal)

14 (8)
17 (11)

Saves

7
6

Fouls

15
11

Corner Kicks

4
5

Offsides

1
2
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Men's Soccer Falls to Cadets in GNAC Semifinal 4-2
Posted: Nov 04, 2014

NORTHFIELD, Vt. (11/04/2014) – The Lasell College men's soccer team suffered a 4-2 loss against Norwich University in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Semifinal Tuesday night on Sabine Field. With the win, the Cadets improve to 13-5-2, while Lasell wraps up their season at 9-9-1. 

Conor Fitzgerald (Marshfield, Mass.) wasted little time putting Lasell up 1-0 as the junior forward tallied his team-leading 12th goal of the season by slicing a shot off the left post and into the back of the net in the fourth minute.

Norwich answered in the 16th minute with senior team captain Chris Bristol (Clinton, Conn.) blasted a side volley into the top of the net off a throw in from DJ Spears (San Antonio, Texas) to knot the game up at 1-1. 
Spears gave Norwich the lead in the 27th minute with a perfectly struck ball into the upper 90 right side of the goal that left Lasell goalkeeper Miguel Colmenares (Caracas, Venezuela) no chance for his second goal in as many playoff games. Senior Ryan Curley (East Haddam, Conn.) picked up the assist on the goal.
 
Freshman Bryan Mazzola (Ridgefield, Conn.) pushed the lead to 3-1 in the 36th minute with a strike over the outstretched hand of Colmenares into the top right corner of the net for his third goal of the season.

Sophomore Jacob Zimmerman (Litchfield, N.H.) extended the Cadets' lead to 4-1 in the 56th minute with a tap in goal off a crossing pass from Bristol. Bristol started the play by dispossessing the ball from a Lasell defender. Junior Eric Beecy (Stowe, Vt.) ran onto the ball while Bristol overlapped to his left. Beecy took a shot that was deflected back to his feet and then he played the ball over to Bristol toward the end line. Bristol ran onto it and fired a crossing pass with his left foot that Zimmerman redirected into the back of the net after Colmenares couldn't get a hand on the crossing pass. The goal was Zimmerman's team and GNAC-leading 17th tally of the season.

Fitzgerald scored again for Lasell in the 71st minute when he fired a shot past NU goalkeeper Christian Hallstrom (Las Vegas, Nev.) after a scramble in front of the net off a corner kick.

Lasell came close to making it 4-3 in the last minute; however Hallstrom made a kick save on a breakaway by Lasell's Nick Liquori (Westfield, Mass.) for his sixth and final save of the game. Colmenares made seven saves for Lasell in the loss.
 

Norwich will advance to the GNAC finals to face JWU on Saturday, November 8th, while Lasell hopes to extend their season with an ECAC berth.