NEWTON, Mass. (9/26/15) – The Lasell College men's soccer team conceded three second half goals in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference loss to visiting Emmanuel College on Saturday afternoon at Taylor Field. The loss dropped Lasell to 1-5 overall and 1-2 in conference play, while Emmanuel improved to 4-4 on the season and the Saints remained undefeated in conference action at 3-0.

Senior Miguel Colmenares (Caracas, Venezuela) made six saves in goal for Lasell, and senior Nick Rudovic (Yonkers, N.Y.) paced the Lasers attack with a pair of shots on frame.

Seniors David Field (Laguna Niguel, Calf) and Stefano Sainto (Albany, N.Y.), and sophomore Jason Miech (Coventry, R.I.) each tallied goals for Emmanuel, and senior James Withers (East Taunton, Mass.) made three saves to earn the win in net for the Saints.

Lasell tested Withers in the early going, as Rudovic forced the senior keeper into a pair of saves in the opening 12 minutes of action. A shot from Lasell's Jonah Uribe (West Warwick, R.I.) sailed over the bar in the 12^th minute before Emmanuel settled down and got a foot hold in the contest. A pair of Saints shots failed to find the target in the 17^th minute of action and then Kurt Pruner (Rochester, N.Y.) forced Colmenares into his first save of the day in the 26^th minute. Both teams failed to trouble each other over the final 20 minutes in the opening half, sending the contest to intermission knotted at 0-0.

Emmanuel put Lasell under the caution early in the second half, as Colmenares denied a pair of shots from Emmanuel in the 47^th and 48^th minute of play. David Field tallied his second of the season in the 53^rd minute of play, putting the visitors in front 1-0. The Saints continued to keep the pressure on Lasell, and Stefano Sainto netted the second goal of the match and his fifth of the season to give Emmanuel a 2-0 advantage.

As Lasell began pushing forward in an attempt to find goal scoring chances, Emmanuel sprung a counter attack following a Lasell corner and a Jason Miech strike accounted for the Saints third goal and produced the 3-0 final scoreline.

Emmanuel will square-off with Emerson College on Wednesday September 30^th at 6:00 p.m. in a non-conference road match, while Lasell will return to the pitch on Tuesday September 29^th when they host Gordon College for a 4:00 p.m. contest.